Regulation .05 Application for Foster Parent Certification.
Regulation .05 Application for Foster Parent Certification.LinkCopy Citation
A.
Foster parent applicants shall be single individuals or couples who may be employed.
B.
A prospective foster parent shall sign and date an application indicating a willingness to be a certified foster parent.
C.
An appropriate agency employee shall conduct one or more documented application interviews with the applicant alone or in a group with other applicants. The interviews shall include a discussion of the following:
(1)
Definition and goals of foster care;
(2)
Differences between foster parenting and parenting one's own child or adopting a child;
(3)
Reasons children receive foster care services;
(4)
Characteristics of birth parents, their problems, needs, rights, and responsibilities;
(5)
Potential impact of foster care responsibilities on the applicant;
(6)
Requirements for foster care certification as described in Regulations .05—.12 of this chapter and in agency policy;
(7)
Agency's policy on discipline;
(8)
Applicant's assessment, with the agency, of the potential for foster parenthood;
(9)
Number and characteristics of foster children for whom the applicant is best suited;
(10)
Financial requirements of foster parents; and
(11)
Financial obligations of the agency to foster parents and foster children.