Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 413 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES, CHILD WELFARE PROGRAMS › Division 200 - RESOURCE HOME CERTIFICATION › Section 413-200-0281 - Informal Respite Care, and Child Care

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) The certifier must undertake all of the
			 following activities:
(a) Discuss with the
			 certified resource family the plan for providing care to a child or young adult
			 placed in the home when the certified resource family may be unavailable to
			 provide care.
(b) For any
			 prospective informal respite care provider or child care provider, assure
			 completion of a criminal records check as outlined in OAR 413-120-0400, unless
			 the provider is a child care facility.
(c) Document the information considered and
			 the results of any fitness determination on a form approved by the
			 Department.
(d) For any prospective
			 informal respite care provider or child care provider, conduct child abuse
			 history background checks, unless the provider is a child care
			 facility.
(e) Initiate out of state
			 child abuse history background checks if the prospective informal respite care
			 or child care provider has lived outside the state of Oregon in the previous
			 five years.
(f) When a prospective
			 informal respite provider or child care provider has been identified as the
			 perpetrator or alleged perpetrator, or respondent of abuse in a child
			 protective services assessment in a founded disposition, substantiated
			 disposition, unable to determine disposition, or inconclusive disposition for
			 abuse to a child or young adult or a similar disposition from another division
			 of the Department, agency or state, consult with the certification supervisor
			 about whether to seek approval from the Child Welfare Program Manager:
(A) If the decision is to seek approval, the
			 Child Welfare Program Manager must consider the information and safety concerns
			 and may approve or deny continuing the determination of the informal respite
			 care or child care provider;
(B)
			 The decision, and the information assessed, must be documented on a form
			 approved by the Department.
(g) When informal respite care or child care
			 will be provided in the home of the informal respite care or child care
			 provider, assure the activities described in subsections (b) through (e) of
			 this section are complete for all adults living in the home of the informal
			 respite care or child care provider. An informal respite care provider or child
			 care provider may be conditionally approved by a Child Welfare Program Manager
			 or designee prior to the results from the fingerprint-based criminal offender
			 records check of national crime information databases. The approval must be
			 documented on form approved by the Department.
(h) Analyze information gathered under
			 subsections (a) to (f) of this section prior to determining the individual is
			 safe and appropriate to provide informal respite care or child care and
			 approving the individual to provide informal respite care or child
			 care.
(i) Document the analysis
			 required under subsection (g) of this section in the Department's electronic
			 information system.
(j) Notify the
			 certified resource family of the determination of whether the individual is
			 authorized to provide informal respite care or child care.
(k) Verify that any certified resource family
			 identified to provide certified respite care or child care for another
			 certified resource family has a current certification.
(l) The Department may disapprove a
			 prospective informal respite care provider or child care provider even if the
			 provider has a positive fitness determination.