OAR 413-070-0081: Review of a Child or Young Adult's Substitute Care Placement

(1) The Department must review the efforts to place a child or young adult with a relative, current caretaker, or person with a caregiver relationship: (a) No more than 30 calendar days from the date of the child or young adult's initial placement in substitute care; (b) When the family of a child or young adult, through a family meeting, has recommended substitute care, permanency, or concurrent permanency with a relative who is not the current substitute care resource and has not yet been assessed; (c) When it appears a child or young adult is likely to experience or experiences a change in substitute caregiver; (d) When the child or young adult's substitute caregiver does not meet the safety, permanency, and well-being needs of the child or young adult; (e) During every regular case review described in OAR 413-040-0000 to 413-040-0032; and (f) No more than 30 calendar days prior to a court or administrative review hearing. (2) As part of the review in section (1) of this rule, the Department must determine: (a) Whether the child or young adult and his or her siblings, if the siblings are also in substitute care, have been placed with a relative, current caretaker or person with a caregiver relationship; (b) If placement has not occurred, the current efforts to identify a relative or person with a caregiver relationship able and willing to provide substitute care; (c) The additional contact with and assessment of identified relatives necessary to achieve placement with a relative; and (d) When a child or young adult is placed with a relative or person with a caregiver relationship, whether the substitute caregiver is able to best meet the safety and well-being needs of the child or young adult as described in OAR 413-070-0600 to 413-070-0645. (3) The caseworker must document in the Department's information system: (a) The date of the review required under section (1) of this rule; (b) The names of each individual who participated in the review; (c) Whether and how the placement of a child or young adult with a relative, current caretaker, or person with a caregiver relationship has been met and whether siblings have been placed together; and (d) Recommended actions, including any additional actions the Department will take to place a child or young adult, and his or her siblings, if the siblings are also in substitute care, with a relative, current caretaker, or person with a caregiver relationship in a placement resource that meets the safety, permanency, and well-being needs of the child or young adult.