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Wash. Admin. Code § 388-70-093
WASHINGTON
ADMINISTRATIVE CODE
TITLE
388. SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF
CHAPTER
388-70. CHILD WELFARE SERVICES--FOSTER CARE--ADOPTION SERVICES--
SERVICES
TO UNMARRIED PARENTS--FOSTER CARE--ADOPTION
388-70-093.
Foster care for Indian children--Services.
Documented efforts shall be made to avoid separating the Indian
child from his parents, relatives, tribe or cultural heritage. Consequently:
(1) In the case of Indian children being placed in
foster care by the department or for whom the department
has supervisory responsibility, the local Indian child welfare advisory committee,
predesignated by a tribal council, or appropriate urban Indian organization
shall be contacted. Members of that committee will serve as
resource persons for the purposes of cooperative planning and aid
in placement.
(2) The resources of the tribal government, department and the
Indian community
shall be used to locate the child's parents and relatives
to assist in locating possible placement resources, and to assist
in the development of a plan to overcome the problem
that brought the child to the attention of the authorities
and/or the department.
(3) In planning foster care placements for Indian children, demonstrable
consideration shall be given to tribal membership, tribal culture and
Indian religions. The case record shall document the reasons and
circumstances of casework decisions and consideration in those regards.
(4) The following resources for foster home placement of Indian
children will be explored and followed in the following order:
Relatives' homes, homes of other Indian families of same tribe,
other Indian foster parents and non-Indian foster homes specifically recruited
and trained in cooperation with the local Indian child welfare
advisory committee to meet the special needs of Indian foster
children and in the geographic proximity that will insure continuation
of the parent-child relationship. The training of non-Indian foster parents
shall be designed and delivered in cooperation with the above
committee and/or persons designated by the committee.
(5) For each Indian child who will be in care
for more than 30 days, including those for whom adoption
is planned, the ESSO shall make documented effort to complete
two copies of the 'family ancestry chart' (except in those
cases where parents specifically indicate in writing they do not
want the child enrolled). One
copy will be retained in the child's file; the other
will be forwarded to the bureau of Indian affairs office
or the department of Indian affairs agency in Canada serving
that child's tribe or band. The BIA of the department
of Indian affairs agency will review the chart for possible
enrollment eligibility in conjunction with the enrollment committee of the
appropriate tribe or urban Indian community.
(6) The ESSO shall develop its social resources and staff
training programs designed to meet the special needs of Indian
children through coordination with tribal, Indian health service, bureau of
Indian affairs social service staff, appropriate urban Indian and Alaskan
native consultants, national, state and local Indian welfare organizations and
ESSO child welfare advisory committees.
(7) The ESSO shall make diligent and demonstrable efforts to
recruit facilities and/or homes particularly capable of meeting the special
needs of Indian children with the assistance of the local
Indian child welfare advisory committees.
Order
1167, S 388-70-093, filed 10/27/76.
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