Okla. Stat. tit. 10A, § 10A-1-4-704: Individualized service plan

A. The Department of Human Services or a licensed child-placing

agency shall prepare and maintain a written individualized service

plan for any child that has been adjudicated to be a deprived child.

B. The plan shall be furnished to the court within thirty (30)

days after the adjudication of the child and shall be made available

to counsel for the parties and any applicable tribe by the

Department or the licensed child-placing agency having custody of

the child or responsibility for the supervision of the case.

C. 1. The individualized service plan shall be based upon a

comprehensive assessment and evaluation of the child and family and

shall be developed with the participation of the parent, legal

guardian, or legal custodian of the child, the attorney for the

child, the guardian ad litem for the child, if any, the child’s

tribe, and the child, if appropriate. The health and safety of the

child shall be the paramount concern in the development of the plan.

2. If any part of the plan is disputed or not approved by the

court, an evidentiary hearing may be held and at its conclusion, the

court shall determine the content of the individualized service plan

in accord with the evidence presented and the best interests of the

child.

3. When approved by the court, each individualized service plan

shall be incorporated and made a part of the dispositional order of

the court.

4. The plan shall be signed by:

a. the parent or parents or legal guardian of the child,

b. the attorney for the parent or parents or legal

guardian of the child,

c. the child’s attorney,

d. the guardian ad litem of the child, which may be a

court-appointed special advocate,

e. a representative of the child’s tribe,

f. the child, if possible, and

g. the Department or other responsible agency.

D. 1. Every service plan prepared shall be individualized and

specific to each child and the family of the child and shall require

consideration of each child’s and family’s circumstances, including,

but not limited to, the parents’ work schedule, mode of

transportation, and distance from their place of living and place of

work to service providers.

2. The individualized service plan shall be written in simple

and clear English. If English is not the principal language of the

parent, legal guardian, or custodian of the child, and such person

is unable to read or comprehend the English language, to the extent

possible the plan shall be written in the principal language of the

person.

3. The individualized service plan may be modified based on

changing circumstances consistent with the correction of the

conditions that led to the adjudication of the child or other

conditions inconsistent with the health, safety, or welfare of the

child.

4. The individualized service plan shall be measurable,

realistic and consistent with the requirements of other court

orders.

E. The individualized service plan shall include, but not be

limited to:

1. A history of the child and family, including identification

of the problems or conditions leading to the deprived child

adjudication and the changes the parent or parents must make in

order for the child to safely remain in or return to the home;

2. Identification of time-limited reunification services to be

provided to the parent, legal guardian, or legal custodian,

stepparent, other adult person living in the home, or other family

members. Provided, however, that such reunification services shall

be part of any individualized service plan for the period of fifteen

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order for the child to safely remain in or return to the home;

2. Identification of time-limited reunification services to be

provided to the parent, legal guardian, or legal custodian,

stepparent, other adult person living in the home, or other family

members. Provided, however, that such reunification services shall

be part of any individualized service plan for the period of fifteen

(15) months that begins on the date the child entered foster care.

If a parent has not corrected the circumstances which led the child

to be adjudicated to be a deprived child after such period of

fifteen (15) months and if the court makes a finding pursuant to

paragraph 16 of subsection B of Section 1-4-904 of this title, then

a petition or motion for termination of parental rights shall be

filed by the district attorney pursuant to Section 1-4-902 of this

title;

3. Identification of the specific services to be provided to

the child including, but not limited to, educational, vocational

educational, medical, drug or alcohol abuse treatment, or counseling

or other treatment services. The most recent available health and

educational records of the child shall be provided to the court upon

the court’s request including:

a. the names and addresses of the child’s health and

educational providers,

b. the child’s grade-level performance,

c. the child’s school record,

d. a record of the child’s immunizations,

e. the child’s known medical problems, including any

known communicable diseases,

f. the child’s medications, and

g. any other relevant health and education information;

4. A schedule of the frequency of services and the means by

which delivery of the services will be assured or, as necessary, the

proposed means by which support services or other assistance will be

provided to enable the parent or the child to obtain the services;

5. The name of the social worker assigned to the case;

6. A projected date for the completion of the individualized

service plan;

7. Performance criteria that will measure the progress of the

child and family toward completion of the individualized service

plan including, but not limited to, time frames for achieving

objectives and addressing the identified problems;

8. The name and business address of the attorney representing

the child;

