8412.2 Support Groups
8412.21 Identifying Available Services
CPS January 2026
Contractors must ensure that adoptive families and children have access to support groups that can help them deal with issues related to adoption and caring for children with special needs. The support groups can be led by the contractor, a subcontractor, adoptive parents, or another qualified person selected by the contractor.
8412.22 Determining Eligibility
CPS January 2026
Any member of an adoptive family or a prospective adoptive family may participate in a contracted or subcontracted support group. Other interested individuals may also participate when space is available. The contractor sponsoring or operating a support group must maintain a log of all clients participating in it.
Exception to service planning: The contractor is not required to develop a service plan when the only service that a family receives is participation in a support group.
8412.23 Identifying Allowable Costs
CPS January 2026
Contract budgets for support groups may include, but are not limited to, the following allowable costs:
- Mailing expenses incurred to inform group members and the community at large about meetings, projects, and issues of concern.
- Telephone expenses that are not covered through other sources.
- Rental space for meetings, unless meeting space is available at no charge.
- Fees and expenses for speakers and consultants whose services are needed but who are not available as volunteers.
- The cost of office supplies and office equipment.
- The cost of printing informational material for group members and the community at large.
- Child care to permit attendance at meetings.