# COMAR Title 07 — Department of Human Services

## Subtitle 03 — Family Investment Administration

### Chapter 08 — Emergency Assistance to Families with Children (EAFC)

#### Regulation .05 Services in Emergency Services to Families with Children.

*COMAR 07.03.08.05*

A. Referral for appropriate services such as information, referral, counseling, securing shelter, and child care shall be made for problems attributable to the emergency or crisis situation and aimed towards reducing the prospect for recurrence of emergencies.

B. ESFC services provided for eligible children may include, but are not limited to, appropriate:

  (1) Purchased preventive services to families experiencing an emergency to prevent child abuse, neglect, or abandonment, or to prevent an at-risk child from being placed in out-of-home care; and

  (2) Reunification services for families where children have been abandoned or placed out-of-home due to abuse, neglect, or imminent threat of these.