Revised 5-15-09

1.   Statewide adoption staffing.  Statewide adoption staffing, found in the STO DCFS/Adoption/Statewide Staffing public folder on Outlook, occurs monthly and is an opportunity for Child Welfare (CW) workers to obtain resource family assessments for adoptive placement consideration.  Tribal representatives are invited quarterly to statewide staffing.

(1) The CW worker:

(A) brings 45 de-identified copies of Form 04AN022E, Child Profile Assessment for Adoption, and a current color photograph of each child to be presented;

(B) gives a brief presentation of the child, five to seven minutes in length, describing:

(i) primary reason the child came into care and child's current legal status;

(ii) child's current placement, including level of care and length of time in current placement;

(iii) child's personality, including the child's positives and strengths, interests and hobbies, and activities that are important to the child;

(iv) a recent visit with the child;

(v) type of family the child desires;

(vi) child's goals for the future, if an older child;

(vii) child's health;

(viii) child's school performance and educational needs;

(ix) child's day-to-day behavior;

(x) child's progress in counseling, if applicable; and

(xi) contact with child's biological family, including placement with siblings or visitation with siblings;

(C) reads each resource family assessment:

(i) no later than ten working days after the staffing, if there are ten or fewer prospective adoptive parents identified; or

(ii) no later than one month after the staffing if there are more than ten prospective adoptive parents identified;

(D) selects three families who appear best able to meet the identified needs of the child and prepares an adoptive placement recommendation for each family, per OAC 340:75-15-45; and

(E) if no resource family assessments are submitted for consideration, explores other recruitment opportunities, including:

(i) re-staffing the child;

(ii) scheduling the child for the next adoption party;

(iii) referral to Waiting Child; and

(iv) listing the child's profile on the Internet; and

(F) consults with the adoption specialist to facilitate the adoptive placement process.