Assistance may be provided under the category Emergency Services to Families with Children (ESFC) to eligible children in families who have a dire need as a result of: Abuse, neglect, or abandonment; The need to remove a child from the child's home; Imminent threat of abuse, neglect, or abandonment, or the need to remove the child from the child's home; or The lack of a proper caretaker. Assistance available under ESFC includes up to 12 months of: Foster care at the rates set in COMAR 07.02.11; and Additional services as described in Regulation .05 of this chapter. The services case manager in the local department who determines that a child needs emergency foster care or any other service provided under ESFC shall provide sufficient information in the case record to allow a determination of eligibility for ESFC. For recipients or applicants of ESFC, verification may be required only if income statements seem incomplete, inconsistent, or unclear.