Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 413 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES, CHILD WELFARE PROGRAMS › Division 15 - INTRODUCTION TO CPS RULES › Section 413-015-0870 - Notifications at Conclusion of Third Party 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 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
third
			 party CPS assessment
dispositions (unfounded, unable to determine, or
			 founded) and whether Child Welfare will provide services as a result of the
			 t
hird party CPS assessment
. If the verbal notification of the
			 t
hird party CPS assessment
disposition and service provision
			 may make a
child
or adult unsafe, the
CPS
			 worker
must consult with a
CPS supervisor
and refer
			 to OAR 413-015-0850. A
CPS supervisor
may authorize an
			 exception to the requirement to provide the notification based on documentation
			 supporting the conclusion that notification may make a child or adult
			 unsafe.
(c) Provide written
			 notification to perpetrators of founded dispositions and the disposition review
			 process as outlined in OAR 413-010-0700  to 413-010-0750.
(A) If the notification of the t
hird
			 party CPS assessment
disposition may make an adult unsafe, the
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 t
hird party
			 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 t
hird party 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
third party
			 CPS assessment
when a t
hird party CPS assessment
involves a home certified by ODDS. Regardless of the disposition, a copy of the
			 completed t
hird party 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 t
hird party
			 CPS assessment
when a t
hird party CPS assessment
involves a home certified by OYA. Regardless of the disposition, a copy of the
			 completed t
hird party 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 t
hird party 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 t
hird party CPS
			 assessment
must be sent to Disability Rights Oregon after information
			 related to the reporter's identity and other confidential information is
			 removed.