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Policy
Manual
ADOPTIONS
Adoption Placement Process
48-15-9
Placement Procedures
| Agreement for Placement Before Adoption |
When placement in an adoptive home is made, Agreement for
Placement Before Adoption (DCF-421), signed by the adoptive parents and the Department
Social Worker, should be filled out in duplicate. One copy is given to the adoptive
parents and the other is filed in the adoptive home record. A copy of the adoptive
homestudy should also be filed in the child's record.
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| Give to Adoptive Parents |
At the time of placement, the following should also be given
to the adoptive parents if they do not already have them:
•Medical Passport - completed
•Foot and hand prints if given at birth
•Forms DCF-337 and DCF-338
•Medical report of newborn, if applicable
•Emergency medical authorization
•Child's profile (see Attachment to 48-15-5)
•Child's daily schedule
•Birth history
•Letter to school requesting change of name
•Letter to insurance company verifying child's placement
•Life Book
•Early photos of the child and photos of birth family
•Medical history
•Letters from birth parents
•School records
•Medical records
•IV-E status
•Mental health history
•HIV information about the child, if applicable.
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| Use of Adoptive Name |
As a rule, the child begins to use the last name of the
adoptive parents at placement, although his/her name cannot be legally changed until the
doption is finalized. School and medical records should be changed accordingly, although
individual school systems may have their own requirements. Sometimes, this requires a
letter of verification from the Department. The child's first name, or the name that is
familiar to him/her should not be changed except in the case of an infant too young to be
aware of his/her name. Please refer to CMS coding for name change in 48-18-14 of this chapter. |
| Medical Insurance Coverage |
The adoptive parents may be able to place the child on their
medical insurance at the time of the placement. This may require a statement from the
Department verifying the adoptive placement. |
| Resources |
Often, it is helpful for the adoptive parents to be involved
in an adoptive parent group. These groups provide much support to families and are a
source of mutual aid, shared experiences and education. (Contact ARE for a current list of
available groups.) Adoptive parents need to be aware that adoption is a life-long
process. The issues involved in adoption provide reoccurring themes that manifest
themselves at different developmental stages and life cycles for adoptees and their
families. |
Connecticut Department of Children and Families Issued:
March 1, 1994
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