Okla. Admin. Code § 340:75-19-1 - Child Welfare Services Tribal Program purpose and designation as review location for child's tribe or Secretary of the Interior
(a) The Oklahoma Department of Human Services
(OKDHS) Child Welfare Services (CWS) Tribal Program Sectionprovides services to
Indian children and families in compliance with federal and state
regulations.
(b) CWS is the
established location for OKDHS records review by the child's tribe or the
Secretary of the Interior per Section 40.9 of Title 10 of the Oklahoma Statutes
that requires OKDHS to establish a single location where all records of every
involuntary foster care, pre-adoptive placement and adoptive placement by the
courts of any Indian child in custody or under the supervision of OKDHS is
available within seven calendar days of a request by the tribe of the Indian
child or by the Secretary of Interior. The records include, but are not limited
to:
(1) the state child welfare specialist's
reports;
(2) a summary of the
efforts to rehabilitate the Indian child's parents;
(3) a list of the names and addresses of
families and tribally approved homes contacted regarding placement;
and
(4) a statement of reason for
the final placement decision.
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