Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 9, September 1, 2024
(1) An adoption committee must be composed of
the following individuals:
(a) The caseworker
of each child for whom adoption placement selection is being made;
(b) Three individuals appointed by the Child
Welfare Program Manager or designee for a local adoption committee, and by the
Child Permanency Program Manager, Assistant Child Permanency Program Manager,
or designee for a central office adoption committee:
(A) The committee facilitator, who must be a
Department staff person; and
(B)
Two other individuals, who may be a community partner or a Department staff
person.
(2) In
addition to the committee members identified in section (1), the following
individuals for each child for whom adoption placement selection is being made
must be notified of the adoption committee and may be adoption committee
members, if they so choose, under OAR 413-120-0053(1):
(a) The CASA;
(b) The child's attorney;
(c) An authorized representative from the
child's tribe, if the child is an Indian child; and
(d) A member of the RCWAC, if the child is a
refugee child.
(3) The
adoption worker for each identified potential adoptive resource must attend the
full adoption committee.
(4) With
the approval of the committee facilitator, the following individuals may attend
the adoption committee:
(a) The supervisor for
an individual identified in section (1), (2), or (3) of this rule;
(b) Department staff who may have information
about the child or sibling group under consideration for adoption or the
potential adoptive resources being considered; and
(c) Department staff, for training or
observation purposes.
(5)
Committee members appointed under subsection (1)(b) of this rule must meet the
following requirements:
(a) Be knowledgeable
of adoption and permanency issues;
(b) Be knowledgeable of the importance of
lifelong family and cultural connections;
(c) Be knowledgeable of the importance of
attachment and emotional ties to caregivers; and
(d) Have no personal or current professional
relationship to any of the children for whom adoption placement selection is
being made or to the potential adoptive resources being considered.
(6) The committee facilitator
appointed under paragraph (1)(b)(A) of this rule must comply with all of the
following subsections:
(a) Hold the meeting in
accordance with the requirements of Chapter 413 of the Oregon Administrative
Rules;
(b) Inform each individual
who is present of the responsibilities of the committee;
(c) Have each individual who is present sign
a confidentiality agreement for the proceedings of the adoption committee
meeting;
(d) Ensure the individuals
who are invited to attend and present information to the committee as described
in OAR 413-120-0035(5) are:
(A) Allowed to
present information appropriate for consideration for each child for whom
adoption placement selection is being made; and
(B) Excused in a timely manner.
(e) Give the committee
recommendations to the ADS at the end of the adoption committee
meeting.
(7) The ADS:
(a) Is appointed by the Child Permanency
Program Manager or designee and must:
(A)
Have significant expertise in the areas of adoption and permanency
issues;
(B) Have experience with
adoption placement planning;
(C) Be
knowledgeable of the importance of lifelong family and cultural
connections;
(D) Be knowledgeable
of the importance of attachment and emotional ties to caregivers; and
(E) Have no personal or current professional
relationship to the child, sibling group under consideration for adoption, or
the potential adoptive resources being considered.
(b) Must attend the adoption committee and
may ask clarifying questions, but does not participate in the deliberations or
recommendations of the adoption committee.
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS
418.005
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS
418.005,
ORS
418.280,
ORS
418.285 & ORS
419B.192
