1. (1) Title IV-E, section 471(a)(10) of the Social Security Act, requires the State of Oregon to establish a state authority responsible for establishing and maintaining standards for foster family homes and child caring institutions.
2. (2) ORS 418.005 gives the Department the authority and responsibility to approve homes for a child in the care or custody of the Department. ORS 418.005 authorizes the Department to develop rules to approve these homes.
3. (3) In these rules, a certified respite provider is a foster parent as those terms are used in ORS 418.016, 418.625, 418.640 and 418.648.
4. (4) A child receiving the respite care services being served in their home with an open child welfare case, or in the care or custody of the department, is not considered a placement in the home of a certified respite provider, relative resource parent or resource parent.

Statutory/Other Authority

ORS 409.050, ORS 418.005 & ORS 418.640

Statutes/Other Implemented

ORS 418.005, ORS 409.010, ORS 418.625, ORS 418.627, ORS 418.630, ORS 418.635, ORS 418.640, ORS 418.642, ORS 418.643, ORS 418.644, ORS 418.645, ORS 418.647 & ORS 418.648

History

CWP 54-2026, adopt filed 04/29/2026, effective 05/01/2026