(a) After you accept a family as a potential adoptive
placement, you must maintain at least quarterly contact with them.
(b) You must discuss any changes in the information
that you obtain during the adoption screening.
(c) In addition to the quarterly contacts, you must
provide education and training in regard to the following as deemed
appropriate by the child placement staff:
(1) Bonding with adoptive children;
(2) Parenting issues and concerns; and
(3) Children with special needs, if appropriate.
(d) You must document each contact and training that
was provided in the family's record, indicating the date, type of
contact, and content.
(e) You may contract with another licensed child-placing
agency to make these contacts as long as:
(1) The person making the contacts meets the minimum
qualifications for a child-placement staff in §749.673 of this
title (relating to What are the qualifications that an employee must
have to perform child placement activities?);
(2) The agency submits the required documentation to
you;
(3) Your child-placement management staff reviews and
approves the documentation; and
(4) You maintain the documentation in the child's record.
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Source Note: The provisions of this §749.3691 adopted to be effective January 1, 2007, 31 TexReg 7469; amended to be effective September 1, 2010, 35 TexReg 7522; transferred effective March 9, 2018, as published in the Texas Register February 16, 2018, 43 TexReg 909 |