Search for and evaluate adoptive families

When you conduct a search for adoptive families, the system identifies families whose service type and other criteria match the needs and characteristics of the adoptive child you select on this screen. You match providers for one child at a time.

After the potential adoptive families have been identified, you indicate whether each family should be considered for permanency CFTM.

After a search is complete, you can also view the search criteria that the system used to select each family.

Process Overview

Follow these steps to conduct the search and evaluation for adoptive families.

  1. From the Home screen, click the Case tab. The Case Workload screen appears.

  2. Click the case ID number link for the adoption case you want to update. The Case Overview screen appears.

  3. Click Potential Adoptive Families in the link menu. The Potential Adoptive Families screen appears.

  4. Under Potential Adoptive Families Match History, click or the child name link to view the history of each search completed for the child. If no history records exist, no matches have been completed for this child.

    Click the link in step 5 or Next Task> below to continue.

  5. Search for adoptive families.

  6. Record the CFTM details for a potential adoptive family.

  7. Link the permanency CFTM to an adoption case.

  8. Record information about adoptive families considered.  

  9. Record a placement decision and family response.