OAR 413-120-0720: Department Efforts to Place with Relatives, Current Caretakers and to Place Siblings Together

(1) The Department's preference for placement of a child is to place siblings together for the purpose of adoption with relatives or current caretakers. (2) Prior to pursuing a general applicant as a potential adoptive resource, the caseworker and the caseworker's supervisor must comply with all of the following requirements: (a) Review the diligent efforts of the Department to identify, contact, and place a child with relatives and to place siblings together as required by OAR 413-070-0060 to 413-070-0087. (b) Confirm there are no current Department actions to identify or assess a relative who has expressed an interest in being assessed as a potential adoptive resource for the child or sibling group. (c) Confirm there are no Department actions to identify or assess a current caretaker who has expressed an interest in being assessed as a potential adoptive resource for the child or sibling group.