(a) Children and Family Services Division (CFSD) is responsible for:

• (1) developing and modifying Child Welfare (CW) programs, policies, and procedures, based on state and federal law and best practices;
• (2) assessing CW programs through continuous quality improvement;
• (3) providing training and technical assistance to CW staff;
• (4) providing consultation and policy interpretation to CW staff; and
• (5) maintaining the Statewide Automated Child Welfare Information System (SACWIS), known as KIDS.

(b) The programs and services of CFSD are:

• (1) Child Protective Services, including:
  • (A) child abuse and neglect referrals, assessments, and investigations;
  • (B) Child Abuse and Neglect Information System; and
  • (C) child abuse and neglect grants and other federal grants;
• (2) Permanency Planning, including:
  • (A) family reunification services;
  • (B) services to children in out-of-home placements and placement providers;
  • (C) independent living services;
  • (D) contract support services;
  • (E) exploration of relatives and kin for temporary and permanent placements; and
  • (F) concurrent permanency planning, including permanency planning reviews;
• (3) Foster Homes, including:
  • (A) recruitment, development, and approval of foster homes;
  • (B) foster parent training programs;
  • (C) foster home placements;
  • (D) emergency foster home program;
  • (E) kinship placement;
  • (F) tribal foster care; and
  • (G) therapeutic foster care;
• (4) Community-Based Residential Care, including recruitment, development, and implementation of residential resources;
• (5) Mental Health, including inpatient and outpatient services for children who are in Oklahoma Department of Human Services (OKDHS) custody;
• (6) Adoptions, including:
  • (A) recruitment, development, and approval of adoptive resources;
  • (B) adoptive parent training program;
  • (C) adoptive staffing and selection;
  • (D) adoptive placement, approval, and finalization;
  • (E) adoption assistance;
  • (F) Interstate Compact on Adoption and Medical Assistance (ICAMA);
  • (G) post-adoption services; and
  • (H) reunion registry and central paternity registry and search;
• (7) emergency shelter and group home services, including:
  • (A) two emergency shelter programs, in Oklahoma City and Tulsa, that care for children in need of protection; and
  • (B) two group homes in the Oklahoma City area, one for adolescent girls and one for adolescent mothers and their children;
• (8) CW Comprehensive Training program, including:
  • (A) core curricula for new CW workers and supervisors; and
  • (B) specialized training curricula for CW staff;
• (9) placement services, including placements for all children requiring placement above family foster care.  The Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children (ICPC) facilitates the placement of children into and out of Oklahoma;
• (10) voluntary Family-Centered Services, including services to non-court involved families and children through Oklahoma Children's Services (OCS); and
• (11) Technology and Research including the development, maintenance, and training of KIDS.