§ 1-9-121. Grandparents--Legislative findings and declaration--Informational and educational pr...
Oklahoma Statutes AnnotatedTitle 10A. Children and Juvenile Code
10A Okl.St.Ann. 1-9-121
§ 1-9-121. Grandparents--Legislative findings and declaration--Informational and educational program--Distribution of informational brochures
3. Grandparents providing primary care for at-risk children may experience unique resultant problems, such as financial stress due to limited incomes, emotional difficulties related to dealing with the loss of the child's parents or to the child's unique behaviors, and decreased physical stamina combined with a much higher incidence of chronic illness;
5. Grandparents providing primary care for children lack appropriate information about the issues of kinship care, the special needs, both physical and psychological, of children born to a substance-abusing mother or who are at risk of child abuse, neglect, or abandonment, and the support resources currently available to them.
B. The Department of Human Services shall establish an informational and educational program including, but not limited to, the area of parental substitute authority, for grandparents who provide primary care for children who are at risk of child abuse, neglect, or abandonment or who were born to substance-abusing mothers. As a part of the program, the Department shall develop, publish, and distribute an informational brochure for grandparents who provide primary care for children who are at risk of child abuse, neglect, or abandonment or who were born to substance-abusing mothers. The information provided under the program authorized by this section may include, but is not limited to, the following:
Credits
Laws 1997, c. 389, § 18, eff. Nov. 1, 1997; Laws 1998, c. 414, § 13, emerg. eff. June 11, 1998. Renumbered from Title 10, § 7220 by Laws 2009, c. 233, § 313, emerg. eff. May 21, 2009.
10A Okl. St. Ann. 1-9-121, OK ST T. 10A 1-9-121
Current with emergency effective legislation through Chapter 257 of the Second Regular Session of the 59th Legislature (2024). Some sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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