(a) foster parents should have stable emotional adjustment within the family;
(b) foster parents should have an income in which they are able to meet the needs of the child and are not dependent on the foster care maintenance payment;
(c) the monthly family income shall be adequate to take care of foster children and approved by the Committee;
(d) medical reports of all the members of the family residing in the premises should be obtained including checks on Human Immune Deficiency Virus (HIV) and Hepatitis B to determine that they are medically fit;
(e) the foster parents should have experience in child caring and the capacity to provide good child care;
(f) the foster parents should be physically, mentally and emotionally stable;
(g) the home should have adequate space and basic facilities;
(h) the foster care family should be willing to follow rules laid down including regular visits to paediatrician, maintenance of child health and their records;
(i) the family should be willing to sign an agreement and to return the child to the specialized adoption agency whenever called to do so;
(j) the foster parents should be willing to attend training or orientation programmes;
(k) the foster parents should be willing to take the child for regular (at least once a month in the case of infants) checkups to a paediatrician approved by the agency; and
(l) Single parents cannot be given foster care of children of the opposite sex, having age difference less than 20 years.
Section 36 • Bihar Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Rules, 2015
36. Criteria for selection of families for foster care.
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Section 36
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