Each child-placing agency shall notify each applicant in writing within thirty (30) days of completion of the home study of the acceptance or denial of his or her application to be an adoptive parent.
When an application is denied, the child-placing agency shall inform the applicant of the reasons why a child cannot be placed in his or her home during a face-to-face interview. The child-placing agency shall offer counseling services to the applicant(s) to assist him or her in adjusting to the denial.
D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 29, r. 29-1621