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8420 Duties of a Regional Post Adoption Liaison
CPS January 2026
Note: The CPS program administrator must appoint a program liaison to work with each contractor that provides post-adoption services.
The program liaison must:
- Maintain current knowledge of the post-adoption program.
- Help educate staff and community members about post-adoption services.
- Work with the contractor and CPS workers when waiver requests or policy exceptions are needed.
- Participate in monitoring the contract for program quality.
- Facilitate communication between providers and CPS workers with the goal of improving placement practices.
- Help the contractor establish client eligibility, when necessary.
- Participate in meetings and staffings of post-adoption cases, including participating in discussions of and planning for a child's return to DFPS care.
- Ensure that service authorizations are entered in IMPACT in a timely manner.