Violation according to Department of Family and Protective Services
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Operation Number:
208120-249
Operation Name:
Adoption Advisory, Inc.
Date:
6/20/2006
Standard Number:‡
42102
Standard Description:
Service Plan - Consider Needs of Birth Family, Child or Sibling Group
Technical Assistance Given:
No
Narrative
Two birth parent service plans were deficient. One plan was left blank with only one notation on the form ($300 for clothes). It was not clear who the client was or the agency staff involved, how the agency was assessing the client's needs and what needs the agency would be meeting. On another birthparent plan, it was not clear what needs the family had, what needs the agency agreed to meet or how. There was also no adoptive parent or child service plan in one file.
Violation Details
Operation Number:
208120-249
Operation Name:
Adoption Advisory, Inc.
Date:
6/20/2006
Standard Number:‡
13334
Standard Description:
Expenditures must be Documented by Receipts
Technical Assistance Given:
No
Narrative
In one birth parent case file, the expenditures were not documented by receipts (only receipts for less than 1/4 of the amount provided to the client).
Violation Details
Operation Number:
208120-249
Operation Name:
Adoption Advisory, Inc.
Date:
6/20/2006
Standard Number:‡
14004
Standard Description:
Must Operate According to Written Policies
Technical Assistance Given:
Yes
Narrative
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.
Violation Details
Operation Number:
208120-249
Operation Name:
Adoption Advisory, Inc.
Date:
6/20/2006
Standard Number:‡
745.4061(13)
Standard Description:
Pre-Adoptive Home Screening - Information must include prospective adoptive parents' sensitivity to and feelings about birth families
Technical Assistance Given:
No
Narrative
One of two home screenings did not provide information on the prospective adoptive parents' sensitivity to and feelings about birth families.
Violation Details
Operation Number:
208120-249
Operation Name:
Adoption Advisory, Inc.
Date:
6/20/2006
Standard Number:‡
23112d
Standard Description:
Level 1 Child Placing Staff Responsible for Approval of Home Studies
Technical Assistance Given:
Yes
Narrative
One of two home screenings did not provide documentation of Level one staff who did review approved of the home screening. There was no signature from any staff responsible. Home screening had many deficiencies with minimum standards.
Violation Details
Operation Number:
208120-249
Operation Name:
Adoption Advisory, Inc.
Date:
6/20/2006
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:
6/20/2006
Standard Number:‡
745.4061(10)
Standard Description:
Pre-Adoptive Home Screening - Information must include the prospective adoptive parents' attitude about the adoptive child's religion, if applicable
Technical Assistance Given:
No
Narrative
One of two home screenings did not provide information on the adoptive applicants' attitudes toward religion and whether their beliefs prohibited medical treatments for the adoptive child
Violation Details
Operation Number:
208120-249
Operation Name:
Adoption Advisory, Inc.
Date:
6/20/2006
Standard Number:‡
745.4061(15)
Standard Description:
Pre-Adoptive Home Screening - Information must include prospective adoptive parents' expectations of adoptive children
Technical Assistance Given:
No
Narrative
One of two adoptive home screenings did not include information on the prospective parents' expectations of adoptive children.
Violation Details
Operation Number:
208120-249
Operation Name:
Adoption Advisory, Inc.
Date:
6/20/2006
Standard Number:‡
745.4061(20)
Standard Description:
Pre-Adoptive Home Screening-includes telephone numbers given to prospective adoptive parents for filing complaints about how screening was conducted
Technical Assistance Given:
No
Narrative
Neither of two home screenings included telephone numbers given to the prospective adoptive parents for filing complaints about how screening was conducted.
Violation Details
Operation Number:
208120-249
Operation Name:
Adoption Advisory, Inc.
Date:
6/20/2006
Standard Number:‡
745.4061(3)
Standard Description:
Pre-Adoptive Home Screening-includes significant relationships of prospective adoptive parents. Document all marriages, divorces, and spousal deaths
Technical Assistance Given:
Yes
Narrative
Adoptive parent home screening did not address prior marriage and divorce of applicant.
Violation Details
Operation Number:
Operation Name:
Adoption Advisory, Inc.
Date:
6/20/2006
Standard Number:‡
745.4061(4)
Standard Description:
Pre-Adoptive Home Screening - Information must include a history of the prospective adoptive parents' residence and their citizenship status
Technical Assistance Given:
No
Narrative
Two of two adoptive home screenings were deficient with this standard. One study did not provide citizenship information; one member of the couple was born in another country. The other study did not provide information on the applicants' residence over the prior 10 years.
Violation Details
Operation Number:
Operation Name:
Adoption Advisory, Inc.
Date:
6/20/2006
Standard Number:‡
745.4071
Standard Description:
Pre-Adoptive Home Screening Update - Information Included
Technical Assistance Given:
Yes
Narrative
Adoptive home screening update (because child not placed within 6 months of study approval) did not document visit to the home in the prior 6 months.