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PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDMENT
AMENDMENT TO THE COOK COUNTY ADOPTION AND FAMILY SUPPORTIVE SERVICES ORDINANCE
BE IT ORDAINED, by the Cook County Board of Commissioners, Chapter 38 Health and Human Services, Article VIII Adoption and Family Supportive Services, Section 38-173 of the Cook County Code is hereby amended as Follows:
Sec. 38-173 . Fees.
The Department shall charge fees for the following services with the amounts as set in Section 32-1 of this Code.
(1) Adoption Intake Interview - Initial meeting with prospective adoptive family providing an overview of the adoption process, review of qualifications for adoption and implementation of the process for criminal and DCFS background check.
(2) Birth Parent Interview and Consent - interviewing and collecting information from the birth parent and overview of the signature of documents that allow the birth parent(s) to relinquish rights and responsibilities of the child to a specific person.
(3) Adult Adoptee Inquiry (paid by Adoptee) - Retrieval and review of adoption file and generating a report of non-identifying information.
(4) Adoption Fingerprint Processing (paid by adoptive parent(s) - Assists attorneys and parents with retrieval and processing of state and federal criminal background checks.
(5) Foreign Jurisdiction Social Study Investigation Request (paid by individual residing outside of the court’s jurisdiction) - Court of foreign jurisdiction (outside of Cook County) informally requests that OFSS conduct a child custody social study investigation of a cook county resident that includes interviews of all house hold household residents, Cook County criminal background checks and DCFS background checks and retrieval of school progress reports.
(6) Adoption Social Study Investigation Fee (per child) (Based on annual income of, and paid by, adoptive parent(s) - Annual income shall be verified by either a current federal or state tax return or current wages and tax statements, e.g., W-2 and/ or 1099 forms) -Includes interview of all house hold household residents and child care providers of the adoptee; retrieval of financial information, character and employment references, medical information, school progress reports and other mandatory information integrated into a written report concerning adoption proceedings.
All fees shall be collected by the Department and remitted to the Cook County Department of Revenue.
BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED, by the Cook County Board of Commissioners, that Chapter 32, Section 32-1 of the Cook County Code is hereby amended as follows:
Sec. 32-1. Fee Schedule.
CHAPTER 38, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
38-173 (1) Adoption Intake Interview 150.00
38-173 (2) Birth Parent Interview and Consent 100.00 per
hour
38-173 (3) Adoption - Adult Adoptee Inquiry (paid by Adoptee) 100.00
38-173 (4) Adoption - Fingerprint Administrative Fee (paid by 15.00
adoptive parent(s)
38-173 (5) Foreign Jurisdictional Social Study Investigation Request 500.00
(paid by individual residing outside of the jurisdiction)
38-173 (6) Adoption Social Study Investigation Fee (per child) (paid
by adoptive parent):
If Annual Income is:
Under 10,000.00 50.00
10,001 - 14,999 75 100.00
15,000 - 19,999 125 150.00
20,000 - 24,999 225 250.00
25,000 - 29,999 325 312.50
30,000 - 34,999 475 450.00
35,000 - 39,999 675 525.00
40,000 - 49,000 775 800.00
50,000 - 59,999 1,025 1,125.00
60,000 - 69,000 1,225 1,350.00
70,000 - 79,000 1,325 1,575.00
80,000 - 89,000 1,525 1,800.00
90,000 - 99,000 1,675 2,025.00
100,000 - 149,999 2,025 2,250.00
150,000 - 200,000 2,250 3,375.00
200,000 and above 3,025 4,500.00
Effective date: This ordinance shall be in effect immediately upon adoption
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