Florida Administrative Code
65 - DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
65C - Family Safety and Preservation Program
Chapter 65C-16 - ADOPTIONS
Section 65C-16.003 - Case Reviews
Universal Citation: FL Admin Code R 65C-16.003
Current through Reg. 50, No. 187; September 24, 2024
(1) The purpose of case reviews is to ensure that efforts to achieve the permanency goal of adoption are conducted and documented in Florida Safe Families Network (FSFN) and ongoing judicial review social studies reports for every child with an adoption goal.
(2) The case review requirements for children in adoption planning consist of two (2) types of reviews:
(a) Match Staffings. Staff
responsible for case planning for children who are permanently committed to the
Department with a goal of adoption shall meet every 45 days to discuss and
assess the strengths and needs of children without an identified adoptive
family with the goal of matching them with approved prospective adoptive
families. The available families for the waiting children will be sought from
but not limited to FSFN, the community-based care (CBC) agencies, AdoptUSKids,
and Children Awaiting Parents (CAP).
1. The
staffing will be conducted by a team of at least three (3) individuals,
preferably with adoption experience. The child's case will be presented by the
adoption case manager.
2. The
staffing team shall determine all potential matches from the pool of
prospective adoptive families.
3.
Once the potential adoptive families have been identified, the staffing team
will rate each family based on the family's ability to meet the identified
needs of the child based on information documented in FSFN, the Child Study and
the adoptive parent's home study. The documentation must include a key of the
rating scale used by the team.
4.
The team will be required to obtain input (either verbally or in writing) from
adults with significant knowledge of the child's needs, including the adoption
case manager, dependency case manager, current caregiver, the child, if age
appropriate, guardian ad litem, school professional, and
therapist.
(b)
Supervisory Consultation. Supervisory consultation is an on-going function of
direct service supervision. Consultation must be directed at ensuring thorough
case assessment, case planning and service delivery. Supervisory consultation
must be provided to every direct service staff member regardless of prior
training and experience, and must include individual supervisory case
conferences, at least every 90 calendar days.
Rulemaking Authority 39.0121 FS. Law Implemented 39.621, 39.701, 39.811(8), (9), 39.812 FS.
New 4-28-92, Amended 4-19-94, Formerly 10M-8.0023, Amended 12-4-97, 8-19-03, 11-30-08, 7-7-16, 8-15-21.
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