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13.20.1 Withdrawing the Adoptive Referral

Legal Authority

Introduction

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Practice Guidance

  • ​​The adoptive referral can be withdrawn at any point in the process by either the prospective adoptive parent(s) or the SSW in consultation with their FSOS and the service region clinical associate (SRCA) if needed.​

Procedure

If for any reason a referral needs to be withdrawn, the recruitment and certification (R&C) worker:
  1. ​​Tells the adoptive family in a face-to-face meeting; 1 
  2. Tells the child in a face-to-face meeting with the assistance of the child's mental health provider is needed; 2 
  3. Documents the offer for a face-to-face meeting in the adoptive family record if the family chooses not to meet face-to-face with either worker to discuss the withdrawal of the referral; 
  4. Secures the adoptive family’s copy of the child’s presentation summary and returns it to the SSW for the child;
  5. If the withdrawal is a result of reports of abuse or neglect, the R&C worker and FSOS consult with the service region administrator (SRA) or designee and the Office of Legal Services (OLS) concerning procedures to remove the child from the home. 
  6. The SSW indicates the referral is withdrawn in TWIST and returns the adoptive home narrative to the R&C worker or the private child caring (PCP) case manager for the home.​

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Footnotes

  1. The child’s SSW may also be present. 
  2. The child's SSW may also be present.

Documents

Revisions

​7/26/2023

The adoptive referral can be withdrawn at any point in the process by either the prospective adoptive parent(s) or the SSW in consultation with their FSOS and the service region clinical associate (SRCA) if needed.​

2.  Tells the child in a face-to-face meeting with the assistance of the child's mental health provider is needed; 2 ​


5.  If the withdrawal is a result of reports of abuse or neglect, the R&C worker and FSOS consult with the service region administrator (SRA) or designee and the Office of Legal Services (OLS) concerning procedures to remove the child from the home. 
6.  The SSW indicates the referral is withdrawn in TWIST and returns the adoptive home narrative to the R&C worker or the private child caring (PCP) case manager for the home.​