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This law was first created in 2024. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 629<\/a> and 662<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.<\/p>","references":[{"id":375398,"section_number":"63.2-1531","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/63.2-1531\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1498867,"object_type":"law","relational_id":375399,"identifier":"63.2-1532","token":"63.2\/III\/15\/7\/63.2-1532","url":"\/63.2-1532\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/63.2-1532\/","token":"63.2\/III\/15\/7\/63.2-1532","dublin_core":{"Title":"Parental Child Safety Placement Program; established","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 63.2-1532","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The Parental Child Safety Placement Program<\/span> is established to prevent unnecessary entry into foster care by promoting and supporting placements with relatives and fictive kin<\/span> and requiring accountability for pre-court<\/span> placements of children. A local department<\/span> may facilitate a parental child safety placement arrangement<\/span> in accordance with the provisions of this article if (i) a family assessment or investigation has been initiated in response to a valid complaint alleging that the child has been abused or neglected; (ii) the safety assessment conducted by the local department<\/span> indicates that a child cannot remain safely in the home; and (iii) the child’s parent, guardian, or legal custodian is in agreement with the parental child safety placement arrangement<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPARENTAL CHILD SAFETY PLACEMENT PROGRAM; ESTABLISHED (\u00a7 63.2-1532)\n\nThe Parental Child Safety Placement Program is established to prevent\nunnecessary entry into foster care by promoting and supporting placements with\nrelatives and fictive kin and requiring accountability for pre-court placements\nof children. A local department may facilitate a parental child safety placement\narrangement in accordance with the provisions of this article if (i) a family\nassessment or investigation has been initiated in response to a valid complaint\nalleging that the child has been abused or neglected; (ii) the safety assessment\nconducted by the local department indicates that a child cannot remain safely in\nthe home; and (iii) the child’s parent, guardian, or legal custodian is in\nagreement with the parental child safety placement arrangement.\n\nHISTORY: 2024, cc. 629, 662.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}