OAR 413-070-1090
Placement of a Child or Young Adult in a Qualified Residential Treatment Program (QRTP)

(1)

The Department must assemble a family and permanency team for each child or young adult the Department places in a QRTP.

(a)

A meeting of the family and permanency team is held to:

(A)

Identify the strengths and needs of the child or young adult;

(B)

Identify the short and long-term goals of the child or young adult; and

(C)

Determine the placement preferences of the family and permanency team, including the team’s placement preferences regarding the placement of the child or young adult together with siblings unless there is a finding by the court that such placement is contrary to their best interests.

(b)

The Department must make reasonable and good faith efforts, in accordance with the best interests of the child or young adult, to identify and include all the individuals required to be on the family and permanency team including:

(A)

Appropriate biological family members, relatives and fictive kin of the child or young adult;

(B)

Appropriate professionals who are a resource to the family of the child or young adult, including teachers, medical or mental health providers who have treated the child or young adult, or clergy; and

(C)

If the child or young adult has attained the age of 14 years, individuals selected by the child or young adult as described in OAR 413-040-0010 (Requirements for the Case Plan) (3)(c).

(c)

If the legal parties listed in ORS 419B.875 (Parties to proceedings) are not members of the family and permanency team as described in subsection (1) (b) of this rule, the Department must make reasonable and good faith efforts to obtain the placement preferences of the legal parties including the placement preferences of the child or young adult.

(2)

The Department must ensure that an independent, qualified individual conducts a QRTP assessment for each child or young adult the Department places in a QRTP.

(a)

The qualified individual conducting the QRTP assessment must:

(A)

Work in conjunction with the family and permanency team described in subsection (1) of this rule;

(B)

Assess the strengths and needs of the child or young adult;

(C)

Determine whether the needs of the child or young adult can be met with family members or through a placement in a foster family home or, if not, which setting would:
(i)
Provide the most effective and appropriate level of care for the child or young adult in the least restrictive environment; and
(ii)
Be consistent with the short-term and long-term goals of the child or young adult, as specified in the permanency plan for the child or young adult.

(D)

Develop a list of individualized, specific short-term and long-term mental and behavioral health goals for the child or young adult.

(b)

The qualified individual must specify in writing the following in the QRTP assessment:

(A)

Why the recommended placement in a QRTP is the setting that will provide the child or young adult with the most effective and appropriate level of care in the least restrictive environment and how that placement is consistent with the short term and long term goals for the child or young adult as specified in the permanency plan of the child or young adult.

(B)

If the qualified individual determines the child or young adult should not be placed in a foster family home, the reasons why the needs of the child or young adult cannot be met by the family of the child or young adult or in a foster family home. A shortage or lack of foster family homes is not a valid reason for not placing a child or young adult in a foster family home.

(C)

If the setting recommended by the qualified individual is different than the placement preferences of the family and permanency team and of the child or young adult, the reasons why the preferences of the team and of the child or young adult were not recommended.

(c)

The QRTP Assessment may occur prior to the placement of the child or young adult in a QRTP but shall occur no later than 30 days following the date of placement in a QRTP.

(3)

A court hearing must be held to approve or disapprove the placement of a child or young adult in a QRTP no later than 60 days following the date the Department places the child or young adult in a QRTP. If the court enters an order disapproving the placement of the child or young adult in a QRTP, the Department must move the child or young adult to a placement consistent with the order of the court no later than 30 days following the date the court enters the order.

(4)

If the child or young adult is placed in a QRTP, the Department must submit a report at each permanency hearing and review hearing to include:

(a)

Evidence demonstrating that ongoing assessment of the strengths and needs of the child or young adult continues to support the determination that:

(A)

The needs of the child or young adult cannot be met through placement in a foster family home;

(B)

A QRTP provides the most effective and appropriate level of care for the child or young adult in the least restrictive environment; and

(C)

The placement is consistent with the short-term and long-term goals for the child or young adult, as specified in the case plan for the child or young adult.

(b)

Documentation of the specific treatment or service needs that will be met for the child or young adult in the placement and the length of time the child or young adult is expected to need the treatment or services; and

(c)

Documentation of the efforts made by the Department to prepare the child or young adult to return home or be placed with a fit and willing relative, a guardian, an adoptive parent or in a less restrictive foster home setting.

(5)

The Department must obtain the written approval of the Director of Child Welfare to continue the placement of a child or young adult by the Department in a QRTP if:

(a)

The child or young adult is age 13 or older and has been placed in a QRTP for more than 12 consecutive or 18 nonconsecutive months, or

(b)

The child or young adult is age 12 or younger and has been placed in a QRTP for more than 6 consecutive or nonconsecutive months.

Source: Rule 413-070-1090 — Placement of a Child or Young Adult in a Qualified Residential Treatment Program (QRTP), https://secure.­sos.­state.­or.­us/oard/view.­action?ruleNumber=413-070-1090.

