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(6) quality of marital and family relationships in relation to the family’s ability to properly parent an adoptive or guardianship child;

(7) attitude of the extended family and friends regarding adoption or guardianship;

(8) applicant’s feelings about the applicant’s childhood and parents, including any history of abuse or neglect and the applicant’s resolution of such experience;

(9) values, feelings, and practices in regard to parenting, child discipline, and care;

(10) sensitivity to, and feelings about, children and youth who have committed delinquent acts or who may have been subjected to abuse, neglect, separation from, and loss of their biological family, if the applicant is considering options in addition to adoption of a newborn;

(11) sensitivity to, and feelings about, birth families of children placed for adoption or guardianship and expectations about any on-going relationship with the birth family;

(12) sensitivity to, and feelings about, different socioeconomic, cultural, and ethnic groups in relation to the family’s ability to properly parent an adoptive or guardianship child and to maintain the cultural or ethnic identity of a child from a different background;

(13) expectations of, and plans for, adoptive or guardianship children;

(14) behavior, background, special needs status, or other characteristics of a potential adoptive or guardianship child that the family can and cannot accept and why, and a discussion of the prospective adoptive or guardianship parent’s preparation, willingness, and ability to provide proper care for such a child;

(15) financial status and ability to support a child, including income, financial resources, debts, expenses, employment history, insurance coverage, and the family’s ability to address possible ongoing needs of the child. (c) Except when placing a child under emergency conditions, an adoption or guardianship home may not be approved if a person in the prospective adoption or guardianship home has a disqualification described in 7 AAC 56.210(b). In an emergency placement an agency shall complete required clearances on persons in the home as soon as possible following the placement. However, the agency shall review the Alaska Sexual Offender Registry before placement of a child and a check of local court records before placement or on the first day that the court is open following the placement of a child. (d) An agency shall request a child protection and licensing clearance from the department for each adult member of an adoptive or guardianship applicant household to ascertain that department records do not contain information described in 7 AAC 56.210(b)(1) and (4). (e) An agency shall request a state and federal report of criminal history record information under AS 12.62.160(b)(8)-(10) and 13 AAC 68.315(a) for each adult member of an applicant household to ascertain that the Department of Public Safety criminal justice information central