9. If the child is placed outside the home, the individualized

service plan shall further provide:

a. the sequence and time frame for services to be

provided to the parent, the child, and if the child is

placed in foster care, the foster parent, to

facilitate the child’s return home or to another

permanent placement,

b. a description of the child’s placement and explanation

about whether it is the least-restrictive placement

available and in as close proximity as possible to the

home of the parent or parents or legal guardian of the

child when the case plan is reunification, and how the

placement is consistent with the best interests and

special needs of the child,

c. a description of any services or resources that were

requested by the child or the parent or legal guardian

of the child since the date of the child’s placement,

and whether those services or resources were provided

and if not, the basis for the denial of the services

or resources,

d. efforts to be made by the parent of the child and the

Department to enable the child to return to his or her

home,

e. a description of the transition planning for a

successful adulthood for a child fourteen (14) years

of age or older that includes how the following

objectives will be met:

(1) education, vocational, or employment planning,

(2) health care planning and medical coverage,

(3) transportation including, where appropriate,

assisting the child in obtaining a driver

license,

(4) money management,

a description of the transition planning for a

successful adulthood for a child fourteen (14) years

of age or older that includes how the following

objectives will be met:

(1) education, vocational, or employment planning,

(2) health care planning and medical coverage,

(3) transportation including, where appropriate,

assisting the child in obtaining a driver

license,

(4) money management,

(5) planning for housing,

(6) social and recreational skills, and

(7) establishing and maintaining connections with the

child’s family and community,

f. for a child in placement due solely or in part to the

child’s behavioral health or medical health issues,

diagnostic and assessment information, specific

services relating to meeting the applicable behavioral

health and medical care needs of the child, and

desired treatment outcomes,

g. a plan and schedule for regular and frequent

visitation for the child and the child’s parent or

parents or legal guardian and siblings, unless the

court has determined that visitation, even if

supervised, would be harmful to the child, and

h. a plan for ensuring the educational stability of the

child while in out-of-home placement, including:

(1) assurances that the placement of the child

considers the appropriateness of the current

educational setting and the proximity to the

school in which the child was enrolled at the

time of placement, and

(2) where appropriate, an assurance that the

Department has coordinated with appropriate local

educational agencies to ensure that the child

remains in the school in which the child was

enrolled at the time of placement, or

(3) if remaining in the school in which the child was

enrolled at the time of placement is not in the

best interests of the child, assurances by the

Department and the local educational agencies to

provide immediate and appropriate enrollment in a

new school with all of the educational records of

the child provided to the school; and

10. The permanency plan for the child, the reason for selection

of that plan and a description of the steps being taken by the

Department to finalize the plan.

a. When the permanency plan is adoption or legal

guardianship, the Department shall describe, at a

minimum, child-specific recruitment efforts such as

relative searches conducted and the use of state,

regional, and national adoption exchanges to

facilitate the orderly and timely placement of the

child, whether in or outside of the state.

b. When the child is fourteen (14) years of age or older,

the permanency plan and any revision or addition to

the plan shall include planning for the transition of

the child to a successful adulthood.

F. Each individualized service plan shall specifically provide

for the safety of the child, in accordance with state and federal

law, and clearly define what actions or precautions will, or may, be

necessary to provide for the safety and protection of the child.

G. The individualized service plan shall include the following

statement:

TO THE PARENT: THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT DOCUMENT. ITS PURPOSE

IS TO HELP YOU PROVIDE YOUR CHILD WITH A SAFE HOME WITHIN THE

REASONABLE PERIOD SPECIFIED IN THE PLAN. IF YOU ARE UNWILLING OR

UNABLE TO PROVIDE YOUR CHILD WITH A SAFE HOME OR ATTEND COURT

HEARINGS, YOUR PARENTAL AND CUSTODIAL DUTIES AND RIGHTS MAY BE

RESTRICTED OR TERMINATED OR YOUR CHILD MAY NOT BE RETURNED TO YOU.

H. Whenever a child who is subject to the provisions of this

section is committed for inpatient behavioral health or substance

abuse treatment pursuant to the Inpatient Mental Health and

Substance Abuse Treatment of Minors Act, the individualized service

plan shall be amended as necessary and appropriate, including, but

not limited to, identification of the treatment and services to be

provided to the child and the child’s family upon discharge of the

section is committed for inpatient behavioral health or substance

abuse treatment pursuant to the Inpatient Mental Health and

Substance Abuse Treatment of Minors Act, the individualized service

plan shall be amended as necessary and appropriate, including, but

not limited to, identification of the treatment and services to be

provided to the child and the child’s family upon discharge of the

child from inpatient behavioral health or substance abuse treatment.

I. Prior to adjudication, a parent or legal guardian may

voluntarily participate in services related to the behaviors and

conditions that led to the filing of a deprived petition.

Participation in such services shall not be construed as an

admission that the child is deprived and shall not be used as

evidence for the purpose of adjudication or disposition.