SWAN affiliate responsibilities are to:
- Collaborate with all network participants to remove systemic barriers that impede the timely permanency of waiting children;
- Deliver services according to the terms of their contractual agreement and the OCYF Bulletin;
- Actively recruit adoptive families according to MEPA and its amendments;
- Develop and approve eligible family applicants for children served by SWAN;
- Comply with PAE requirements for family registration (See Attachment C of OCYF Bulletin);
- Share Child Profile information with prospective families while maintaining confidentiality (see Attachment B of OCYF Bulletin);
- Share Family Profile information with county agencies while maintaining confidentiality;
- Cooperate with county agencies in providing information to a family about the types of support available through adoption assistance (see Attachment D of OCYF Bulletin);
- Collaborate with the county agency in the provision of all units of service; and
- Comply with the Child Protective Services Law (CPSL) and mandated reporting requirements and provisions of Adoption and Safe Families Act and MEPA.