Current through all regulations passed and filed through September 16, 2024
(A) A child study inventory (CSI) shall be
developed and completed within thirty days after the public children services
agency (PCSA) or private child placing agency (PCPA) receives permanent custody
of a child.
(1)
If
sufficient information is not available to complete any element of the CSI, the
caseworker is to document in the child's case record efforts that were made to
secure such information.
(2)
The CSI is not to contain any identifying information
regarding the child's birth family.
(B) The CSI shall be reviewed and updated at
the time of each semiannual administrative review, adoptive placement and
removal from the adoptive placement.
(C) The CSI shall include, at a minimum, the
following information, as applicable to the age and circumstances of the child:
(1) A summation of the history of the child's
biological family, which shall include, but is not limited to the biological
parents':
(a) Age.
(b) Marital status.
(c) Educational and occupational
background.
(d) Ethnic and racial
background, religion, and other cultural
characteristics.
(e) Talents and
hobbies.
(f) Mental and physical
disabilities.
(g) Medical
conditions such as genetic/inherited diseases, illnesses, etc.
(h) Social and medical information on the
adoptive child's sibling(s).
(i)
Social and medical information on the adoptive child's ancestors.
(2) The child's substitute care
placement history, including reasons for the original placement and reasons for
subsequent placement moves.
(3) A listing of the
child's identified and anticipated special needs, and documentation verifying
those special needs.
(4) A summation of the history and background
information known about the child which shall include, but is not limited to:
(a) Positive attributes, characteristics or
strengths of the child such as talents, interests or
educational achievements.
(b) Physical, intellectual and social
development of the child.
(c)
Immediate health needs and current medications of the child.
(d) Attachment and bonding of the child to caregivers
and siblings.
(e)
The information to be shared with the prospective
adoptive parents pursuant to rule
5101:2-48-15 of the
Administrative Code.
(5) Written
information describing the types of behavior that the prospective adoptive
parent(s) may anticipate from a child who has experienced
trauma, suggested interventions, and the
services available
to the family after
finalization.
(D)
Copies of the CSI are to be provided prior to the
adoptive placement to the following:
(1)
The PCSA, PCPA,
or private noncustodial agency (PNA) assisting in the adoptive placement of the
child.
(2)
The adoptive parents no later than the date of the
adoptive placement. Pursuant to rule
5101:2-48-16 of the
Administrative Code, the CSI may be shared with prospective adoptive parents
prior to the matching conference.
(E)
If a newborn
child is placed from a hospital into an adoptive home, the PCSA or PCPA is to
provide copies of the CSI to the entities in paragraph (D) of this rule no
later than thirty days after the adoptive placement.
(F)
The adoptive
child's case record and the adoptive family's case record are to both contain
copies of the CSI and the completed JFS 01667 "Adoption Information Disclosure"
documenting that all information to be shared with the adoptive family was
received by the adoptive family.