413‑070‑0000
Definitions 413‑070‑0010
Purpose and Applicability 413‑070‑0015
Denials or Delays of Placement Based on Race, Color or National Origin Prohibited 413‑070‑0020
Denial of Opportunity to Be an Adoptive or Foster Parent Based on Race, Color, or National Origin Prohibited 413‑070‑0027
Denial of Opportunity to Be an Adoptive or Foster Parent Based on Race, Color, or National Origin Prohibited 413‑070‑0030
Recruitment and Staff Training 413‑070‑0060
Purpose 413‑070‑0069
Identification of Relatives and Persons with a Caregiver Relationship 413‑070‑0072
Contact with Relatives or Persons with a Caregiver Relationship 413‑070‑0075
Assessment of a Relative or Person with a Caregiver Relationship for Involvement in Safety Management 413‑070‑0078
Consideration of a Relative or Person with a Caregiver Relationship as a Substitute Caregiver 413‑070‑0081
Review of a Child or Young Adult’s Substitute Care Placement 413‑070‑0087
Opportunity for Ongoing Connection and Support 413‑070‑0300
Purpose 413‑070‑0320
Placement of Refugee Children 413‑070‑0340
Petition 413‑070‑0345
Notice 413‑070‑0350
Judicial Determination 413‑070‑0360
Record of Care 413‑070‑0370
Annual Report of Care 413‑070‑0380
Refugee Child Welfare Advisory Committee 413‑070‑0400
Purpose 413‑070‑0430
Department Records, Medication Review, and Consent and Authorization Requirements 413‑070‑0450
Disclosure Requirements for a Child or Young Adult in Substitute Care 413‑070‑0470
Substitute Caregiver Responsibilities 413‑070‑0480
Notification Timelines for Psychotropic Medication Therapy 413‑070‑0490
Notification Content for Psychotropic Medication Therapy 413‑070‑0500
Purpose 413‑070‑0510
Obligation to Seek Legal Permanency 413‑070‑0512
Development and Review of the Permanency Plan and Concurrent Permanent Plan 413‑070‑0514
Use of Permanency Committee 413‑070‑0516
Composition, Scheduling, Responsibilities, and Recommendations of the Permanency Committee 413‑070‑0518
Approving a Permanency Plan Prior to a Resource Being Identified 413‑070‑0519
Decision and Notice 413‑070‑0520
Purpose 413‑070‑0532
APPLA 413‑070‑0536
Consideration of APPLA as a Permanency Plan 413‑070‑0540
Determination of APPLA as a Permanency Plan 413‑070‑0550
Approval and Implementation of an APPLA Permanency Plan 413‑070‑0551
Contents of an APPLA Case Plan 413‑070‑0552
Ongoing Department Responsibilities When APPLA is the Permanency Plan 413‑070‑0556
APPLA Permanency Plan Reviews 413‑070‑0565
Termination of APPLA 413‑070‑0570
Purpose 413‑070‑0574
Special Immigrant Juvenile Status 413‑070‑0600
Purpose 413‑070‑0625
Identifying and Assessing the Child or Young Adult’s Needs when Placement in Substitute Care is Required 413‑070‑0630
Monitoring the Ongoing Substitute Care Placement Needs of the Child or Young Adult 413‑070‑0640
Placement Assessment and Matching 413‑070‑0645
Involving the Substitute Caregiver in the Concurrent Permanency Plan 413‑070‑0655
Purpose 413‑070‑0660
Consideration of Guardianship as a Permanency Plan 413‑070‑0665
Consideration of a Substitute Caregiver as a Potential Guardian 413‑070‑0668
Consideration of a Relative as the Legal Guardian when the Relative is not the current Substitute Caregiver 413‑070‑0670
Approval and Implementation of a Guardianship Permanency Plan 413‑070‑0800
Purpose 413‑070‑0830
Visitation Rights 413‑070‑0840
Orientation Activities 413‑070‑0855
Determining Priority in Visit and Contact Plans 413‑070‑0860
Visit and Contact Plans 413‑070‑0870
Supervision of Visits 413‑070‑0880
Documentation of Contact 413‑070‑0900
Purpose 413‑070‑0905
Funding of Guardianship Assistance 413‑070‑0917
Eligibility for Guardianship Assistance 413‑070‑0918
Extension of Guardianship Assistance for a Young Adult 413‑070‑0919
Eligibility for a Child or Young Adult in the Care or Custody of a Participating Tribe 413‑070‑0925
Guardianship Assistance Eligibility for Potential Guardian and Successor Legal Guardian 413‑070‑0934
Application Requirements 413‑070‑0939
Guardianship Assistance Payments, Medical Assistance, and Nonrecurring Guardianship Expenses 413‑070‑0944
Legal Expenses of a Guardian 413‑070‑0949
Guardianship Assistance Agreement Requirements 413‑070‑0959
Court Order of Guardianship 413‑070‑0964
Required Reports and Communication 413‑070‑0969
Renegotiation of a Guardianship Assistance Agreement 413‑070‑0970
Guardianship Social Support Services 413‑070‑0974
Review, Adjustment, Suspension, Expiration, and Termination of Guardianship Assistance 413‑070‑0990
Purpose 413‑070‑1000
Placement with a Fit and Willing Relative as a Permanency Plan 413‑070‑1010
Eligibility Requirements for a Fit and Willing Relative 413‑070‑1020
Approval and Implementation of a Fit and Willing Relative Permanency Plan 413‑070‑1030
Contents of a Placement with a Fit and Willing Relative Case Plan 413‑070‑1040
Ongoing Department Responsibilities When Placement with a Fit and Willing Relative is the Permanency Plan 413‑070‑1050
Placement with a Fit and Willing Relative Permanency Plan Reviews 413‑070‑1060
Termination of Placement with a Fit and Willing Relative Permanency Plan 413‑070‑1070
Purpose 413‑070‑1080
Placement of a Child or Young Adult in a Congregate Care Residential Setting 413‑070‑1090
Placement of a Child or Young Adult in a Qualified Residential Treatment Program (QRTP)
Last Updated

Jun. 8, 2021

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