The document outlines transportation policies and procedures for a foster home. It states that vehicles used to transport foster children must be properly maintained and insured. It also specifies that drivers and passengers must follow all laws regarding child safety seats, seat belts, and liability insurance. The policy prohibits transporting children in unsafe areas of vehicles like truck beds and requires approval for foster children to learn to drive.

1. JONATHAN’S PLACE
POLICIES & PROCEDURES
POLICY O.6 FOSTER HOME
TRANSPORTATION
Revision Date: 06/01/09
Board Approval: Pending
Last Revision: 07/01/08
POLICY O.6
General policies will meet the requirements according to the Texas Minimum Standards for Child Placing
Agencies.
PROCEDURE (§749.3101, §749.3103, §749.3105, §749.3107, §749.3069, §749.3109, §749.3111)
Vehicles used to transport foster children must be:
 Maintained in safe operating conditions at all times; and
 Inspected and registered according to federal, state, and local laws.
 The driver and all passengers must follow all federal, state, and local laws when driving, including laws on
the use of child passenger safety systems, seat belts, and liability insurance.
 With agency approval, caregivers may teach or supervise foster children in learning to drive. The agency
will document approval in the child’s record.
 Only the caregiver responsible for instruction and the child learning to drive may be present in the vehicle.
 Children must be inside the vehicle when transported. The back of a pick-up truck is not considered inside
the vehicle.
 Children must never be transported in the bed of a pick-up truck, while standing on runners, or while on the
hood or trunk of any vehicle.
Other children in the foster home may transport a foster child if the:
 Child driving has a valid driver’s license; and
 Service planning teams for the foster children being transported and the foster child transporting, if
applicable, approve of the transportation arrangements.
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