The Crisis Intervention Stabilization and Reunification (CISR) contract is made up of three contracts: Child Welfare Emergency Services (CWES), Qualified Residential Treatment Programs (QRTP) and Supervised Apartment Living (SAL).
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Child Welfare Emergency Services (CWES) are short term and temporary child welfare interventions provided through the child welfare system. They focus on children’s safety, permanence, and well-being and are intended to immediately respond to the needs of the eligible target population. CWES approaches range from the least restrictive “crisis interventions” that can be used -- e.g., family conflict mediations or in-home services provided before children require removal from their home -- to more restrictive “emergency” child welfare services including out-of-home placements with relatives, foster families, or emergency juvenile shelter care (as permitted by the Iowa Code). Eligible children are referred by the Iowa Department of Health and Human Services, Juvenile Court Services, and law enforcement.
CWES Contract Amendment July 1, 2025
Shelter County Reimbursement August 2025
Protocols
- No Eject No Reject Shelter Protocol
- HHS Shelter Protocol
- Temporary Informal Shelter Bed County Coverage Areas
Documents
- CWES Emergency Juvenile Shelter Care Service Plan/Discharge Summary Report Instructions
- CWES Emergency Juvenile Shelter Care Service Plan and Discharge Summary Report
- Child Welfare Emergency Services Intake Form
- CWES Temporary Informal Shelter Care Plan and Documentation Report Instructions
- CWES Temporary Informal Shelter Care Plan and Documentation Report
Foster Group Care is one service of Iowa’s child protective services continuum that offers a safe and structured living environment for eligible foster care children. Care is provided in licensed facilities 24 hours a day, seven days per week offering room, board, and age appropriate and transitional Child Protective Services.
Contractors provide foster group care services that are responsive to the unique needs of each child and that promote life skills development through training offered in this setting. The service offers a safe and protective structured living environment where youth can thrive. Around the clock parenting-type support is provided by qualified and competent staff and programs are designed to suit individual children in placement. The safety, permanence, and well-being of children is addressed by:
- Providing a stable living environment;
- Engaging families to help eliminate conditions that may have led to a child’s removal from their home;
- Maintaining connections to home and community (in collaboration with the referral entities); and,
- Providing for the child’s rehabilitation needs.
QRTP Contract Amendment July 1, 2025
Protocols
- No Eject No Reject HHS QRTP Protocol
- No Eject No Reject JCS QRTP Protocol
- Problematic Sexualized Behavior (PSB) Protocol
Documents
- Pre-placement Screening for Neurodevelopmental and Comorbid Conditions (NACC)
- Foster Group Care Services/QRTP Referral
- FGCS/QRTP Service Plan/Quarterly Progress Report/Discharge Summary Report Instructions
- QRTP Service Plan/Quarterly Progress Report/Discharge Summary Report
- Pre-placement Screening for PSB QRTP
- Clinical Summary Form for QRTP Admission Assessment
- QRTP Stability Staffing Request Form
Supervised Apartment Living Foster Care (SAL) is the least restrictive foster care placement in Iowa. Youth either live in a cluster site living arrangement (where up to 6 youth can live in the same building and are supervised 24/7 or is a scattered-site living arrangement (where a youth is placed in their own living arrangement, such as an apartment, and have access to contractor staff 24/7. The living arrangement must provide the youth with an environment in which the youth can experience living in the community with less supervision than other types of foster care placements. Contractors must provide life-skills training services to youth in SAL.