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1. The Kentucky Adoption Profile Exchange (KAPE) specialist in central office (CO) receives current adoptive home studies for prospective adoptive families interested in specific children registered with the KAPE program.
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After reviewing the home study, if the family appears to be a potential match, the SSW and/or CFRM specialist contacts the adoptive family’s recruitment and certification (R&C) worker or private-child-placing (PCP) case manager to discuss the family’s availability and suitability to meet the child’s needs. 9. The SSW and/or CFRM specialist will send the family’s worker (only non-DCBS families) a DPP-171A Verbal Exchange of Information Acknowledgment Form to be given to and signed by the family to begin verbally sharing information with the family.
12. The notification of interest can also be shared with the FSOS for the child and the adoptive family, KAPE (if the child is registered), the adoption review committee permanency lead (if the child is still registered), and the service region pre-placement conference chair (if applicable).
13. If making an interstate placement, the SSW follows all requirements in SOP 10 regarding making interstate adoptive placements, prior to planning or holding the pre-placement conference.
Propective Adoptive Families:
Once all parties agree that the inquiring family is a good match for the child the following steps begin:
1. The SSW or CFRM specialist will send the presentation summary packet to the adoptive family’s R&C worker or PCP case manager.
ii. Sign the confidentiality agreement after specifying what information has been shared with the prospective adoptive parent; Verbally share all presentation information;
vii. Ensures the Places the original DPP-171 is uploaded in the foster/adoptive family's TWIST case and file and a copy in the child’s TWIST agency case;
6. When the family and all involved parties agree to move forward with the referral please refer to SOP 13.17 Planning the Placement/Pre-Placement Conference for information and guidance.Contingencies and Clarifications
- When the prospective adoptive family resides in another state, the pre-placement conference may be held before submitting the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children (ICPC) referral to ensure that all parties are still interested in moving forward with the adoptive process after all relevant information has been shared and discussed. However, no contact or visits shall be held until after the ICPC referral has been completed and both states have signed the ICPC-100A as outlined in SOP Chapter 10. The SSW follows all requirements in SOP Chapter 10 regarding making interstate adoptive placements.