DCF 50.05(9)(d)2.b. b. The public adoption agency has reason to believe that the applicant intends to use the home study decision to meet the requirements for an adoption that would not be a public adoption.

DCF 50.05(9)(d)3. 3. A notice of denial shall include the reason for the denial. A notice of denial by the department shall include a summary of appeal rights under s. DCF 50.06.

DCF 50.05(10) (10) Post-approval notification requirements.

DCF 50.05(10)(a) (a) Prospective adoptive parents whose home study has been approved for public adoption shall notify the public adoption agency immediately if any of the following changes occur:

DCF 50.05(10)(a)1. 1. Change of household members, including death, a foster care placement, an adoptive placement, or a change in residence for a member of the household.

DCF 50.05(10)(a)2. 2. Change in residence.

DCF 50.05(10)(a)3. 3. Change in marital status.

DCF 50.05(10)(a)4. 4. Significant changes in health, income, or child care arrangements.

DCF 50.05(10)(a)5. 5. Any of the changes specified in the background check notification requirements in s. DCF 56.05 (1) (g) for any household member.

DCF 50.05(10)(a)6. 6. If the prospective adoptive parents have a foster child placed in the home, any of the serious incidents specified in the notification requirements in s. DCF 56.06.

DCF 50.05(10)(b) (b) The public adoption agency shall consider any updated information and may revise the home study findings. Prospective adoptive parents shall be notified of any change in the findings and the reasons for the change.

DCF 50.05(11) (11) Updating. Every 6 months, the public adoption agency shall contact prospective adoptive parents who are waiting for placement of a child for the purpose of adoption to request updated information and revise the home study as appropriate.

DCF 50.05 History History: CR 18-001: cr. Register August 2018 No. 752, eff. 9-1-18; correction in numbering in (2) (b) made under s. 13.92 (4) (b) 1., Stats., and correction in (7) (a), (9) (d) 2. made under s. 35.17, Stats., Register August 2018 No. 752.

DCF 50.06 DCF 50.06 Appeal of screening and home study denials.

DCF 50.06(1) (1) An individual who received a screening denial under s. DCF 50.04 (5) (c) or a home study denial under s. DCF 50.05 (9) (d) may send a written request for review by the bureau director or a designee within 30 days after the date of the notice of denial. No new information may be submitted. The bureau director shall make a determination and send a notice of decision within 30 days after receiving the request.

DCF 50.06 Note Note: Send a written request for a review to Director, Bureau of Permanence and Out-of-Home Care, P.O. Box 8916, Madison, WI 53708-8916.

DCF 50.06(2) (2) If the bureau director or designee upholds the screening or home study denial, the individual may send a written request for review to the division administrator within 30 days after the date of the notice of decision by the bureau director. The division administrator or a designee shall make a determination and send a notice of decision within 30 days after receiving the request. A finding by the division administrator or designee is final.

DCF 50.06 Note Note: Send a written request for a review by the division administrator to Administrator, Division of Safety and Permanence, P.O. Box 8916, Madison, WI 53708-8916.

DCF 50.06 History History: CR 18-001: cr. Register August 2018 No. 752, eff. 9-1-18.

DCF 50.07 DCF 50.07 Adoption information exchange.

DCF 50.07(1) (1) Services. The department shall establish or contract with an entity with expertise in adoption issues to establish an adoption information exchange that includes all of the following services:

DCF 50.07(1)(a) (a) An Internet-based photolisting of children who are legally free for public adoption and children who are at legal risk.

DCF 50.07(1)(b) (b) A register of prospective adoptive parents that meets all of the following conditions:

DCF 50.07(1)(b)1. 1. The register includes only prospective adoptive parents whose home study was approved by an adoption agency and was submitted to the adoption information exchange by the approving adoption agency.

DCF 50.07(1)(b)2. 2. The department has reviewed the home study of any prospective adoptive parents whose home study was approved by an adoption agency other than the department and determined that including the prospective adoptive parents on the register is appropriate.

DCF 50.07(1)(b)3. 3. The adoption information exchange removes a registration if any of the following conditions are met:

DCF 50.07(1)(b)3.a. a. The individual’s or couple’s adoption agency notifies the adoption information exchange that the individual or couple is no longer interested in adopting a child.

DCF 50.07(1)(b)3.b. b. The individual or couple listed on the register is not responding to inquiries from the adoption information exchange.

DCF 50.07(1)(c) (c) A matching service that attempts to match children listed in the adoption photolisting under par. (a) and the prospective adoptive parents registered with the adoption information exchange under par. (b) by providing information about registered prospective adoptive parents to public adoption agencies with photolisted children.