Number

48-1

48-2

48-3

• Overview
• When Is a Child Free for Adoption?
• Husband and Wife to Join In Adoption
• Application and Agreement of Adoption Investigation, Report, Assessment of Fees, Hearings and Decree
• Procedure on Application for Adoption By Stepparent
• Effects of Final Decree of Adoption. Surviving Rights
• Change of Name of Adopted Person
• Obligation of Original Name on Institutional Records, New Name Substituted
• Adoption Record

48-4-7
48-4-8

48-4-9

• Overview
• Adoption Definitions
• Adoption Review Board
• Identified Adoptions
• Open Adoptions

48-5-1
48-5-2
48-5-3
48-5-4
48-5-5

48-6

• Overview
• Transfer Prior to Termination of Parental Rights
• Transfer of Case Following Termination of Parental Rights

48-7-1
48-7-2
48-7-3

• Overview
• Filing Procedure
• Probate Court Requirements
• Alleged or Putative Father
• Investigation and Report

48-8-1
48-8-2
48-8-3
48-8-4
48-8-5

• Overview
• Legal Risk Homes
• Legal Risk Placement
• Role of the Courts
• Legal Risk Period
• Legal Risk Information Protocol

48-9-1
48-9-2
48-9-3
48-9-4
48-9-5
48-9-6

• Children Eligible for Adoption
• Registration and Photo Listing

48-10-1
48-10-2

• Overview
• Operation of the Adoption Resource Exchange
• Permanency Placement Services Program (PPSP)
• Interstate Compacts

48-11-1
48-11-2
48-11-3
48-11-4

• Overview
• Assessment Procedure
• Foster Parent Assessment
• Adoption Readiness Consultation
• Adoption Assessment Time Frames
• Adoption Plan

48-12-1
48-12-2
48-12-3
48-12-4
48-12-5
48-12-6

• Overview
• Preparation for Placement
• Casework Aspects of Child Preparation
• Procedures for Creating and Utilizing a Life Book

48-13-1
48-13-2
48-13-3
48-13-4

• Overview
• Introduction
• The Foster Family Considered as Adoptive Applicants
• Adoption By Non-Foster Parent

48-14-1
48-14-2
48-14-3
48-14-5

• Permanency Planning Team
• Functions of Permanency Planning Team Members
• Team Process
• Selection Method
• Forms for Permanency Planning

Multiethnic Adoptive Placements

48-14-6.1
48-14-6.2
48-14-6.3
48-14-6.4
48-14-6.5

48-14-7

• Overview
• Planning the Placement
• Confidentiality
• Criteria for Placement
• Preparing Adoptive Family for Placement
• Format for Child's Profile
• Clarification of Roles of Child's Social Worker and Homefinder
• Pre-Placement Visits
• Transition Process
• Placement Procedures
• CMS Coding at Placement

48-15-7
48-15-8
48-15-9
48-15-10

• Overview
• Procedure for Supervision of Children In Adoptive Placement
• Transferring to Another Region
• Post-Supervision of Placement
• Supervision When Foster Home Becomes Adoptive Home
• Out-of-State Placements
• Placement of Child Into Connecticut From Another State

48-16-1
48-16-2
48-16-3
48-16-4
48-16-5
48-16-6
48-16-7

48-17

• Overview
• Determining Eligibility
• Certification of Special Needs
• Procedures to Place the Special Needs Child In Adoption
• Determination of the Amount and Type of Subsidy
• Processing Subsidized Adoptions

48-18-1
48-18-2
48-18-3
48-18-4
48-18-5
48-18-6

• When Is a Subsidy Granted?
• Right to a Hearing
• Hearing Process for Subsidies
• State Medical Subsidy
• Eligibility for Other Department Programs
• Federal Subsidy Program: Title IV-E Adoption Assistance
  • Eligibility Criteria
  • Program Requirements
  • Procedures for Eligibility Determination
• Adoption Subsidy Review Board
• Procedures for Name Change at Time of Placement
• Medical Expense Subsidy
  • Eligibility
  • Opening a Medical Expense Subsidy
  • Payment of Medical Bills not Covered By Department of Social Services

48-18-7
48-18-8
48-18-9
48-18-10
48-18-11
48-18-12
48-18-12.1
48-18-12.2
48-18-12.3
48-18-13
48-18-14

48-18-15
48-18-15.1
48-18-15.2
48-18-15.3

• Reimbursement of Non-Recurring Adoption Expenses
  • Introduction
    
  • Federal Definition of Special Needs
    
  • Eligibility Determination
    
  • Non-Recurring Expenses
    
  • Notification and Approval
    
• Post-Finalization
  
• Request for Subsidy After Finalization

48-18-16.1

48-18-16.2


48-18-16.3


48-18-16.4


48-18-16.5


48-18-17

48-18-18

• Overview
• Guidelines for Processing Department Adoptions
  • Format for the Probate Court Summary
• Adoption Finalization Ceremony
• Content of Closed Adoption Record
• Change of Birth Certificate
• Birth Certificate Change By the Department of Public Health and Addiction Services
• Change of Baptismal Certificate

48-19-7

48-20

• Overview
• Applications

48-21-1
48-21-2

• Legal Documentation
• Allowable Blood Relationships for Adoption of Minors
• Processing Relative and Stepparent Applications
  • Financial Statement
  • Cover Letter Regarding Adoption Papers Filed
  • Cover Letter for References
• Withdrawn Cases
• Filing When There Is Consent to Termination of Parental Rights
• Filing When There Is No Consent to Termination of Parental Rights
• Adoption Study and Contents
  • Interview With Adopting Parents
  • Study of the Child
  • Study of the Birth Parents
  • Where Adoption Is Questionable
• Format for the Probate Court Summary
• Completion of Proposed Adoption

48-21-9.1
48-21-9.2
48-21-9.3
48-21-9.4
Att. to 48-21-9.4
48-21-10

• Overview
• Program Description
• Services Which May Be Purchased
• Description of Services
  • Services to Legally Free the Child
  • Pre-Placement Planning
  • Recruitment and Screening
  • Home Study Evaluation
  • Placement Planning
  • Post-Placement Supervision
  • Post-Finalization Services
  • Services to Return the Child Home
  • Supervision after Return Home
• Service Agreement
• Coordination Between DCF and the Private Agency
• Bill Payment Process
• Residential Providers

48-22-1
48-22-2
48-22-3

48-22-4.1
48-22-4.2
48-22-4.3
48-22-4.4
48-22-4.5
48-22-4.6
48-22-4.7
48-22-4.8
48-22-4.9
48-22-5
48-22-6
48-22-7
48-22-8

48-23