N.M. Admin. Code § 8.26.2.10

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 23, December 10, 2024

Section 8.26.2.10 - RECRUITMENT AND INQUIRIES FOR PSD FAMILIES

A. PSD recruits foster and adoptive families and responds to inquiries from individuals interested in becoming resource or adoptive parents. PSD provides general information regarding the special needs of children requiring foster care and adoption, and makes attempt to identify and locate relatives or fictive kin for consideration of placement.

B. PSD completes an annual recruitment plan to recruit resource and adoptive families. The recruitment plan, at a minimum, addresses the following:

(1) information about the characteristics and needs of available children;

(2) information about the nature of the foster care and adoption process; and

(3) information about the cultural, racial, and ethnic identity of children in the population.

C. PSD may coordinate adoption events in order to create permanent families for children in PSD custody with a plan of adoption. Only licensed adoptive families may attend these events. Children who are freed for adoption or who have a plan of legal risk adoption may attend these events.

N.M. Admin. Code § 8.26.2.10

8.26.2.10 NMAC - Rp, 8.26.2.14 NMAC, 5/29/09, Amended by New Mexico Register, Volume XXXII, Issue 10, May 25, 2021, eff. 5/25/2021