Oklahoma Administrative Code
Title 340 - Department of Human Services
Chapter 75 - Child Welfare Services
Subchapter 11 - Child Welfare Community-Based Residential Care
Part 17 - CONTRACTED COMMUNITY-BASED RESIDENTIAL CARE PROVIDERS
Section 340:75-11-233 - Placement of children into more restrictive community-based residential care (CBRC) placements

(a) Sections 1-1-102 and 1-7-103 of Title 10A of the Oklahoma Statutes require children in Oklahoma Human Services (OKDHS) custody be served in the least restrictive setting that meets each child's treatment needs in the closest geographic proximity as possible to the child's home, per Oklahoma Administrative Code (OAC) 340:75-6-85.

(b) CBRC placements are more restrictive placement settings than the child's own home, relative's home, or foster family home. The request and referral for the placement of a child in OKDHS custody in a CBRC placement is made through the Child Welfare Services (CWS) Specialized Placements and Partnerships Unit (SPPU).

(c) Children 12 years of age and younger in OKDHS custody are not placed in CBRC placements, except when maintaining sibling groups together in placement, maintaining a OKDHS custody parent and child together in placement, or in CBRC placements that provide services to a younger age population due to the child's treatment needs, when an exception is received.

(d) A child in OKDHS custody residing in a CBRC placement on his or her 18th birthday may receive voluntary care in his or her CBRC placement after 18 years of age per OAC 340:75-6-110.

(e) The child's case assignment remains in the county of jurisdiction.

(f) CBRC placements must:

(g) CBRC placements are subject to the availability of funds in the OKDHS budget. CWS SPPU maintains the waiting list for children requiring CBRC placements when the need for CBRC exceeds the availability of CBRC resources.