(1) In considering what constitutes reasonable or active efforts or whether reasonable or active efforts have been made under ORS 419B.185, 419B.337, 419B.340, 419B.470, 419B.476, 419B.498, 419B.645 or 419C.173, the Department of Human Services and the juvenile court shall consider whether placement of a child and referral of a child and the childs family to a Strengthening, Preserving and Reunifying Families program is or was in the childs best interests and the action most likely to prevent or eliminate the need for removal of the child from the childs home or the action most likely to make it possible for the child to safely return home. (2) If the department or juvenile court determines that placement of the child and referral of the child and the childs family to a program would not prevent or eliminate the need for removal of the child from the childs home or be the action most likely to make it possible for the child to safely return home, the department shall, in any description or documentation of its reasonable or active efforts, include a written explanation of the reasons why the department did not believe the placement of the child and referral of the child and the childs family to the program was in the childs best interests and the course most likely to prevent placement or effect the return of the child to the childs family.
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