PDFWAC 110-80-0060
What constitutes a reasonable effort to place a child for adoption without adoption support?
Reasonable effort to place a child without adoption support includes a child:
(1) Registered for three months with the Washington adoption resource exchange (WARE) without finding an adoptive family;
(2) For whom a documented, agency search was conducted by the placing agency for three months, without finding a family who would adopt the child without adoption support services; or
(3) For whom the placing agency's selected prospective adoptive family is unable to adopt the child without assistance from the adoption support program.
[WSR 18-14-078, recodified as § 110-80-0060, filed 6/29/18, effective 7/1/18. Statutory Authority: 42 U.S.C. § 671-675, RCW 26.33.340, 74.13A.020, 74.13A.030, 74.13A.040, 74.13A.045, 74.13A.047, 74.13A.060, 74.13A.075, 74.13A.085, 74.13A.100, 74.15.020, 45 C.F.R. § 1356.40. WSR 18-14-008, § 388-27-0145, filed 6/21/18, effective 7/22/18. Statutory Authority: RCW 74.13.031. WSR 01-08-045, § 388-27-0145, filed 3/30/01, effective 4/30/01.]