Okla. Admin. Code § 340:75-7-14 - [Effective 9/14/2025] Training requirements

(a) Pre-service training. Applicants and adult household members who care for a child in Oklahoma Human Services (OKDHS) custody are required to complete a prescribed course of training, prior to resource approval. The training incorporates the reasonable and prudent parent standard and addresses the values and guiding principles essential for caring for a child, who is a victim of maltreatment.

(1) Each applicant completes required Child Welfare Services (CWS)-approved training. Additionally, any adult household member, 18 years of age and older, who provides daily care for a child, completes the required training. An exception may be given when an individual is determined to possess required values and guiding principles as a result of prior foster care training and experience.

(2) Kinship applicants may be approved for placement of the kinship child prior to completion of pre-service training.

(3) Kinship applicants complete pre-service training before receiving foster care maintenance payments.

(4) An applicant who is a former resource parent with a break in OKDHS service of less than five years meets the training requirements.

(5) An applicant may request a permanent training waiver. The resource field manager approves or denies a request for a permanent training waiver. The applicant may request a permanent waiver, when:

(A) the equivalent training was completed within the last five years. A list of equivalent training from a tribe, private agency, or another state is included that details subjects addressed in the training; or

(B) he or she has a significant disability that precludes the completion of training. Disability verification is provided by a physician. A person granted a permanent training waiver for disabilities may not be a caregiver for the child in OKDHS custody.

(b) In-service training. Each resource parent completes 12 hours of continuing in-service training per year to enhance his or her skills as a provider.

(1) OKDHS provides free in-service training options for the resource parent.

(2) With CWS approval, other training is accepted as credit toward in-service training requirements. The resource parent provides the resource specialist with the training certificate, when available, from the training source that lists completed, approved hours.

(3) The resource parent selects from training options, such as classes, conferences, reading materials, or other learning opportunities that enhance his or her skills and meet the in-service training requirement. The resource parent receives approval for each training option from the resource specialist.

(4) A resource parent residing in another state and caring for a child in OKDHS custody meets the requirements of his or her state of residence for ongoing training to maintain OKDHS approval as a resource parent.

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Okla. Admin. Code § 340:75-7-14

Added at 17 Ok Reg 549, eff 12-1-99 (emergency); Added at 17 Ok Reg 1311, eff 5-11-00; Amended at 17 Ok Reg 3367, eff 9-1-00 (preemptive); Amended at 18 Ok Reg 666, eff 1-10-01 (emergency); Amended at 18 Ok Reg 2128, eff 6-11-01; Amended at 18 Ok Reg 3067, eff 7-12-01; Amended at 19 Ok Reg 534, eff 12-20-01 (emergency); Amended at 19 Ok Reg 2226, eff 6-27-02; Amended at 21 Ok Reg 2385, eff 6-25-04 ; Amended at 22 Ok Reg 1242, eff 5-26-05; Amended at 23 Ok Reg 1024, eff 5-11-06; Amended at 24 Ok Reg 1323, eff 6-1-07; Amended at 26 Ok Reg 1282, eff 6-1-09; Amended at 27 Ok Reg 1092, eff 3-26-10 (emergency); Amended at 27 Ok Reg 1865, eff 7-1-10; Amended at 29 Ok Reg 635, eff 6-1-12; Amended at 30 Ok Reg 839, eff 7-1-13

Amended by Oklahoma Register, Volume 35, Issue 24, September 4, 2018, eff. 9/17/2018 Amended by Oklahoma Register, Volume 37, Issue 24, September 1, 2020, eff. 9/15/2020 Amended by Oklahoma Register, Volume 41, Issue 23, August 15, 2024, eff. 9/16/2024 Amended by Oklahoma Register, Volume 42, Issue 7, December 16, 2024, eff. 10/10/2024, exp. 9/14/2025 (Emergency)