OAR 413-205-0029. Authorization

(1) Title IV-E, section 471(a)(10) of the Social Security Act, requires the State of Oregon to establish a state authority responsible for establishing and maintaining standards for foster family homes and child caring institutions. (2) ORS 418.005 gives the Department the authority and responsibility to approve homes for a child in the care or custody of the Department. ORS 418.005 authorizes the Department to develop rules to approve these homes. (3) In these rules, a certified respite provider is a foster parent as those terms are used in ORS 418.016, 418.625, 418.640 and 418.648. (4) A child receiving the respite care services being served in their home with an open child welfare case, or in the care or custody of the department, is not considered a placement in the home of a certified respite provider, relative resource parent or resource parent.