1.   Placement procedures.  The Child Welfare (CW) worker searches the KIDS system to determine whether the proposed placement is a resource. 

(1) Resource on KIDS.  If the resource is on the KIDS system, the CW worker updates information in the child's KIDS case record to ensure that Form 04K1010E, Placement Worksheet, is accurate and complete. 

(A) The CW worker makes the request for placement on the Placement Recommendation screen and documents the attempts to comply with the placement preferences of Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) on the Placement Recommendation screen. 

(B) The CW supervisor reviews the placement request and Placement Worksheet for accuracy and completion of information about the child and approves the placement request. 

(C) The Children and Family Services Division (CFSD) tribal coordinator checks the Resource Unit Inbox daily for placement requests.  The CW worker contacts the CFSD tribal coordinator by telephone or e-mail to advise of the request.

(2) Resource not on KIDS.  If the resource is not on the KIDS system, the CW worker contacts the CFSD tribal coordinator.  The CFSD tribal coordinator contacts the facility to discuss the facility's willingness to enter into a placement agreement and the terms of the placement agreement.

(3) Approval of resource.  The child may be placed in a residential facility when:

(A) there is an approved placement agreement with the facility;

(B) the facility is listed as a tribal residential resource; and