{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-10a-10a-1-4-704","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 10A, § 10A-1-4-704","heading":"Individualized service plan","body":"A. The Department of Human Services or a licensed child-placing\n\nagency shall prepare and maintain a written individualized service\n\nplan for any child that has been adjudicated to be a deprived child.\n\nB. The plan shall be furnished to the court within thirty (30)\n\ndays after the adjudication of the child and shall be made available\n\nto counsel for the parties and any applicable tribe by the\n\nDepartment or the licensed child-placing agency having custody of\n\nthe child or responsibility for the supervision of the case.\n\nC. 1. The individualized service plan shall be based upon a\n\ncomprehensive assessment and evaluation of the child and family and\n\nshall be developed with the participation of the parent, legal\n\nguardian, or legal custodian of the child, the attorney for the\n\nchild, the guardian ad litem for the child, if any, the child’s\n\ntribe, and the child, if appropriate. The health and safety of the\n\nchild shall be the paramount concern in the development of the plan.\n\n2. If any part of the plan is disputed or not approved by the\n\ncourt, an evidentiary hearing may be held and at its conclusion, the\n\ncourt shall determine the content of the individualized service plan\n\nin accord with the evidence presented and the best interests of the\n\nchild.\n\n3. When approved by the court, each individualized service plan\n\nshall be incorporated and made a part of the dispositional order of\n\nthe court.\n\n4. The plan shall be signed by:\n\na. the parent or parents or legal guardian of the child,\n\nb. the attorney for the parent or parents or legal\n\nguardian of the child,\n\nc. the child’s attorney,\n\nd. the guardian ad litem of the child, which may be a\n\ncourt-appointed special advocate,\n\ne. a representative of the child’s tribe,\n\nf. the child, if possible, and\n\ng. the Department or other responsible agency.\n\nD. 1. Every service plan prepared shall be individualized and\n\nspecific to each child and the family of the child and shall require\n\nconsideration of each child’s and family’s circumstances, including,\n\nbut not limited to, the parents’ work schedule, mode of\n\ntransportation, and distance from their place of living and place of\n\nwork to service providers.\n\n2. The individualized service plan shall be written in simple\n\nand clear English. If English is not the principal language of the\n\nparent, legal guardian, or custodian of the child, and such person\n\nis unable to read or comprehend the English language, to the extent\n\npossible the plan shall be written in the principal language of the\n\nperson.\n\n3. The individualized service plan may be modified based on\n\nchanging circumstances consistent with the correction of the\n\nconditions that led to the adjudication of the child or other\n\nconditions inconsistent with the health, safety, or welfare of the\n\nchild.\n\n4. The individualized service plan shall be measurable,\n\nrealistic and consistent with the requirements of other court\n\norders.\n\nE. The individualized service plan shall include, but not be\n\nlimited to:\n\n1. A history of the child and family, including identification\n\nof the problems or conditions leading to the deprived child\n\nadjudication and the changes the parent or parents must make in\n\norder for the child to safely remain in or return to the home;\n\n2. Identification of time-limited reunification services to be\n\nprovided to the parent, legal guardian, or legal custodian,\n\nstepparent, other adult person living in the home, or other family\n\nmembers. Provided, however, that such reunification services shall\n\nbe part of any individualized service plan for the period of fifteen\nke in\n\norder for the child to safely remain in or return to the home;\n\n2. Identification of time-limited reunification services to be\n\nprovided to the parent, legal guardian, or legal custodian,\n\nstepparent, other adult person living in the home, or other family\n\nmembers. Provided, however, that such reunification services shall\n\nbe part of any individualized service plan for the period of fifteen\n\n(15) months that begins on the date the child entered foster care.\n\nIf a parent has not corrected the circumstances which led the child\n\nto be adjudicated to be a deprived child after such period of\n\nfifteen (15) months and if the court makes a finding pursuant to\n\nparagraph 16 of subsection B of Section 1-4-904 of this title, then\n\na petition or motion for termination of parental rights shall be\n\nfiled by the district attorney pursuant to Section 1-4-902 of this\n\ntitle;\n\n3. Identification of the specific services to be provided to\n\nthe child including, but not limited to, educational, vocational\n\neducational, medical, drug or alcohol abuse treatment, or counseling\n\nor other treatment services. The most recent available health and\n\neducational records of the child shall be provided to the court upon\n\nthe court’s request including:\n\na. the names and addresses of the child’s health and\n\neducational providers,\n\nb. the child’s grade-level performance,\n\nc. the child’s school record,\n\nd. a record of the child’s immunizations,\n\ne. the child’s known medical problems, including any\n\nknown communicable diseases,\n\nf. the child’s medications, and\n\ng. any other relevant health and education information;\n\n4. A schedule of the frequency of services and the means by\n\nwhich delivery of the services will be assured or, as necessary, the\n\nproposed means by which support services or other assistance will be\n\nprovided to enable the parent or the child to obtain the services;\n\n5. The name of the social worker assigned to the case;\n\n6. A projected date for the completion of the individualized\n\nservice plan;\n\n7. Performance criteria that will measure the progress of the\n\nchild and family toward completion of the individualized service\n\nplan including, but not limited to, time frames for achieving\n\nobjectives and addressing the identified problems;\n\n8. The name and business address of the attorney representing\n\nthe child;\n\n9. If the child is placed outside the home, the individualized\n\nservice plan shall further provide:\n\na. the sequence and time frame for services to be\n\nprovided to the parent, the child, and if the child is\n\nplaced in foster care, the foster parent, to\n\nfacilitate the child’s return home