Ohio Admin. Code 5101:2-48-18 - Postfinalization services
(A) For the purpose of this rule, "agency"
means a public children services agency (PCSA), private child placing agency
(PCPA) or private noncustodial agency (PNA) certified by ODJFS that places a
child or assists in placing a child for adoption.
(B) Each agency shall have a written policy
on the type and extent of postfinalization adoption services that will be
provided by the agency.
(C) The
agency shall make postfinalization adoption services available upon the request
of the birth parent, the adoptive parent or the adoptee. The agency may provide
these services either directly or by referral as described in paragraph (D) of
this rule.
(D) If the agency does
not provide direct postfinalization adoption services, the agency shall:
(1) Refer each person who requests
postfinalization adoption services to an agency that
provides such services
the regional Ohio
kinship and adoption navigator (OhioKAN) agency, in addition to other local
agencies providing the services the family needs.
(2) Upon written request of a parent, legal
custodian, or guardian, provide consultation on adoption-related issues to
professionals who are working with the family.
(3) Provide information regarding the
procedures for releasing identifying information pursuant to rule
5101:2-48-20 of the
Administrative Code.
(E)
If an adoptive parent, adoptee or birth parent contacts an agency for
postfinalization adoption services and the agency determines that another
agency made the adoptive placement, the agency may contact that agency for
assistance in providing postfinalization services.
(F) If an adoptive parent, adoptee or birth
parent is unable to access postfinalization adoption services, the PCSA located
in the county of residence of the adoptive family, adoptee or birth parent,
respectively, is the agency ultimately responsible for the provision of, or
referral to, appropriate postfinalization services.
Notes
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 5103.03, 5153.166
Rule Amplifies: 5103.03, 5153.16
Prior Effective Dates: 07/01/1990, 02/13/1998 (Emer.), 05/14/1998, 07/01/2003, 11/03/2008, 10/01/2014
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