Family Services Division & COVID-19

Protect Yourself – Protect Others!

GUIDANCE RELATED TO IN-PERSON FAMILY TIME

• Guidance For Parents, Foster/Kinship Parents, CCO Caregivers, CFS Staff, & FSD Staff _{(December 10, 2020)}
• Letter to Parents About Family Time _{(May 15, 2020)}

INFORMATION FOR COMMUNITY PARTNERS

• Letter to Community Partners _{(November 20, 2020)}
• Guidance for Child Care, Pre-K & Afterschool Providers _{(May 12, 2020)}
• Guidance for Teachers _{(May 12, 2020)}
• Guidance for Providers of Intensive Family Based Services _{(April 9, 2020)}
• Suite 12 Program Update _{(April 3, 2020)}
• Guidance for Community Partners _{(March 19, 2020)}

INFORMATION FOR FOSTER PARENTS

• CARES Act Economic Stimulus Payments for Children in Foster Care: Frequently-Asked Questions _{(April 2021)}
• Guidance Related to In-Person Family Time During the COVID-19 Pandemic _{(December 10, 2020)}
• Letter to Vermont Foster Caregivers _{(November 19, 2020)}
• Foster and Kinship Caregiver Respite and Informal Care in the time of COVID _{(November 19, 2020)}
• Letter to Vermont Caregivers _{(May 8, 2020)}
• Letter to Foster Parents _{(April 4, 2020)}
• Guidance for Foster Parents _{(March 19, 2020)}
  • Burmese | French | Kirundi | Nepali | Portuguese | Somali | Swahili
• Fostering Vermont — our biweekly newsletter for foster and kinship foster parents
• Tips on Internet Safety for Children, Youth, & Caregiver Monitoring & Supervision

INFORMATION FOR PARENTS INVOLVED WITH DCF

• Guidance Related to In-Person Family Time During the COVID-19 Pandemic _{(December 10, 2020)}
• Letter to Parents _{(November 20, 2020)}
• Letter to Parents About Family Time _{(May 15, 2020)}
• Guidance for Parents _{(March 19, 2020)}
  • Burmese | French | Kirundi | Nepali | Portuguese | Somali | Swahili
• Tips on Internet Safety for Children, Youth, & Caregiver Monitoring & Supervision

INFORMATION FOR RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT PROVIDERS

• Guidance for Residential Treatment Providers _{(December 11, 2020)}
• ICPC/ICJ Update: Out of State Requests _{(December 15, 2020)}
• ICPC/ICJ Update: Out of State Requests _{(October 13, 2020)}
• ICPC/ICJ Update: Out of State Requests _{(May 20, 2020)}
  • COVID-19 ICPC Screening Form
• Preparing for COVID 19 in Mental Health Residential Settings, from VT Dept of Health _{(April 2020)}
• Guidance for Residential Treatment Providers _{(April 23, 2020)}
• Guidance for Residential Treatment Providers _{(March 19, 2020)}

INFORMATION FOR YOUTH AGE 18+

• Guidance for Youth _{(March 26, 2020)}
  • Supports for Former Foster Youth
• Tips on Internet Safety for Children, Youth, & Caregiver Monitoring & Supervision