An adoptive home screening contains documentation of the following:
(1) Interviews with adoption applicants, their families,
and collateral contacts as necessary;
(2) Information obtained through review of documents,
reports, and inspections;
(3) Assessment of the information obtained to determine
whether applicants meet the requirements for approval as adoptive
families;
(4) Evaluation of the information obtained in order
to make recommendations about the family's capacity for adoption,
including the age, number, sex, and special needs of the children
the family has the capacity to parent;
(5) Assessment of basic care and safety issues, including
safety of the environment of the adoptive home; and
(6) Review and approval by child placement management
staff, including the ages and gender(s) of the children for whom the
home is approved, the special needs of the children for whom the home
is approved, and the approved capacity of the home.
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| Source Note: The provisions of this §749.3621 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 |
