24. Policy

340:110-5-24. Policy

Revised 6-1-06

The adoption agency (agency) has on file written policy and procedure that is current and available for parents, staff, and licensing staff to review. Policy includes areas governing:

(1) confidentiality of records;
(2) disposition of records;
(3) services provided to birth parents;
(4) services provided to adoptive parents;
(5) services provided to adoptive children;
(6) services provided to older children being relinquished to the agency;
(7) openness in adoption;
(8) search and reunion;
(9) financial assistance to birth parents;
(10) grievances;
(11) adoptive home recruitment;
(12) placement of children in adoptive homes;
(13) fees for adoption;
(14) international adoption;
(15) interstate adoption;
(16) legal risk placements;
(17) post-adoption services; and
(18) procedures for advising adoptive parents about the Adoption Assistance program.

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