Code of Maryland Regulations
Title 07 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES
Subtitle 05 - SOCIAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION-PRIVATE CHILD PLACEMENT AGENCIES
Chapter 07.05.02 - Private Foster Care
Section 07.05.02.05 - Application for Foster Parent Certification
Universal Citation: MD Code Reg 07.05.02.05
Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 6, March 22, 2024
A. Foster parent applicants shall be single individuals or couples who may be employed.
B. A prospective foster parent shall sign and date an application indicating a willingness to be a certified foster parent.
C. An appropriate agency employee shall conduct one or more documented application interviews with the applicant alone or in a group with other applicants. The interviews shall include a discussion of the following:
(1) Definition and goals of foster care;
(2) Differences between foster parenting and parenting one's own child or adopting a child;
(3) Reasons children receive foster care services;
(4) Characteristics of birth parents, their problems, needs, rights, and responsibilities;
(5) Potential impact of foster care responsibilities on the applicant;
(6) Requirements for foster care certification as described in Regulations .05-.12 of this chapter and in agency policy;
(7) Agency's policy on discipline;
(8) Applicant's assessment, with the agency, of the potential for foster parenthood;
(9) Number and characteristics of foster children for whom the applicant is best suited;
(10) Financial requirements of foster parents; and
(11) Financial obligations of the agency to foster parents and foster children.
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