Oregon Administrative Rules
Chapter 413 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES, CHILD WELFARE PROGRAMS
Division 120 - ADOPTION
Section 413-120-0057 - Adoption Placement Selection, Notification, and Documentation
Universal Citation: OR Admin Rules 413-120-0057
Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 9, September 1, 2024
(1) Adoption Placement Selection.
(a) The ADS must make a
decision regarding the adoption placement selection no later than the end of
the next business day following the scheduled adoption committee.
(b) The ADS may make one of the following
adoption placement selection decisions from the identified potential adoptive
resources presented at the adoption committee:
(A) Select one adoptive resource.
(B) Select an adoptive resource and identify
a second adoptive resource as an alternate in the event that the selected
adoptive resource is subsequently found to be unavailable or no longer deemed
by the Department to meet the current and lifelong needs of the child under OAR
413-120-0800 to 413-120-0880.
(C)
Select none of the potential adoptive resources.
(2) Notification of the Adoption Placement Selection.
(a) The ADS must send written
notification to the child's caseworker, the adoption workers, and the committee
facilitator of the adoption placement selection, and alternate if one was
named, no later than the end of the next business day following the scheduled
adoption committee.
(b) By the end
of the next business day following the notice sent in subsection (a) of this
section, written notification on a form approved by the Department must be sent
as follows:
(A) Each potential adoptive
resource who was presented at the adoption committee must be notified by the
following individuals of whether they were selected:
(i) A Department adoption worker;
or
(ii) The child's caseworker when
the adoption worker is not a Department employee.
(B) The child's attorney, CASA, an authorized
representative from the child's tribe, if the child is an Indian child, a
member of the RCWAC, and the private adoption agency representing a potential
adoptive resource, as applicable, must be notified of the adoption placement
selection by the child's caseworker.
(C) Notices in paragraphs (A) and (B) of this
subsection must contain information on the Department's review process as
described in OAR 413-120-0060, except when the potential adoptive resources
were all general applicants.
(3) The ADS must send written documentation on a form approved by the Department regarding the adoption placement selection, the alternate when one is named, and the basis for those decisions to the central office Adoption Program within two business days following the adoption committee.
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 418.005
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 418.005, ORS 418.280 & ORS 418.285
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