Ad Adopt option Work ion Workshop shop Ju June 2020 ne 2020 - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Ad Adopt option Work ion Workshop shop Ju June 2020 ne 2020 Ob Objec ectives tives After ter this is session, sion, you wil will l be able le to: Describe Adoption Assistance Requirements Objectives Explain Private
After ter this is session, sion, you wil will l be able le to:
interventions
adoptions
adoptions
To protect and promote each child’s right to security and stability of a permanent family
aid, is available to prospective adoptive parents to enable them to adopt a child in the state’s foster care system who, because of his
s.409.166(1), F. S.
Permanent commitment to the Department
child-placing agency Documentation
but unsuccessful efforts to place without subsidy except for when child is being adopted by foster parent or relative caregiver Specific factor that makes it difficult to place the child for adoption - member of a sibling group that must be placed together for adoption:
handicap,
disabled, black or racially mixed, or
ties to foster parent
adoptive parent(s) of the child meet background check requirements
Adoption Home study within a year
qualified noncitizen
emancipated
The child must be determined SSI eligible (prior to the adoption) OR If the child was receiving adoption subsidy in a previous adoption and it dissolved as a result of a termination of parental rights or adoptive parent dies, and It was determined that the child continues to meet characteristics to support special needs in the subsequent adoption
Even when a parent is not the best influence or isn’t in a position to raise their ir own chil ild, , he/sh she e does s have e the rig ight t to choos
e an adopti ptive ve famil ily y for his is/her her child ild.
It is the intent of the legislature to provide for cooperation between private adoption tion entiti ties es and the Department of Children and Family Services in matters relating to permanent placement options for children in the care of the department whose birth parents wish to participate in a private adoption plan with a qualified family. Section 63.022(5) F.S.
“Adoption entity” means the department, a child-caring agency registered under s. 409.176, an intermediary, a Florida child-placing agency licensed under s. 63.202, or a child-placing agency licensed in another state which is licensed by the department to place children in the State of Florida.
When the child is in the custody of the Department Parental rights have not been terminated A parent executes a consent for the child’s placement with an adoption entity; AND An Adoption Entity files a petition to intervene in the dependency case.
An Inter terventi vention occurs rs wh when: :
FOUR UR ST STEP EPS S OF INT NTERVENTI ERVENTION: N:
Step p 1 Step p 2 Step p 3 Step p 4 Execution of the consent of the parent to an Adoption Entity to intervene. Court must conduct a hearing to determine:
documents have been filed, and
placement is appropriate Adoption Entity must file a home study with the Court. Court must accept the home study unless:
regarding the qualifications
may not be adequate to determine the best interest
Court determines:
prospective adoptive parents are properly qualified to adopt the child, and
to be in the best interest of the child.
Best t Inter terest st Facto ctors rs outli lined in s in sectio tion 63.082(6) 82(6) inc includ lude but are not li limit ited to: :
The permanency offered; The established bonded relationship between the child and the current
caregiver in any potential adoptive home in which the child has been residing;
The stability of the potential adoptive home in which the child has been
residing as well as the desirability of maintaining continuity of placement;
The importance of maintaining sibling relationships, if possible; The reasonable preferences and wishes of the child, if the court deems
the child to be of sufficient maturity, understanding, and experience to express a preference;
Whether a petition for termination of parental rights has been filed
pursuant to s. 39.806(1)(f), (g), or (h);
What is best for the child; and The right of the parent to determine an appropriate placement for the
child.
entity’s intervention does not relieve the Department
interests of the child is met…
to whether it opposes or supports the motion for intervention.
adoption entity’s intervention if the adoption entity fails to provide the Department with the intervention preliminary home study. The Interve erventi ntion
t Interest erest Checkli klist st incorporated rporated in rule must t be used to determine rmine best interest rest.
