Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 24, June 15, 2024
Section 3130.36 - Adoption services(a) The county agency shall make adoption services available to a child in the custody or under the supervision of the county agency who is in temporary, substitute care and who cannot be returned to his own home.(b) Adoption services include the following: (1)Adoption service. Activities designed to culminate in legal adoption of a child, including adoptive home recruitment, study of adoptive parent applicants, placement and supervision of the child in the adoptive home, preparation and presentation of material for the adoption hearing and ensuring adoption assistance, when needed.(2)Adoption assistance. The county shall actively seek ways to promote the adoption assistance program as set forth in Chapter 3140 Subchapter C (relating to adoption assistance).(c) The county agency shall, upon request of another county agency, conduct a study of adoptive parent applicants residing in that county who seek to adopt a child who is in placement under the case management responsibility of the county agency requesting the study. The county agency conducting the study may apply its fee schedule as established under § 3130.21(h)(3) (relating to responsibilities of county executive officers) to pay the cost of the study.(d) Before making a request of another county agency for an adoptive study under subsection (c), the county agency shall seek other alternatives. The alternatives may include the following: (1) Arranging for an adoptive study through a private agency.(2) Considering other ways of arranging a study with the adoptive parent.(e) The county agency shall comply with the Pennsylvania Adoption Cooperative Exchange Act (11 P. S. §§ 2501-2507).The provisions of this § 3130.36 amended January 23, 1987, effective 1/24/1987, except subsections (c) and (d) effective 4/24/1987, 17 Pa.B. 392.The provisions of this § 3130.36 amended under Articles II, VII, IX and X of the Public Welfare Code (62 P. S. §§ 201-211, 701-774, 901-922 and 1001-1080).
This section cited in 55 Pa. Code § 3140.17 (relating to review of county plans and budgets).