OAR 413-030-0454: Benchmark Review of the Comprehensive Transition Plan

(1) For a child with a comprehensive transition plan the caseworker must convene a meeting for the purpose of a benchmark review of the comprehensive transition plan six months prior to the child reaching 18 years of age. (a) The meeting must include the child, unless the child developmentally is unable to participate, and may include a parent, guardian, or Indian custodian of the child, substitute caregiver, court appointed special advocate, the attorney for the child, service providers, and others the child determines are important to the meeting including, at the option of the child, the two additional members of the case planning team chosen by the child as described in OAR 413-040-0010(3)(c). (b) The child plays a central role in the meeting appropriate with their developmental ability. (c) At the meeting, the following are determined: (A) Agreement on the person with decision-making authority for education services for the child after the child reaches 18 years of age; (B) Arrangement of sustainable housing, including periods of time the child or young adult may be on break from college or other residential academic or vocational program after the child reaches 18 years of age; (C) Identification of persons who may provide supportive relationships to the child after the child reaches 18 years of age; (D) Identification of cultural and community resources available for the special or unique needs of the child after the child reaches 18 years of age; (E) A plan for the employment, continued academic or vocational education, or specialized training of the child after the child reaches 18 years of age; (F) Agreement on the person with decision-making authority for health and mental health services for the child and identification of health, mental health, and dental providers for the child after the child reaches 18 years of age; and (G) The plan to meet life skill development needs of the child by the time the child reaches 18 years of age. (d) The caseworker must document the determinations made under subsection (c) of this section and the documentation must be signed by the child, when developmentally able to do so, the caseworker, and may be signed by other persons attending the meeting. (2) The caseworker's supervisor must review and acknowledge the completion of the benchmark review of the comprehensive transition plan in the Department's information system. (3) The caseworker must provide a copy of the comprehensive transition plan, including the documentation of the determinations made during the benchmark review of the comprehensive transition plan, to the court at the next scheduled permanency hearing. (4) Within 90 days prior to the child’s 18th birthday, the caseworker must review the determinations and plans made during the Benchmark Review with the child and, if identified, the two additional members of the case planning team chosen by the child as described in OAR 413-040-0010(3)(c). The caseworker reviews the progress made to date and makes any necessary adjustments to the plan as agreed upon with child. (5) The caseworker’s supervisor must review and acknowledge the completion of the Benchmark Review of the comprehensive transition plan in the Department’s electronic information system.