Or. Admin. Code § 413-203-0001 - [Effective until 8/15/2025] Responsibilities for Certification and Supervision of Relative Resource Parents

Authority, Responsibility, and Applicability.

(1) ORS 418.640(1) authorizes the Department to adopt rules to protect the best interests of children in foster homes and to carry out the intent and purpose of ORS 418.625 to 418.645.

(2) The Department has determined that it is in the best interests of a child who cannot safely remain in the home with a parent or legal guardian to be placed with a person meeting the definition of a relative, whenever such placement meets the child's safety, health and well-being needs.

(3) To achieve this purpose, the Department has adopted a new process for the assessment, certification and monitoring of foster homes operated by relatives. These changes in the Department's practice will be implemented initially through a pilot program, involving only Department local offices in specific counties.

(4) Only the Department local offices in those counties participating in the pilot program must comply with the requirements outlined in these rules, OAR 413-203-0000 to 413-203-0145, when assessing, certifying, and monitoring relative applicants, certified relative resource families, and relative resource parents, or taking any other action outlined in these rules. These counties will not comply with the rules in OAR 413-200-0260, 413-200-0270 to 413-200-0298, and 413-200-0301 to 413-200-0396 when assessing an application from a relative applicant, monitoring a certified relative resource family, or taking any other actions outlined in these rules, unless specifically directed by these rules. If a relative resource parent residing in a pilot district moves into a non-pilot district during the pilot time frame, OAR 413-203-0000 to 413-203-0145 remains the governing authority for that relative resource parent's certification. These Department Districts are listed in subsections (a) through (f) below:

(a) District 5;

(b) District 8;

(c) District 9;

(d) District 11;

(e) District 12;

(f) District 16.

(5) Department local offices in all other districts in the state must comply with the rules in OAR chapter 413-200-260, 413-200-0272 to 413-200-0298, and 413-200-0301 to 413-200-0396, when assessing an application from an applicant, monitoring a certified resource family, or taking any other action outlined in those rules involving an applicant who meets the definition of a relative or a relative resource parent. These counties will not apply these rules, OAR 413-203-0000 to 413-213-0145.

(6) Department employees in the districts outlined in section (4)(a) through (f) remain responsible for all other rules in OAR chapter 413 that are not specifically referenced in this rule.

Notes

Or. Admin. Code § 413-203-0001

CWP 3-2025, temporary adopt filed 02/14/2025, effective 2/17/2025 through 8/15/2025

Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 418.005 & ORS 409.050

Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 409.050