New Hampshire Code of Administrative Rules
He - Department of Health and Human Services
Subtitle He-C - Commissioner, Department of Health and Human Services
Chapter He-C 6400 - PROGRAM AND SERVICE INFORMATION
Part He-C 6448 - CHILD-PLACING AGENCY LICENSING REQUIREMENTS
Section He-C 6448.15 - Services to Birth Parents Considering Adoption

(a) Prior to making an adoption plan for the child, the child-placing agency shall offer adoption counseling to birth parents.

(b) The child-placing agency shall help the parent assume or resume her or his parental role and responsibilities when the parent no longer wants to make an adoption plan.

(c) The child-placing agency shall help the birth family gain access to the services necessary to preserve and strengthen the family and to accomplish the family's goals. When the child is in foster care, the agency shall assist the parent with the issues that brought about the need for placement.

(d) The child-placing agency shall encourage contact between birth parents and children during foster care in accordance with the case plan.

(e) The child-placing agency shall encourage contact between birth parents and foster parents while the child is in foster care in accordance with the child's case plan.

(f) Child-placing agencies providing adoption services shall not accept a child into care without a signed agreement with the parents of the child that includes:

(g) When appropriate to the case plan, the child-placing agency shall refer the child's family to other agencies in the community providing appropriate services.

(h) When the child's family has been referred to a community agency as described in (g) above, the child-placing agency shall maintain communication with the agency providing the services, contingent on a signed release of information from the child's parent or guardian.

(i) The child-placing agency shall document efforts to obtain a signed release of information from a child's parent or guardian in order to maintain communication in (h) above.