1. (a) The Family’s Adoption Specialist will:

   1. (1) Provide casework, counseling, support, and referral to needed resources and services until the adoption is finalized;
   2. (2) Inform the family about postadoption services, via “PUB 31: Post Adoptive Services”, and document such in document tracking in the Division of Children and Family Services’ information management system;
   3. (3) Visit weekly during the first month of placement, biweekly during the second month of placement (monthly thereafter), and make contact as needed with the family until the adoption is finalized;
   4. (4) Have a private conversation with age-appropriate children during each visit;

   5. (5)

      1. (A) Submit a narrative, documenting the place and dates of postplacement contacts, conversations about post adoptive services, activities, progress, concerns, etc.
      2. (B) Narrative entries regarding visits and services will be approved in the division’s information management system by the Adoption Supervisor;
   6. (6) During the fourth month of adoptive placement, complete the adoption subsidy request packet and submit to Adoption Supervisor by following all procedures as outlined in 9 CAR § 40-931; and
   7. (7) Forward approved subsidy request to Subsidy Coordinator.

2. (b) The child’s Adoption Specialist will:

   1. (1) Notify preadoptive family of the date for a judicial review;

   2. (2)

      1. (A) Recommend initiation of procedures to finalize the adoption, upon receipt of approval of the adoption by the Adoption Supervisor and approval of adoption subsidy, if applicable, and if the child has resided with the resource parent, provisional resource parent, or relative for at least six (6) months.
      2. (B) However, residence in the home is not required for a minor to be adopted (if in Department of Human Services custody) and the minor must reside outside the home to receive medically necessary health care;
   3. (3) Inform the family about postadoption services, via “PUB 31: Post Adoptive Services”, and document such in document tracking in the division’s information management system; and
   4. (4) Complete all court hearing screens, for all judicial reviews, in the division’s information management system.
3. (c) Finally, the Adoptions Supervisor will review all requests for adoption subsidy and forward a written determination for each request to the family’s Adoption Specialist within three (3) business days of receipt of request.

Codification Notes: This section as promulgated prior to codification into the Code of Arkansas Rules provided as follows: "01/2021"