Kern County, CA - Department of Human 服务
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采用 Brochure, KCDHS 174-Adop (9/17)
Are you interested becoming an adoptive parent? This brochure provides an overview of the 克恩县收养机构, including information on the backgrounds of foster children open for adoption, the different long-term placement options for foster children, and responses to frequently asked questions.
(Note – The brochure states adoptive parents can be reimbursed up to $500 per child for non-reoccurring adoption expenses. The current reimbursement rate is up to $400 per child.)
Post 采用 Sibling 联系 Meetings Brochure, KCDHS 676- Adop (10/17)
Want to find out how to start or maintain a sibling relationship between your adoptive child and their biological siblings? The sibling relationship is one of the most important connections a person has over their lifetime. This brochure explains the purpose of post adoption sibling contact meetings.
An adoption is when birth parents’ parental rights are terminated and the resource parent(s) become the child’s legal parents. This packet includes information about the characteristics of children available for adoption, 备选长期安置方案, 收养过程, 为养父母提供的资源, 收养援助计划(AAP), 和收养申诉程序.
采用 and 法定监护 Permanency Planning Options (2/17)
Has a Social Service Worker ever talked to you about “concurrent planning?” This list explains the differences between the permanency commitments of 采用, 法定监护, Placement with a Fit and Willing Relative, and Another Planned Permanent Living Arrangement.
This document explains the steps in finalizing an adoption for a child in the foster care system. It explains typical timeframes for court hearings; however, it is possible for case-specific circumstances to effect the timeframes.
Aspiranet REACH – Post 采用 Support 服务 for Kern County
Are you an adoptive parent in need of support or resources? Aspiranet Foster Family Agency provides free adoption support services to all 克恩县收养机构 adoptive, 潜在的采用者, 家庭. 服务 include referrals to counseling services and an adoptive parent support group.
This document lists questions the adoption Social Service Worker will ask to prospective adoptive parents, 以及未来的法定监护人, during an assessment interview home visit. This interview will help the adoption Social Service Worker write an adoption assessment that includes our Department’s recommendation for where or with whom the child should live with long term. If you have a foster child currently placed in the 收养 program, reviewing these questions can prepare you for the assessment interview.
A Legal Guardian (LG) is given the legal authority and responsibility to care for a child. 监护人可以是亲属关系，也可以是非亲属关系. The birth parents’ parental rights are suspended, but not terminated. The pamphlet explains the differences between 法定监护 and 收养 and 法定监护 and Another Planned Permanent Living Arrangement (formerly called long term foster care).
(Note – The pamphlet lists the incorrect number for the KCDHS Permanency Unit. The current main number for the 法定监护 Social Service Workers is (661) 873-2400).
Are you a child or youth in the foster care system? Did you know you have rights that protect you regardless of what type of placement you live in? You have rights if you live in non-related foster homes, 相对寄养家庭, 临时住所或集体住所. This pamphlet explains the rights foster children have in any placement setting, 包括在安全的地方生活的权利, 舒适的家, 受到尊重的权利, the right to participate in the court process for your case, 获得医疗照顾的权利, the right to go to school and participate in after-school activities, the right to learn independent living skills, the right to have contact with your family (unless a judge says you cannot), 还有告诉法官的权利, lawyer and social worker assigned to your case how you feel. 如果你的权利没有被遵守, you can contact the Foster Care 监察专员 at (877) 846-1602 or at their 网站.