If f an Inte nterventio rvention n is g is granted, nted, s. 65C-16.01 6.019(3) 9(3) outli lines: s:
Terminate supervision by the CBC or its contractor End the removal episode of the child in FSFN with a discharge reason of:
“Attorney – Dismissed by Court/ transferred to another agency” “Private Agency - Dismissed by Court Transfer To Licensed Private Agency”
DO N NOT close the case in FSFN but maintain the FSFN and paper file as
. This recor
d shall ll include: lude:
Intervention preliminary home study Other documents relating to the placement with the prospective adoptive parents (i.e.: anything collected about or received by the adoption entity) A copy of all monthly supervision reports provided to an attorney for the Department Any documents collected from the adoption entity for the purposes of subsidy
Children’s Legal Services shall collect monthly supervision reports from the adoption entity until finalization CLS/OAG will file all reports provided by the adoption entity.
OR OR
A new Security Resource has been added to allow those with the applicable security to de-select the Complete checkbox.
attorney created as a FSFN Provider and linked.
be documented.
not documented until after finalization.
marked until case is ready to create Post-Adoption case.
Adoption Information logic pulls TPR dates from the Private Adoption page. If multiple TPR dates exist from a Legal page
page, the latest TPR date is shown.
Void process added to Private Adoption, which is consistent with the void process for Adoption Eligibility. Requires two people to complete.
the ability to deselect the Complete checkbox when data correction is necessary.
exists when page is created in error or duplicate pages exist.
Adoption Subsidy
Expenses
Registry
Support and Services
Contact
Av Availa lable ble Not Av Availa lable ble
Families are to apply directly to CBC where they currently reside.
Licensed
Adoption
INITIAL AL CONTACT T All information required to process subsidy must be collected by the parties requesting subsidy.
GATHER ERING INFORMATION TION Determine who will be completing the steps at your CBC and the POC for the family. If the request for subsidy is after finalization has
denial must be sent to DCF Regional staff. COMMUNICATION TION Complete necessary pages in FSFN regarding Private Adoption
Adoption page
Information page
Adoption)
PROCESS SSING NG
FS FSFN FN U Updates tes:
Adoption Subsidy Agreement Information Page
Tr Tradition itional l MAS AS:
The Department/CBC must enter into an Adoption Assistance Agreement (AAA) with the prospective adoptive parent(s) and begin paying subsidy at the time of adoptive placement, but no later than prior to the finalization of the adoption.
Mai aint nten enan ance e Ado dopt ptio ion n Sub ubsid idy an and M d Med edic icai aid b d bot
h en end d whe hen n the he chi hild ld t tur urns ns 18 18 y yea ears ol
d.
Revised Termination Reasons:
Maintenance Adoption Subsidy
(previously “Change in Subsidy”)
Replaced Mother and Father with Parent 1 and Parent 2. Parent 1 is required.
“(18+) Entering Extended Maintenance Adoption Subsidy” cannot be selected unless the Opt-In Question is “Yes”
For the following wing Terminat mination Re Reasons: s:
Up Upon saving ing the page:
effective Upon saving with “Change in Subsidy Amount” selected:
Upon saving with “Made in Error” selected: ted:
Eligibility and associated Adoption TANF
EMAS”
EMAS
Maintenance Adoption Subsidy” Ch Childr dren en wi with an active tive AA AAA Children eligible for EMAS with an AAA created before the EMAS program implementation (i.e., no opt-in question on the AAA)
Children with a closed case and terminated AAA:
EMAS
Entering Extended Maintenance Adoption Subsidy”
Children with a closed case and non-terminated AAA:
the Election of EMAS”
and opt-in to EMAS
Entering Extended Maintenance Adoption Subsidy”
Ado dopt ption
FSFN will prevent
TANF effective dates. Added “No Response Received” System will now freeze all Adoption TANF data upon approval
Unified Home Study searching without Fiscal Agency to enable statewide searching for approved adoptive families
Prov
ider r Sea earch ch