Common use of Instructions for Completion Clause in Contracts

Instructions for Completion. General Instructions: This form is completed for and with adoptive parent(s) who are adopting an eligible child. An amendment to the agreement is completed for the child when services need to be added. Entries must be typewritten or printed in black ink. Signatures and dates must be entered with black ink. In the event that a requested service entered on the Agreement or any Amendment is not approved by the Division Director or the amount of payment is changed, or a correction needs to be made, the change may be handled by "crossing out" the item, writing in the change and requesting the adoptive parent(s) to initial the change and date their initials. If more than one change must be made on the Agreement or Amendment, a new Agreement or Amendment will need to be prepared and signatures obtained again. It will be necessary to add an additional page for the purpose of providing explanations for service addition or inactivation. The additional page must be referenced in the explanation section of the agreement. The Amendment is used for the addition of services throughout the life of the agreement. However, whenever an amendment is completed it is added to the original agreement and the complete agreement is forwarded to CMU. Amendments may be done anytime an adoptive parent, in relation to the child's need, requests a service be added to the agreement. Amendments do not need to be completed when the General Assembly authorizes an increase in the standard maintenance rate as each agreement should indicate standard maintenance or above standard maintenance and not a dollar amount which will allow an automatic increase. SPECIFIC INSTRUCTIONS: