R495-880. Adoption Assistance  


R495-880-1. Regional Adoption Assistance Advisory Committee
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(1) There is established, within each region of the Division of Child and Family Services an adoption assistance advisory committee to review and make recommendations to the division on individual requests for supplemental adoption assistance. For purposes of this rule, supplemental adoption assistance means the same as is defined in Utah Code Annotated Section 62A-4a-902. Each advisory committee shall be comprised of the following members:

(a) an expert in adoption policy and practice, as determined by the division;

(b) an adoptive parent;

(c) a division representative;

(d) a foster parent; and

(e) an adoption caseworker.

(2) The advisory committees established pursuant to Subsection (1) of this rule shall review individual requests for supplemental adoption assistance that meet a threshold amount established by policy by the Board of Child and Family Services in R512-43.