Okla. Stat. tit. 10A, § 10A-1-9-114
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Recruitment of foster parents from child's relatives
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or from families of same minority racial or ethnic heritage.
A. The Department of Human Services and each child-placing
agency shall make special efforts to recruit foster parents for
children in their custody from suitable relatives and kin of the
child, and shall make diligent efforts to recruit foster and
adoptive families that reflect the ethnic and racial diversity of
children for whom foster and adoptive homes are needed. Provided,
however, no person shall be denied the opportunity to become a
foster or adoptive parent on the basis of the race, color, or
national origin of the person, or of the child involved. No child
shall be delayed or denied placement into foster care or adoption on
the basis of the race, color, or national origin of the adoptive or
foster parent, or of the child involved.
B. Diligent efforts to recruit shall include, but shall not be
limited to, contracting and working with community organizations and
religious organizations, utilizing local media and other local
resources, conducting outreach activities, and increasing the number
of minority recruitment staff employed by the Department and the
child-placing agency.
A. The Department of Human Services and each child-placing
agency shall make special efforts to recruit foster parents for
children in their custody from suitable relatives and kin of the
child, and shall make diligent efforts to recruit foster and
adoptive families that reflect the ethnic and racial diversity of
children for whom foster and adoptive homes are needed. Provided,
however, no person shall be denied the opportunity to become a
foster or adoptive parent on the basis of the race, color, or
national origin of the person, or of the child involved. No child
shall be delayed or denied placement into foster care or adoption on
the basis of the race, color, or national origin of the adoptive or
foster parent, or of the child involved.
B. Diligent efforts to recruit shall include, but shall not be
limited to, contracting and working with community organizations and
religious organizations, utilizing local media and other local
resources, conducting outreach activities, and increasing the number
of minority recruitment staff employed by the Department and the
child-placing agency.
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