1. (a) The internal review process is as follows:

   1. (1) The individual who is the subject of an adverse action may request verbally or in writing an internal review from the appropriate manager or administrator;
   2. (2) The manager or administrator will review the request and forward it with a recommendation to the appropriate Assistant Director for review within ten (10) business days of receipt of request and any supporting materials;
   3. (3) The Assistant Director will notify the applicant in writing of the decision of the review within ten (10) business days of receiving the request; and
   4. (4) If the decision is unfavorable to the individual, the Assistant Director will inform the individual that he or she has fifteen (15) business days in which to submit a written appeal to the Director of the Division of Children and Family Services.

2. (b)

   1. (1) The Director of the Division of Children and Family Services will notify the individual within ten (10) business days of the appeal decision.
   2. (2) This is a final action and is not appealable.

3. (c) Actions subject to internal review are:

   1. (1) Closure of a foster home due to any circumstance;
   2. (2) Removal of a child from the foster home without appropriate cause and/or or without appropriate notice;
   3. (3) Failure by the division to share appropriate information with foster parents;
   4. (4) Failure by the division to provide necessary support to foster parents;
   5. (5) Failure by the division to keep the terms of the initial written agreement with the foster home (CFS-462: Initial Foster Home Agreement and CFS-462A: Foster Home Agreement Addendum);
   6. (6) Denial of a home study, including ICPC, which results in a decision not to open the home of any relative within the third degree of kinship;
   7. (7) Denial of an adoption application;
   8. (8) Denial of name removal from Child Maltreatment Central Registry after one (1) year; and
   9. (9) Additionally, an age-appropriate child or his or her attorney ad litem on his or her behalf may appeal a change in his or her out-of-home placement according to 9 CAR § 40-820.

Codification Notes: This section as promulgated prior to codification into the Code of Arkansas Rules provided as follows: "01/2013"