Section DCF 50.04 - Screening for public adoption(1) INFORMATIONAL MEETINGS. (a) The department shall offer informational meetings for prospective adoptive parents considering a public adoption.(b) The meetings shall include information on all of the following: 1. Adoption procedures and resources.2. The general characteristics of children who need or may need adoptive parents under s. DCF 50.03(1) (a).3. The type of prospective adoptive parents that are most needed based on the most recent assessment under s. DCF 50.03.(2) SCREENING FORM. (a) The department shall provide a screening form to the prospective adoptive parents at the informational meeting.(b) Prospective adoptive parents may only obtain a screening form at an informational meeting.(3) SCREENING CRITERIA. The department may limit the total number of prospective adoptive parents selected for an adoption home study and shall screen prospective adoptive parents based on the following criteria:(a) The home study of the prospective adoptive parents is likely to be approved.(b) The prospective adoptive parents would be a good match for the type of children who are legally free for public adoption or are at legal risk.(c) Prospective adoptive parents willing to accept placement of a child who is at legal risk.(d) Preference may be given to the following types of prospective adoptive parents: 1. Prospective adoptive parents with greater interest or experience in caring for children with special needs, including particular types of special needs, particular levels of special needs, or multiple types of special needs.2. Prospective adoptive parents that will accept sibling groups for placement and encourage and support sibling contact when siblings must be separated.(4) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. The department may obtain additional information needed to make a screening decision by requesting additional written information or by conducting a screening interview.(5) SCREENING DETERMINATION. (a)Deadline for determination. The department shall determine whether prospective adoptive parents meet the screening criteria in sub. (3) within 30 days after receiving all requested information under sub. (4).(b)Approval. The department shall send an application for a home study to prospective adoptive parents that meet the screening criteria in sub. (3).(c)Denial. The department shall send a written notice of denial to prospective adoptive parents that do not meet the screening criteria under sub. (3). The notice shall specify the reasons for the denial and include information on appeal rights under s. DCF 50.06.Wis. Admin. Code Department of Children and Families DCF 50.04
Adopted by, CR 18-001: cr. Register August 2018 No. 752, eff. 9-1-18; correction in numbering in (3) made under s. 13.92(4) (b) 1, Stats., Register August 2018 No. 752, eff. 9/1/2018