1. (a) Notices. The Family Service Worker will:

   1. (1)

      1. (A) Provide notice using CFS-323-A: Notice to Adult Relatives by Blood, Adoption, or Marriage that a Child Has Been Taken into DCFS Custody to all adult relatives by blood, adoption, or marriage within the third degree of kinship, all parents of a sibling of the juvenile where the parent has legal custody of the sibling, as well as any other adult relatives suggested by the parents of the child.
      2. (B) The Division of Children and Family Services should provide notice using CFS-323-B: Notice to Fictive Kin that a Child Has Been Taken into DCFS Custody to any adults identified as having a positive, meaningful relationship with the child and/or could offer needed services and supports to the child and/or his or her family;
   2. (2) Send notices within thirty (30) days after the child is transferred to the custody of the division;

   3. (3)

      1. (A) Send notices to additional persons of interest who are identified at any point in time during the child’s stay in foster care (within thirty (30) days of identification) until permanency is achieved.
      2. (B) Notices need not be sent to any adult relative or fictive kin who has:

2. (i) A pending charge or past conviction or plea of guilty or nolo contendere for family or domestic violence; or

   1. (ii) A true finding of child maltreatment in the Child Maltreatment Central Registry.

      1. (C) However, if it is determined that the relative may have a meaningful relationship with the child and the charge, conviction, or true finding is such that the relative is not considered to pose a threat to the child, the notice may be sent;

   2. (4) In the document tracking screen in CHRIS, select the CFS-323-A: Notice to Adult Relatives by Blood, Adoption or Marriage that a Child Has Been Taken into DCFS Custody or CFS-323-B: Notice to Fictive Kin that a Child Has Been Taken into DCFS Custody, as appropriate, and enter the following information:

      1. (A) Date sent;
      2. (B) Description text field;
      3. (C) Comments text field;
      4. (D) Document issued on behalf of the client – select the client; and
      5. (E) Document issued to recipients – select relative client;
   3. (5) Contact by phone any individual to whom CFS-323-A: Notice to Adult Relatives by Blood, Adoption or Marriage that a Child Has Been Taken into DCFS Custody or CFS-323-B: Notice to Fictive Kin that a Child Has Been Taken into DCFS Custody was sent within five (5) working days of sending the notification to more fully explain the options that the specific individual may have in terms of providing a temporary home for or otherwise staying in contact with the child who was taken into Department of Human Services custody;
   4. (6) Document the date and time of all phone contact attempts (whether successful or unsuccessful in speaking with the individual) and the result of each attempt in the CHRIS contacts screen;
   5. (7) If, after three (3) attempts of trying to reach an individual to whom CFS-323-A: Notice to Adult Relatives by Blood, Adoption or Marriage that a Child Has Been Taken into DCFS Custody or CFS-323-B: Notice to Fictive Kin that a Child Has Been Taken into DCFS Custody was sent, the Family Service Worker is unable to reach him or her, the FSW may cease trying to contact the individual; and

   6. (8) Enter the following information as appropriate on the Relative/Fictive Kin Interest Information tab within the Court Report Screen in CHRIS under the Relative/Fictive Kin Interest Detail if the individual indicates interest in providing support to the child:

      1. (A) Child;
      2. (B) Relative/fictive kin;
      3. (C) No Relative/fictive kin identified checkbox (if applicable);
      4. (D) Notified date; and

      5. (E) Under the “Interested in Participating in the Care and Placement of Child” section, each grouping has a checkbox and when selected the text box will become mandatory to enter the information on the following:

         1. (i) Provisional home;
         2. (ii) Foster home;
         3. (iii) Kinship guardianship; and
         4. (iv) Desires visitation.

3. (b) Court reports. The Family Service Worker will include the following information in the CFS-6011: Court Report:

   1. (1) Outline of the efforts made by the division to identify and notify all adult relatives including all parents of a sibling of the juvenile where the parent has legal custody of the sibling, that the child is in the division’s custody;

   2. (2) A list of all adult relatives and the response of each relative to the notice, including:

      1. (A) The adult relatives’ interest in participating in the care and placement of the child;
      2. (B) Whether the adult relative is interested in becoming a provisional foster parent or foster parent of the child; and
      3. (C) Whether the adult relative is interested in visitation;
   3. (3) Outline of the efforts made by the division to identify and notify any fictive kin that the child is in the division’s custody; and
   4. (4) A list of all fictive kin and the response of each fictive kin to the notice, including whether fictive kin is interested in becoming a provisional foster parent or foster parent of the child.

Codification Notes: This section as promulgated prior to codification into the Code of Arkansas Rules provided as follows: "08/2015"