OAR 413-070-0900: Purpose

(1) The purpose of OAR 413-070-0900 to 413-070-0974 is to describe Department criteria for eligibility and receipt of guardianship assistance for: (a) A child in the care or custody of the Department or a participating tribe; (b) A young adult on whose behalf an initial guardianship assistance agreement was entered into when the young adult was a child of age 16 or 17; (c) A young adult who qualifies for disability services and on whose behalf an initial guardianship assistance agreement was entered into when the young adult was a child; (d) A subsequent legal guardianship of a child in the care of a successor legal guardian as described in OAR 413-070-0925; or (e) A child whose eligibility was determined by the Director of the Department pursuant to OAR 413-070-0917(5). (2) Guardianship assistance for a child or young adult placed for guardianship in Oregon by a public child welfare agency other than the Department is not the responsibility of the state of Oregon.