This letter transmits Ohio Administrative Code Rule 5101:2-48-18 which was amended as a result of the five year review process. The rule outlines the procedures for providing postfinalization services to adoptive families. The rule was amended to remove the reference to 5101:2-48-19 "Soliciting and releasing adoptive homestudies and related material for consideration of placement" and to clarify the agency's process when providing postfinalization services to an adoptive parent, adoptee or birth parent. This rule will be effective November 3, 2008.

INSTRUCTIONS:

The following chart depicts what materials should be deleted from the Family, Children and Adult Services Manual (FCASM) and what materials are to be inserted in the FCASM.