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FCASPL 86 (Adoption and Foster Care Pre-Service Training Materials - Archive)
Family, Children and Adult Services Procedure Letter No. 86
February 11, 2005
TO: All Family, Children and Adult Services Manual Holders
FROM: Barbara E. Riley, Director
SUBJECT: Request for Adoption and Foster Care Pre-Service Training Materials

The Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS) is required under the Multiethnic Placement Act (MEPA) federal Corrective Action and Resolution Plan (CARP) to review all pre-service training materials pertaining to culture, race, color and national origin. The pre-service training materials are used for families seeking to become licensed foster caregiver(s) and/or approved adoptive parent(s). A review of this material is necessary to determine if your agency is in compliance with the MEPA, Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VI) and all Ohio Administrative Code (OAC) rules governing adoption and foster care placements.

Agencies that utilize the pre-service training materials developed by the Ohio Child Welfare Training Program are not required to submit the training materials. All other agencies must submit the adoption and foster care pre-service training materials by March 1, 2005 to:

Vanessa Tower, Program Administrator

Ohio Department of Job and Family Services

Adoption Services Section

255 E. Main Street, 3rd Floor

Columbus, Ohio 43215

ODJFS will review this material and notify each agency in writing if there are areas of noncompliance and the reason for noncompliance. Agencies will then have thirty (30) days to bring the materials into compliance with MEPA and Title VI and resubmit the materials to ODJFS. If you have questions regarding this correspondence, please contact Vanessa Tower, Program Administrator, Adoption Services Section at (614) 466-9274.