- The written notice (DPP-154A Protection and Permanency Notice of Intended Action) for closure of a foster or adoptive home includes:
- Notice that the Cabinet for Health and Family Services (CHFS/Cabinet) will not place a child in the home;
- The reason why the foster or adoptive home is being closed;
- The effective date of closure for the foster or adoptive home; and
- A DPP-154 Protection and Permanency Service Appeal form for service appeals.
Foster or Adoptive Home Reopens
A former foster or adoptive home parent whose home was closed without a deficiency may reapply.
A former foster or adoptive home parent that was closed due to a deficiency may be considered for re-approval if the deficiency has been resolved. If a former foster or adoptive parent’s home was closed pursuant to Procedure 1, (A) through (K), consideration for re-approval may be assessed if the cause of closure has been resolved. To reapply, a former foster or adoptive home parent:
- Attends an informational meeting; and
- Submits the following:
- Application;
- DPP 170 Financial Information for Foster-Adoptive Parents ;
- Names of three (3) personal references;
- Two (2) credit references;
- Authorization for criminal records release;
- Background check;
- DPP 107 Health Information Required for Foster or Adoptive Parents, Applicants or Adult Household Members and DPP 108 Health Information Required for Foster or Adoptive Parents or Applicants Regarding Dependent Children; and
- Other required paperwork noted in SOP 12.3 Foster and Adoptive Home Applicant Assessment.
A reapplying former foster or adoptive home parent re-enrolls and completes pre-service family preparation training, unless the former foster or adoptive home parent:
- Has previously completed pre-service training; and
- Is considered a resource for placement.
If a medically complex foster or adoptive home closed and wishes to reopen, applicants must retake the medically complex orientation and the Join Hands Together training, if the family attended the training five (5) or more years prior to reopening.
An adoptive family may be reconsidered for adoptive placement. The family may reapply and receive approval for adoptive placement:
- If the home was previously closed in good standing; or
- Following finalization of an adoption.
Based on an assessment of the re-applying family’s past training and re-evaluations by the FSOS/SSW, the FSOS reserves the right to require the family to go back through the pre-service family preparation training.
- The inactive TWIST case should be re-opened.
- The SSW will follow the SAFE home study guidelines for reopening a home with a prior SAFE home study. The SSW will also follow SAFE instructions on reopening and converting a home with a non-SAFE study.