OAR 416-330-0030: Placement decisions

(1) OYA may consider an adjudicated youth for substitute care placement when OYA determines the adjudicated youth's behavior can be managed with minimal threat of harm to self or others in an available and appropriate substitute care resource. (2) Notwithstanding OAR 416-330-0030(1), OYA must not consider an adjudicated youth for placement in substitute care if the adjudicated youth is 19 years old or older at the time of the adjudicated youth’s commitment to OYA. (3) OYA has sole discretion in deciding recommendations for adjudicated youth substitute care referrals and placement. (4) OYA must consider the following when deciding an adjudicated youth’s substitute care placement recommendation and referral: (a) The adjudicated youth’s legal parent’s or legal guardian’s advisement regarding placement; (b) The adjudicated youth’s placement preference; (c) The adjudicated youth’s religious, cultural, and ethnic heritage; (d) The adjudicated youth’s medical, physical, and psychological needs; (e) The adjudicated youth’s behavioral treatment needs; and (f) Community protection. (5) OYA may seek advice from a person who shares the same religious, cultural, or ethnic heritage as an adjudicated youth when determining a substitute care placement for the adjudicated youth.