Current through Vol. 42, No. 1, September 16, 2024
(a)
Annual
update. The resource family assessment is updated annually from the
resource home's approval date in KIDS.
(b)
Resource home non-compliance or rule violation issues. When
non-compliance or rule violation issues in the home require remediation for
continued use of the home, a written plan of compliance is developed as a tool
to address the safety and stability of the child in Oklahoma Human Services
(OKDHS) custody placed in the home.
(c)
Resource home investigation.
(1) When a Child Protective Services
investigation results in removal of a child in OKDHS custody from the home:
(A) Form 04MP014E, Notice of Child's Removal
from Out-of-Home Placement, is provided by the child welfare (CW) specialist,
per Oklahoma Administrative Code (OAC)
340:75-6-86; and
(B) the resource parent receives Form
04MP031E, Notice of Decision Not to Return Child After Investigation, from the
CW specialist when a decision is made not to return the child to the
home.
(2) Per Section
1-9-119 of Title 10A of the Oklahoma Statutes, the resource parent has the
right to request and receive a fair and impartial administrative hearing
regarding decisions that affect certification, retention, or placement of a
child in OKDHS custody in the resource home.
(d)
Closure of the resource
home. The resource home is closed and the contract is terminated, when:
(1) resource home services are no longer
needed;
(2) kinship children are no
longer placed in the kinship resource home;
(3) the child leaves a resource home
jointly-approved for that specific child;
(4) the child is no longer placed in the
resource home approved for the specific child;
(5) the resource parent requests
closure;
(6) the resource parent
fails to timely implement or maintain compliance with provisions of Form
04AF023E, Written Plan of Compliance, to resolve conditions that present a risk
to the child or conditions that do not conform to the contract;
(7) there are non-compliance issues related
to a rule, statute, contract, or a written plan of compliance that are
unresolved including, but not limited to, failure of the resource parent or
household member to meet or maintain the initial screening and requirements,
per OAC 340:75-7-10.1 or maintain
compliance with background requirements, per OAC
340:75-7-15; or
(8) rules, statutes, or contract violations
by the resource parent or household member occurred that resulted in OKDHS
determining the child to be unsafe in the resource home.
(e)
Fair hearing. When the
approved resource home is closed, the resource parent has the right to appeal
closure through the fair hearing process, per OAC
340:75-1-12.6.
(f)
Reassessment to re-open a
previously closed resource. When the resource is closed for more than 12
months but less than five years, the resource may be opened with an approved
reassessment within 30-calendar days of the disposition date.
Added at 21 Ok Reg
2385, eff 6-25-04; Amended at 22 Ok Reg 1242, eff 5-26-05; Amended at 24 Ok Reg
1323, eff 6-1-07; Amended at 25 Ok Reg 1335, eff 6-1-08; Amended at 27 Ok Reg
1092, eff 3-26-10 (emergency); Amended at 27 Ok Reg 1865, eff 7-1-10; Amended
at 29 Ok Reg 635, eff 6-1-12; Amended at 30 Ok Reg 839, eff
7-1-13
