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340:75-1-30. Address Confidentiality Program
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Issued 5-11-06


     The Address Confidentiality Program (ACP) provides services to residents of Oklahoma who are victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, and stalking.  The goal of ACP is to help victims keep their location confidential by providing them with a substitute address and a mail forwarding service for use when interacting with state and local agencies.  Section 60.14 of Title 22 of the Oklahoma Statutes governs ACP.  This statute, when applicable, guides the actions of the Child Welfare worker.  • 1

INSTRUCTIONS TO STAFF 340:75-1-30

 

Revised 5-15-09

 

1. Address Confidentiality Program (ACP) protocol.  When a participant provides the Child Welfare (CW) worker with an ACP authorization card, the CW worker:

(1) makes a photocopy of the ACP authorization card and files the copy in the CW paper case record;

(2) enters the ACP code and substitute address, P.O. Box 60189, Oklahoma City, OK  73146-0189, for the participant into KIDS Client/Demo/Address screen and deletes the participant's actual finding address, if this address has already been entered;

(3) creates a separate paper case record for any document with the participant's actual finding address which is kept in a locked file cabinet in the CW supervisor's office.

(A) When the participant declines to provide a finding address, the CW worker determines with the participant an alternate meeting location for the CW worker's monthly, face-to-face contact.

(B) If there is a need to evaluate the residence for safety issues and the actual location of the participant is unknown, the ACP allows state and local agencies to petition the Attorney General for the participant's actual address when there is a bona fide statutory or administrative requirement for the use of the address or pursuant to a court order.

(i) The CW worker immediately staffs the case with the CW supervisor and CW field liaison (CWFL).

(ii) The CWFL contacts, when needed, Children and Family Services Division Child Protective Services (CPS) or Permanency Planning (PP) programs manager for consultation on related issues and actions necessary to obtain the actual address;

(4) updates the KIDS Client/Demo/Characteristics screen by selecting the Sensitive Information on File checkbox to notify CW staff who are involved in the case of the separate paper case record;

(5) sends all correspondence for the participant to the ACP substitute address; and

(6) does not include the participant's actual location in any report sent to the district attorney or court.  The CW worker must not disclose a participant's actual address unless disclosure is permitted by law.
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Last Updated:  10/20/2011
Oklahoma Department of Human Services
Street address: Sequoyah Memorial Office Building, 2400 N. Lincoln Blvd., Oklahoma City, OK 73105
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