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Virginia Administrative Code
Title 22. Social Services
Agency 40. Department of Social Services
Chapter 211. Foster and Adoptive Home Approval Standards for Local Departments of Social Services
12/26/2024

22VAC40-211-20. Approval of provider homes.

A. When applicants are approved in accordance with the standards of this chapter, they are approved as foster or adoptive providers. The approved provider shall be allowed to choose to provide only foster or adoptive care.

B. Providers must meet all standards of approval. Waivers may be granted in order to approve kinship foster parents as outlined in 22VAC40-211-90.

C. The standards of this chapter apply to adoptive home providers until the final order of adoption is issued for a specific child. The standards continue to apply after the final order of adoption if the provider wishes to continue as an approved foster care provider.

D. All local department-approved providers shall:

1. Be at least 18 years of age;

2. Agree not to use corporal punishment with the child in their care or allow others to do so and shall sign an agreement to that effect; and

3. Sign a confidentiality agreement indicating that the individual completing the mutual family assessment for the local department explained the confidential nature of the information related to the child in his care and of the requirement to maintain that confidentiality.

E. If the approval process results in the local department's denial of the application, the local department shall notify the applicant in writing of its decision. A copy of the letter shall be filed in the applicant's record.

Statutory Authority

§§ 63.2-217 and 63.2-319 of the Code of Virginia.

Historical Notes

Derived from Virginia Register Volume 25, Issue 24, eff. September 2, 2009; amended, Virginia Register Volume 35, Issue 5, eff. December 1, 2018; Volume 37, Issue 2, eff. October 15, 2020.

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