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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".01" citation="COMAR 07.05.02.01" title_num="07" subtitle_num="05" chapter_num="02" heading="Purposes.">
  <text>The purpose of private foster care placement services is to:</text>
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Provide time-limited, foster care services to a child and to the child's parent or legal custodian to facilitate safe, appropriate, and timely reunification with a parent or parents;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Concurrently develop and implement a plan in the best interests of a child who cannot be reunified with a parent or parents for planned permanent living arrangements; and</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>Provide temporary care for a child whose permanent plan is adoption.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>