Decision-Making for the Permanent Placement of Children Ohio

Schedule of Hearings

Statute: § 2151.417

Review hearing 1 year after the child was first placed in care and every 12 months thereafter

Within 30 days of a finding that efforts to return the child home are no longer required

Persons Entitled to Attend Hearings

Statute: § 2151.417

Appropriate agency employees

The child's parents

Any person who had guardianship or legal custody
of the child

The guardian ad litem

The child

Determinations Made at Hearings

Statute: § 2151.417

Appropriateness of any agency actions

The safety and appropriateness of continuing the child's placement

Whether any changes should be made to the child's
permanency plan or placement

Permanency Options

Statute: § 2151.417

Return home

Adoption

Legal custody

Planned permanent living arrangement