Violation according to Department of Family and Protective Services
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Violation Details
Operation Number:
208120-249
Operation Name:
Adoption Advisory, Inc.
Date:
9/19/2006
Standard Number:‡
AC1
Standard Description:
Agency must Show that Expenditure was Fit and Appropriate
Technical Assistance Given:
Yes
Narrative
Agency did not document sufficiently to show that expenditures were required.
Violation Details
Operation Number:
208120-249
Operation Name:
Adoption Advisory, Inc.
Date:
9/19/2006
Standard Number:‡
42103
Standard Description:
Service Plan- Address Needs of Birth Family, Child or Sibling Group, Adoptive Family
Technical Assistance Given:
Yes
Narrative
Birthparent service plans were insufficient.
Violation Details
Operation Number:
208120-249
Operation Name:
Adoption Advisory, Inc.
Date:
9/19/2006
Standard Number:‡
13315
Standard Description:
Have Fee or Fee Schedule Equally Applied to all Clients
Technical Assistance Given:
Yes
Narrative
Agency application fee was not applied equally to two adoptive families in the same category.
Operation Number:
208120-249
Operation Name:
Adoption Advisory, Inc.
Date:
9/19/2006
Standard Number:‡
14004
Standard Description:
Must Operate According to Written Policies
Technical Assistance Given:
Yes
Narrative
Reciting for 6/20/06 inspection:Agency did not follow its fee/refund policy with one adoptive family. Agency agreed to refund of administrative and unused financial assistance fees under certain circumstances, a refund agreement that is not given to other families by agency policy. At inspection on 9/19/06, Agency did not follow its policies when financial assistance was dependent on birthmother getting birthfather to sign waiver of interest.
Violation Details
Operation Number:
208120-249
Operation Name:
Adoption Advisory, Inc.
Date:
9/19/2006
Standard Number:‡
745.4029
Standard Description:
Assistant Screener Qualifications to conduct foster home screening, a pre-adoptive home screening, or a post-placement adoptive report
Technical Assistance Given:
Yes
Narrative
Adoptive family file contained home screening completed by someone outside the agency; the study was not signed by person conducting the study.
Violation Details
Operation Number:
208120-249
Operation Name:
Adoption Advisory, Inc.
Date:
9/19/2006
Standard Number:‡
745.4033(b)
Standard Description:
Required Interviews includes any minor child 12 years old or older or adult child of prospective foster or adoptive parents not living in home
Technical Assistance Given:
Yes
Narrative
One of two home screenings did not have all the required interviews; applicant's three children, all 12 years old or older not living in the home, were not interviewed.
Violation Details
Operation Number:
208120-249
Operation Name:
Adoption Advisory, Inc.
Date:
9/19/2006
Standard Number:‡
745.4061(1)
Standard Description:
Pre-Adoptive Home Screening-includes age of the propective adoptive parents, who must be at least 18 years or older and documentation verifying age
Technical Assistance Given:
Yes
Narrative
In one adoptive home screening, agency file contained no documentation to verify age of applicants.
Violation Details
Operation Number:
208120-249
Operation Name:
Adoption Advisory, Inc.
Date:
9/19/2006
Standard Number:‡
745.4061(18)
Standard Description:
Pre-Adoptive Home Screening-include results of criminal history and central registry background checks conducted on prospective adoptive parents
Technical Assistance Given:
Yes
Narrative
In one home screening, there was no background check documented for a related adult living in the adoptive home.
Violation Details
Operation Number:
208120-249
Operation Name:
Adoption Advisory, Inc.
Date:
9/19/2006
Standard Number:‡
745.4061(22)(A)
Standard Description:
Pre-Adoptive Home Screening-additional requirements must include interviews as required, a pre-adoptive home screening, or a post-placement report
Technical Assistance Given:
Yes
Narrative
In one home screening, related adult living in the adoptive home was not interviewed individually or as part of the family group at home visit..