AGENCY: Schools for the Deaf and the Blind

SERIES: 9580
TITLE: Foster care subject files
DATES: 1970-
ARRANGEMENT: Alphabetical by subject name

DESCRIPTION: These files were created by the business office as a reference file to track the foster care placement program. The files include handbooks for foster parents, bus schedules, child abuse information, newspaper articles, contracts between the Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind and the Department of Human Services for case worker monitoring services, foster parent pay rates (names, addresses, income information, telephone numbers), and general reading files and correspondence on subjects relating to foster care.

RETENTION

Permanent. Retain for 6 year(s) after expiration of contractual agreement

DISPOSITION

Transfer to Archives.

RETENTION AND DISPOSITION AUTHORIZATION

Retention and disposition for this series were specifically approved by the State Records Committee.

APPROVED: 03/1992

FORMAT MANAGEMENT

Paper: Retain in Office for 6 years after termination of contract and then transfer to State Archives with authority to weed.

APPRAISAL

Historical Legal

This disposition is based on the evidential value of these documents for the foster care program. Student foster care case files, series 9579, which also document this program, contain highly personal information and are not suited as a permanent record. The in-office retention is based on UCA 78-12-22 (1991), the statute of limitations for contracts.

PRIMARY DESIGNATION

Public

SECONDARY DESIGNATION

Private. Names, addresses, income information, and telephone numbers.