1. (a) The department, county adoption agency, or licensed adoption agency shall recruit prospective adoptive applicants who will meet the needs of children for whom a plan of adoption is being recommended.
2. (b) The agency responsible for recruitment of prospective adoptive parents shall make diligent efforts to recruit individuals who reflect the race, ethnicity and cultural diversity of children for whom adoptive homes are needed. All placement decisions should be specific to the needs of the individual child.

3. (c) The agency responsible for recruitment shall accept applications from prospective adoptive parents who express interest in providing permanency to a child/youth whose race, color or national origin does not match their own.

   1. (1) This section shall not affect the application of the federal Indian Child Welfare Act.
   2. (2) In recruiting prospective adoptive applicants, the department, county adoption agency, or licensed agency shall apply the requirements of Family Code sections 8708, 8709, 8710, and 8711.
   3. (3) The agency shall inform the unmarried applicant that the ability to adopt is not limited by the applicant's marital status.

Note: Authority cited: Sections 10553, 10554 and 16118(a), Welfare and Institutions Code; Sections 8621 and 8711.5, Family Code; and Section 1530, Health and Safety Code. Reference: Sections 8708, 8709, 8710 and 8711, Family Code; Sections 16115.5 and 16119, Welfare and Institutions Code; 42 USC 622(b)(7) and 1996b.; and 45 CFR 1355.40.

History

1. New section filed 9-1-87; operative 10-1-87. Ed. Note: The printing of this regulation was delayed due to necessary reformatting (Register 88, No. 50). For history of former chapter 3, see Register 88, No. 1.

2. Change without regulatory effect amending section filed 8-2-91 pursuant to section 100, title 1, California Code of Regulations (Register 91, No. 52).

3. Change without regulatory effect amending subsection (a)(1) and Note filed 3-27-95 pursuant to section 100, title 1, California Code of Regulations (Register 95, No. 13).

4. Amendment of subsections (a)-(a)(1) and Note filed 12-22-95 as an emergency; operative 12-22-95 (Register 95, No. 51). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 4-20-96 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.

5. Reinstatement of subsections (a)-(a)(1) and Note as they existed prior to emergency amendment of 12-22-95 by operation of Government Code section 11346.1(f) (Register 96, No. 21).

6. Amendment of subsections (a)-(a)(1) and Note filed 5-24-96; operative 5-24-96 (Register 96, No. 21).

7. Amendment of section and Note filed 11-15-2018; operative 1-1-2019 (Register 2018, No. 46).