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(5) 1The child placing agency shall recommend and assist in identifying specialized services the child may need while in placement. (9) The child placing agency shall adhere to Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children rules and regulations when placing a child for adoption. E. Case Plan (1) At the time of placement, the Department shall provide the child placing agency with the portion of the case plan that identifies the child’s specific needs and services and includes the permanency and visitation plan. (2) For children receiving Therapeutic Foster Care, the child placing agency shall develop a case plan for the child in accordance with the Department’s standards for identified treatment services and needs within 30 days of placement. (3) Prior to accepting a child for adoptive placement, a child placement agency shall secure from the parents, guardians, or agency having custody, written authority to place the child for adoption. (4) Prior to placing a child in a foster family home, the child placing agency shall secure written authorization from the Department to provide routine medical care and to sign educational plans. Prior to accepting a child for adoptive placement, a child placing agency shall secure from the parents, guardians, or agency having custody, written authority to provide routine medical care and to sign educational plans. (5) Child placing agencies that provide adoptive services shall help the parents or legal guardians to understand the legal rights and obligations that they retain and those that are delegated to the child placing agency, and shall document this explanation in writing. F. Supervision and Review of the Case Plan (1) The child placing agency shall participate, as determined by the Department, in case plan reviews of children placed in the Agency’s foster family homes. (2) Child placing agencies providing therapeutic foster care shall conduct case plans reviews following standards determined by the Department. (3) The parent(s) and the child shall participate in these reviews. G. Adoptive Services (1) Child placing agencies providing adoption services shall provide information to prospective adoptive parent(s) about the adoption process, the agency’s policies and practices, legal procedures, adoptive record content, types of children available, the fees, structure and the availability of subsidy. (2) Adoptive Home Application (a) The child placing agency shall provide an application form for prospective adoptive parent(s); (b) The child placing agency in response to an application for adoption and acceptable screening interview shall conduct an adoptive study to assess the applicant(s) appropriateness to be an adoptive parent(s). (3) Adoptive Study/Adoptive Home Assessment (a) The child placing agency shall include in any home study at least two (2) face- to- face interviews in the family’s home. Separate face-to-face interviews with each member of the household must be conducted. The study process shall be a joint effort of the child placing agency and the applicant(s). (b) The child placing agency shall also study the following areas and shall record the informa- tion in the adoptive applicant(s) record: i. Motivation for adoption; ii. Strengths and weaknesses of each member of the household; iii. The attitudes and feelings of the family, extended family, and significant others involved with the family toward accepting adoptive children, and parenting children who are not born to them;