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iv. Attitudes of the applicant(s) toward the birth parent(s) and the reason(s) the child is in need of adoption; v. The applicant’s plan for discussing adoption with the child; vi. Record of arrests and criminal convictions and checks with the Central Registry for Child Abuse and Neglect. vii. Adjustment of birth children, foster children or previously adopted children, including school reports, if applicable; viii. A report of a physical examination for members of the adoptive family living in the household within six (6) months of the study which verifies that each person suffers no communicable disease, specific illness, or disabilities which would interfere with the family’s ability to parent a child; ix. Ability to provide financially for the child or children to be adopted with or without agency financial assistance through adoption subsidy; x. Personal and community character references; xi. Religious orientation, if any; xii. Location and physical environment of the home; xiii. Plan for child care if parent(s) work; and xiv. Recommendations for adoption in regard to number, age, sex, characteristics, and special needs of children best served by the family. (4) Notification Regarding Application (a) The child placing agency shall notify applicant(s) in writing within thirty (30) days of completion of the adoption investigation of the acceptance or denial of their application; (b) When applicant(s) are not accepted, the child placing agency shall inform them of the reasons why the application is denied. (5) Service to Adoptive Parent(s) (a) The child placing agency shall prepare the adoptive family for the placement of a particular child. Preparation shall include: i. Information about the needs, characteristics, expectations of the child, the child’s biological family and foster family, excluding identifying information on the child’s biological family; ii. Review of medical histories of the child and of the child’s biological family; and iii. Visits with the child prior to placement, where age appropriate to the child. (b) The case worker must make monthly in person contact with the child and family until a final decree of adoption is entered. (c) A child must be in the physical placement with the adoptive family for a period of 90 days unless the family court finds there is good cause for modifying the time within which the final adoption hearing may be held. (d) If the Agency is monitoring a child that has been placed by another State’s child welfare system, a minimum of 6 months monitoring is required before recommending final adoption. H. Services to Families (1) The child placing agency shall make appropriate agency services available to parent(s). When custody of the child is held by another agency, these services may only be made available upon that agency’s approval. (2) The child placing agency shall make every reasonable effort to help the parent(s) to assume or to prepare them to resume their parental roles and responsibilities. (3) The child placing agency shall help the family gain access to the services necessary to preserve and strengthen the family and to accomplish the case plan goals. While the child is in care, the child placing agency shall assist parent(s) or legal guardian(s) with the problems and needs that led to the necessity for placement.