Or. Admin. Code § 416-530-0020 - Certification Process
(1) OYA seeks to
recruit individuals who meet or exceed the qualifications described in these
rules to provide foster care services to adjudicated youth . OYA further seeks
to retain qualified foster parents who continue to provide an important
component of the OYA service delivery system to adjudicated youth . In order to
accomplish these objectives and to ensure that adjudicated youth receive
services in a safe, respectful, rehabilitative, and positive atmosphere, OYA
has developed a thorough certification process .
(2) The certification process is a
partnership between the applicant or foster parent and OYA. The process allows
for individuals interested in providing adjudicated youth foster care services
to ask questions about foster care standards, foster parent qualifications,
foster home qualifications, and supervision of adjudicated youth and it allows
OYA to assess the willingness, abilities, and suitability of applicants to
provide such foster care services. The process also allows foster parents to
review the prior year during the re-certification process and allows OYA to
re-assess the foster parent 's continued qualification, willingness, and ability
to provide services.
(3) The
granting of an Adjudicated Youth Foster Home Certificate is not a guarantee
that adjudicated youth will be placed in the foster home.
(4) OYA has a responsibility to Oregonians to
manage its resources within available funds. When the OYA director or designee
determines that funding for these resources is jeopardized or otherwise not
available, the OYA director may suspend recruitment of new foster home
resources in areas where the availability of foster homes exceeds the need for
placements.
(5) Relative foster
care applicants: An adjudicated youth foster home may be maintained by a person
related to the adjudicated youth by blood or marriage when financial need can
be determined by OYA. OYA must review potential relative foster care applicants
to determine if there is a true financial need in order to provide the
adjudicated youth room, board, clothing, allowance, personal incidentals,
transportation, educational supplies, and other costs approved by OYA. Relative
foster parents are bound by the same rules and expectations as foster parents
who are not relatives.
Notes
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 420A.025
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 420.888 - 420.892
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