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Plan of Safe Care
Maine implemented its Plan of Safe Care 2021 (Phase One) process on January 1st. A federally mandated document, the primary goal of a Plan of Safe Care is deliberate attention to ensuring the supported and ongoing safety, well-being and best possible long-term health and developmental outcomes for substance exposed infants, their mothers and other caregivers.
Through respectful, collaborative, strengths-based conversation, Maine’s Plan of Safe Care is created between a healthcare or social services provider, mother and/or other caregivers, identifying family strengths and needs, beneficial resources and actions to best support substance exposed infants and families. A Plan of Safe Care often includes referrals to services or providing contact information to families for their own follow-up.
Resources for Healthcare or Social Services Providers
Updated Forms September 2021
- Maine Plan of Safe Care, Fillable (PDF)
- Maine Plan of Safe Care Checklist for Case Workers (Word)
- Maine Plan of Safe Care Checklist for Hospital Staff (Word)
- Maine Plan of Safe Care Checklist for Public Health Nurses (Word)
- Maine Plan of Safe Care for Resource, Kinship, Foster and Adoptive Fillable (PDF)
- Maine Plan of Safe Care for Resource, Kinship, Foster and Adoptive (Word)
- Maine Plan of Safe Care for Resource, Kinship, Foster and Adoptive (PDF)
- Plan of Safe Care Scripting about OCFS Notification (Word)
