Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 110 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES › Title 110 CMR 7.000 - Services › Substitute Care › Section 7.103 - Application to Become a Foster Parent/Pre-adoptive Parent

Current through Register 1525, July 5, 2024
Whenever an individual who has contacted the Department for
				  the purpose of applying to be an unrestricted, kinship or child-specific foster
				  or pre-adoptive parent has been deemed eligible under
				  110
				  CMR 7.100 the following procedures shall be
				  observed:
(1) The Department shall
				open a file for the foster/pre-adoptive parent applicant, if not previously
				opened, with either the Department or a Department contracted provider of
				foster care.
(2) The Department
				shall provide the foster/pre-adoptive parent applicant with the following
				materials: an application form if not previously provided during the initial
				screening process, and information regarding the evaluation process and the
				standards for licensing foster/pre-adoptive applicants, in addition to the
				information required by 102 CMR 5.10(1).
(3) Application forms shall require at least
				the following information and consent:
(a)
				the name, date of birth, social security number, address, out of state
				addresses in the five years prior to application date, telephone number, sex,
				sexual preference/orientation, ethnicity, and occupation of the
				applicant;
(b) the name, date of
				birth, social security number, sex and relationship to the applicant of all
				household members;
(c) the current
				physical, mental and emotional condition of the applicant and all household
				members;
(d) the name, address and
				telephone number of the applicant's employer and the employer of the head of
				the household, if the applicant is not the head of the household;
(e) the name, address and telephone number of
				the last physician who has examined or treated the applicant;
(f) the name(s), address(es) and telephone
				number(s) of any physician(s), psychologist(s) or other professional(s) who has
				treated the applicant or other household member for any serious or chronic
				illness, drug abuse, or alcohol abuse;
(g) any crimes of the applicant or other
				household member who have been charged with or convicted of;
(h) any current or previous applications to
				become a foster or pre-adoptive parent submitted by the applicant or other
				household member, and the results thereof;
(i) whether the applicant or any other
				household member has ever been identified as allegedly responsible for an
				incident of child abuse or neglect in a 51B investigation supported by the
				Department or other child protective agency;
(j) the names and addresses of at least two
				personal references;
(k) languages
				spoken in the household, and the language predominantly used in the
				household;
(l) whether the
				applicant is seeking placement of a specific child in the home, and, if so, the
				name, date of birth, address, sex and relationship to the applicant and other
				household members' relationship to the child;
(m) the consent of the applicant, and other
				household members if appropriate, for the
Department to make collateral contacts with any individuals
				  named in response to requests for information under 110 CMR 7.103(3)(d), (e),
				  (f), (g) and (j) and any other individuals seen by the Department as useful to
				  the evaluation of the application; and
(n) an agreement to allow the Department to
				conduct an examination of the applicant's status with the criminal offender
				information system as defined by M.G.L. c. 6, §§ 167 through
				172.