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 127. (1) Before a child may be placed in a foster home, the foster care licensee who uses the foster home to provide residential care and, if the child is being placed by a placing agency that is not the licensee, the placing agency, shall assess whether the immediate needs of the child can be met in the proposed foster home by carrying out the steps described in this section. O. Reg. 350/22, s. 26. (2) Except where the placing agency is the licensee, the licensee shall collect, from the placing agency or person placing the child, the information about the child set out in subsection (5) that is mandatory for the assessment and, if the information is available when carrying out the steps described in subsection (3), the information set out in subsection (6) that is optional for the assessment. O. Reg. 350/22, s. 26. (3) The licensee shall prepare a record setting out the information about the child described in subsection (2) and shall, (a) conduct an evaluation to determine whether the child’s immediate needs can be met in the foster home and prepare a written report setting out the evaluation, which must indicate whether any immediate needs of the child cannot be met in the foster home and contain the information set out in subsection (7); (b) based on the evaluation, prepare a written report setting out the licensee’s conclusions on whether the child’s immediate needs can be met in the proposed foster home, which must set out, (i) the licensee’s determination of how the child’s immediate needs will be met if the child were placed in the foster home, including the licensee’s conclusions on whether there are any immediate needs of the child that cannot be met in the foster home, and (ii) how those immediate needs that cannot be met in the foster home will otherwise be met; and (c) except where the placing agency is the licensee, provide the report referred to in clause (b) and information about the proposed placement to the person placing the child or the placing agency. O. Reg. 350/22, s. 26. (4) If the child is being placed by a placing agency, the placing agency shall, (a) consult with the child on the proposed placement, to the extent possible given the child’s age and maturity; (b) prepare a written report setting out the child’s views or the reasons for which it was not possible to consult with the child given the child’s age and maturity, as the case may be; (c) consult, to the extent possible in the circumstances, with any other person or entity that, in the opinion of the placing agency, would have information relevant to the proposed placement and the determination as to whether the placement will meet the child’s immediate needs; (d) prepare a written report setting out the views of the persons or entities consulted with under clause (c) or the reasons for which no person or entity was consulted under that clause, as the case may be; and (e) based on the documentation referred to in clause (3) (c), the views of the child, if applicable, the views of any person or entity that was consulted and any other information known to the placing agency about the child, assess whether the proposed placement will meet the child’s immediate needs and prepare a report setting out the assessment. O. Reg. 350/22, s. 26. (5) For the purposes of subsection (2), the following is the information about the child that is mandatory for the assessment: 1. The child’s name, age and gender. 2. The objectives of the person placing the child or the placing agency. 3. Information about the immediate needs of the child that is reasonably necessary for the purposes of performing the assessment under this section, including, as may be necessary, information about any immediate developmental, emotional, social, medical, psychological and educational needs and any immediate needs related to any behavioural challenges or any trauma experienced by the child. 4. If the child is being placed by a society, the basis on which the child is in the society’s care. 5. Any behaviours of the child that may pose a risk to the safety of the child or others or any other risks to the child’s safety that are known to the licensee, as well as the safety measures that should be implemented in order to mitigate those risks if the child were to be placed in a foster home. 6. The circumstances necessitating foster care of the child. 7. Any other information that, in the opinion of the person placing the child or placing agency, is relevant to the provision of foster care to the child. O. Reg. 350/22, s. 26. (6) For the purposes of subsection (2), the following is the information about the child that is optional for the assessment: 1. Any information set out in a personal, family and social history or assessment respecting the child that has been prepared by or provided to the placing agency or other person placing the child and that is relevant to the assessment under this section. 2. The strengths of the child, including information about their personality, aptitudes and abilities. 3. Information respecting the child’s identity characteristics. O. Reg. 350/22, s. 26. (7) The written evaluation, referred to in clause (3) (a), of whether the child’s immediate needs can be met in the foster home shall contain, (a) the information, described in subsection (2), about the child whose placement is being proposed; (b) the names of the proposed foster parent or parents, the date on which the foster parent or parents were approved to provide foster care and an assessment of whether the parent or parents have access to the supports and have completed the training necessary to meet the child’s immediate needs, as described in the foster parent’s foster parent learning plan; (c) with respect to any foster child or adult who will be receiving residential care in the foster home at the time of the proposed placement, (i) their age and gender, if relevant to the evaluation, and (ii) a general description of their needs and of the services and supports provided to them, including details of any additional staffing required to meet those needs and an indication of whether any of the foster children or adults has a safety plan in place; (d) an assessment of how the needs of the foster children or adults referred to in clause (c) may impact on the care to be provided to the child whose placement is being proposed; and (e) if any other persons beyond those referred to in clause (c), as well as the proposed foster parent or parents, are residing in the proposed foster home, the number of persons and any information known to the licensee about them that may impact on the care to be provided to the child. O. Reg. 350/22, s. 26. (8) The following is the information respecting the proposed placement to be provided by the foster care licensee to the person placing the child or the placing agency under clause (3) (c): 1. The name or names of the proposed foster or parents and the address of the proposed foster home. 2. The date on which the proposed foster parent or parents were approved to provide foster care. 3. Details of any support services available to and training provided to the proposed foster parent or parents, as well as any training completed by the proposed foster parent or parents, that are relevant to the care of the child. 4. The number of foster children and adults receiving residential care in the proposed foster home at the time at which the child will be placed in the foster home. 5. The ages, gender and information about the needs of the persons described in paragraph 4, as well as the services and supports required to meet those needs, that might impact on the services to be provided to the child. 6. The total number of persons living in the proposed foster home and any information about those persons that is known to the licensee that is relevant to the care to be provided to the child whose placement is being proposed. O. Reg. 350/22, s. 26. (9) Despite clause (3) (c), a licensee shall not provide, to the person placing the child or the placing agency, any information referred to in subsection (8) that constitutes personal information. O. Reg. 350/22, s. 26. (10) Any report referred to in this section shall be dated to indicate the date on which it was prepared. O. Reg. 350/22, s. 26. (11) A foster care licensee shall keep a record of the date on which it provides the report or any information as required under clause (3) (c). O. Reg. 350/22, s. 26.