or to another\n\npermanent placement,\n\nb. a description of the child’s placement and explanation\n\nabout whether it is the least-restrictive placement\n\navailable and in as close proximity as possible to the\n\nhome of the parent or parents or legal guardian of the\n\nchild when the case plan is reunification, and how the\n\nplacement is consistent with the best interests and\n\nspecial needs of the child,\n\nc. a description of any services or resources that were\n\nrequested by the child or the parent or legal guardian\n\nof the child since the date of the child’s placement,\n\nand whether those services or resources were provided\n\nand if not, the basis for the denial of the services\n\nor resources,\n\nd. efforts to be made by the parent of the child and the\n\nDepartment to enable the child to return to his or her\n\nhome,\n\ne. a description of the transition planning for a\n\nsuccessful adulthood for a child fourteen (14) years\n\nof age or older that includes how the following\n\nobjectives will be met:\n\n(1) education, vocational, or employment planning,\n\n(2) health care planning and medical coverage,\n\n(3) transportation including, where appropriate,\n\nassisting the child in obtaining a driver\n\nlicense,\n\n(4) money management,\na description of the transition planning for a\n\nsuccessful adulthood for a child fourteen (14) years\n\nof age or older that includes how the following\n\nobjectives will be met:\n\n(1) education, vocational, or employment planning,\n\n(2) health care planning and medical coverage,\n\n(3) transportation including, where appropriate,\n\nassisting the child in obtaining a driver\n\nlicense,\n\n(4) money management,\n\n(5) planning for housing,\n\n(6) social and recreational skills, and\n\n(7) establishing and maintaining connections with the\n\nchild’s family and community,\n\nf. for a child in placement due solely or in part to the\n\nchild’s behavioral health or medical health issues,\n\ndiagnostic and assessment information, specific\n\nservices relating to meeting the applicable behavioral\n\nhealth and medical care needs of the child, and\n\ndesired treatment outcomes,\n\ng. a plan and schedule for regular and frequent\n\nvisitation for the child and the child’s parent or\n\nparents or legal guardian and siblings, unless the\n\ncourt has determined that visitation, even if\n\nsupervised, would be harmful to the child, and\n\nh. a plan for ensuring the educational stability of the\n\nchild while in out-of-home placement, including:\n\n(1) assurances that the placement of the child\n\nconsiders the appropriateness of the current\n\neducational setting and the proximity to the\n\nschool in which the child was enrolled at the\n\ntime of placement, and\n\n(2) where appropriate, an assurance that the\n\nDepartment has coordinated with appropriate local\n\neducational agencies to ensure that the child\n\nremains in the school in which the child was\n\nenrolled at the time of placement, or\n\n(3) if remaining in the school in which the child was\n\nenrolled at the time of placement is not in the\n\nbest interests of the child, assurances by the\n\nDepartment and the local educational agencies to\n\nprovide immediate and appropriate enrollment in a\n\nnew school with all of the educational records of\n\nthe child provided to the school; and\n\n10. The permanency plan for the child, the reason for selection\n\nof that plan and a description of the steps being taken by the\n\nDepartment to finalize the plan.\n\na. When the permanency plan is adoption or legal\n\nguardianship, the Department shall describe, at a\n\nminimum, child-specific recruitment efforts such as\n\nrelative searches conducted and the use of state,\n\nregional, and national adoption exchanges to\n\nfacilitate the orderly and timely placement of the\n\nchild, whether in or outside of the state.\n\nb. When the child is fourteen (14) years of age or older,\n\nthe permanency plan and any revision or addition to\n\nthe plan shall include planning for the transition of\n\nthe child to a successful adulthood.\n\nF. Each individualized service plan shall specifically provide\n\nfor the safety of the child, in accordance with state and federal\n\nlaw, and clearly define what actions or precautions will, or may, be\n\nnecessary to provide for the safety and protection of the child.\n\nG. The individualized service plan shall include the following\n\nstatement:\n\nTO THE PARENT: THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT DOCUMENT. ITS PURPOSE\n\nIS TO HELP YOU PROVIDE YOUR CHILD WITH A SAFE HOME WITHIN THE\n\nREASONABLE PERIOD SPECIFIED IN THE PLAN. IF YOU ARE UNWILLING OR\n\nUNABLE TO PROVIDE YOUR CHILD WITH A SAFE HOME OR ATTEND COURT\n\nHEARINGS, YOUR PARENTAL AND CUSTODIAL DUTIES AND RIGHTS MAY BE\n\nRESTRICTED OR TERMINATED OR YOUR CHILD MAY NOT BE RETURNED TO YOU.\n\nH. Whenever a child who is subject to the provisions of this\n\nsection is committed for inpatient behavioral health or substance\n\nabuse treatment pursuant to the Inpatient Mental Health and\n\nSubstance Abuse Treatment of Minors Act, the individualized service\n\nplan shall be amended as necessary and appropriate, including, but\n\nnot limited to, identification of the treatment and services to be\n\nprovided to the child and the child’s family upon discharge of the\nsection is committed for inpatient behavioral health or substance\n\nabuse treatment pursuant to the Inpatient Mental Health and\n\nSubstance Abuse Treatment of Minors Act, the individualized service\n\nplan shall be amended as necessary and appropriate, including, but\n\nnot limited to, identification of the treatment and services to be\n\nprovided to the child and the child’s family upon discharge of the\n\nchild from inpatient behavioral health or substance abuse treatment.\n\nI. Prior to adjudication, a parent or legal guardian may\n\nvoluntarily participate in services related to the behaviors and\n\nconditions that led to the filing of a deprived petition.\n\nParticipation in such services shall not be construed as an\n\nadmission that the child is deprived and shall not be used as\n\nevidence for the purpose of adjudication or disposition.","path":["OK Code","Title 10A"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os10A.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"4906ac588e772ddd916e7b11aa1616fe20044928b9b3bdef3702c858b4c26973","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-10a-10a-1-4-703","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-10a-10a-1-4-705"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}