Foster parent applicants shall be single individuals or couples who may be employed. A prospective foster parent shall sign and date an application indicating a willingness to be a certified foster parent. 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: Definition and goals of foster care; Differences between foster parenting and parenting one's own child or adopting a child; Reasons children receive foster care services; Characteristics of birth parents, their problems, needs, rights, and responsibilities; Potential impact of foster care responsibilities on the applicant; Requirements for foster care certification as described in Regulations .05—.12 of this chapter and in agency policy; Agency's policy on discipline; Applicant's assessment, with the agency, of the potential for foster parenthood; Number and characteristics of foster children for whom the applicant is best suited; Financial requirements of foster parents; and Financial obligations of the agency to foster parents and foster children.