Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 413 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES, CHILD WELFARE PROGRAMS › Division 15 - INTRODUCTION TO CPS RULES › Section 413-015-0470 - Notifications at Conclusion of CPS Assessment

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) Requirements for providing notifications.
			 The CPS worker must:
(a) Unless Child Welfare
			 determines that disclosure is not permitted under ORS
			 419B.035, notify the reporter,
			 if the reporter provided Child Welfare with contact information, whether
			 contact was made, whether Child Welfare determined abuse occurred, and whether
			 services will be provided.
(b)
			 Provide verbal notification to the alleged victim's parents, including a
			 non-custodial legal
parent
, and
caregivers
of
			 all
CPS assessment
dispositions (unfounded or unsubstantiated,
			 unable to determine or inconclusive, or
founded
or
			 substantiated) and whether Child Welfare will provide services as a result of
			 the
CPS assessment
. If the verbal notification of the CPS
			 assessment disposition and service provision may make a
child
or adult
unsafe
, a
CPS supervisor
may
			 authorize an exception to the requirement to provide the notification based on
			 documentation supporting that conclusion. When the
child's
			 parent
is the perpetrator, the notice under subsection (c) of this
			 section must be provided.
(c)
			 Provide written notification to perpetrators of founded or substantiated
			 dispositions and the disposition review process as outlined in OAR 413-010-0700  to 413-010-0750.
(A) If the notification
			 could make an adult unsafe, a
CPS worker
must consult with a
CPS supervisor
and discuss ways to partner with the impacted
			 person to promote their safety.
(B)
			 If the notification could make a
child
unsafe, the
CPS
			 worker
must consult with a
CPS supervisor
to discuss
			 ways to partner with the
child
's legal
parent
,
guardian, Indian custodian,
or
			 attorney to ensure the
child
's safety.
(C) The Child Safety Program manager may
			 approve an exception to delivery of written notification, as provided in OAR
			 413-010-0715.
(d) If
Child Welfare
has reason to know the
perpetrator
has an attorney, the local
Child
			 Welfare
office must provide a copy of the written notification
			 described in (c) to the perpetrator's attorney, if applicable, unless the Child
			 Safety Program Manager has approved an exception to delivery, as provided in
			 OAR 413-010-0715.
(e) Provide the
			 Teacher Standards and Practices Commission (TSPC) notification of the completed
CPS assessment
when a
teacher
or
school administrator
, as defined in OAR 413-015-0115, is
			 identified as an alleged perpetrator in a
report
. Regardless
			 of the disposition, a copy of the completed
CPS assessment
must be sent to TSPC after information related to the reporter's identity and
			 other confidential information is removed.
(f) Provide the Office of Developmental
			 Disabilities Services (ODDS) notification of the completed
CPS
			 assessment
when a
CPS assessment
involves a home
			 certified by ODDS. Regardless of the disposition, a copy of the completed
CPS assessment
must be sent to ODDS after information related
			 to the reporter's identity and other confidential information is
			 removed.
(g) Provide Oregon Youth
			 Authority (OYA) notification of the completed
CPS assessment
when a
CPS assessment
involves a home certified by OYA.
			 Regardless of the disposition, a copy of the completed
CPS
			 assessment
must be sent to OYA after information related to the
			 reporter's identity and other confidential information is removed.
(h) Provide Disability Rights Oregon
			 notification of the completed
CPS assessment
when a
report
of
abuse
was alleged to have occurred
			 at a school or in an educational setting and the
report
involves a child with a disability. Regardless of the disposition, a copy of
			 the completed
CPS assessment
must be sent to Disability Rights
			 Oregon after information related to the reporter's identity and other
			 confidential information is removed.