OAR 413-130-0010: Purpose

(1) The purpose of OAR 413-130-0010 to 413-130-0130 is to describe the criteria for eligibility and the types of adoption assistance that may be established for: (a) A child in the legal custody of: (A) The Department; (B) A participating tribe; or (C) A licensed adoption agency in Oregon. (b) A child relinquished by a parent directly to a pre-adoptive family residing in Oregon. (c) A child currently receiving guardianship assistance from the Department and being adopted by the guardian resource. (d) A child whose parent is deceased, who was receiving adoption assistance from the Department, who is being re-adopted by a family residing in Oregon. (2) These rules do not include criteria for program eligibility for adoption assistance for a child placed for adoption in Oregon by another public child welfare agency, as adoption assistance is the responsibility of the sending state.