Minnesota Administrative Rules

9545.0815 DESCRIPTION OF AGENCY PROGRAM AND SERVICES.

An applicant must submit with its application and provide to prospective clients of agency services a written statement that contains the information in items A to G:

A.

purpose and philosophy of the agency's program;

B.

general description of children the agency places for adoption or supervises in foster care, with attention to such points as age or special needs that determine whether the agency is able to serve a child;

C.

description of services the agency provides to children, birth families, and foster or adoptive families before, during, and after termination of foster care or finalization of an adoption;

D.

statement of eligibility requirements or qualifications that the agency requires of adoptive or foster families;

E.

description of the process used to study, approve, and select adoptive and foster families, and the approximate amount of time anticipated to complete the selection process;

F.

description of orientation and training that will be provided for foster families or prospective adoptive families; and

G.

statement that the agency complies with:

(1)

the Indian Child Welfare Act, Public Law 95-608;

(2)

the Minnesota Indian Family Preservation Act, Minnesota Statutes, sections 260.751 to 260.835;

(3)

the Heritage Act, Minnesota Statutes, sections 259.29, 260C.193, subdivision 3, and 260C.212, 260C.221, and 260C.215; and

(4)

the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children, Minnesota Statutes, section 260.851.

Statutory Authority:

MS s 245A.03; 317A.907

History:

18 SR 1593; L 1994 c 631 s 31; L 1999 c 139 art 4 s 2; L 2012 c 216 art 6 s 13

Published Electronically:

October 15, 2013