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DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES
CHILD PLACEMENT (FAMILY SERVICES TEAMS)
PROGRAM MISSION: To provide temporary foster care services by
working towards family reunification and the resolution of permanent placements
for children within 20 months of placement in accordance with Public Law
96-272. This program is mandated to provide services designed to meet the
child's needs and to correct the conditions that led to the placement of the
child in care. Services provided by staff in Child Placement are closely
monitored through judicial reviews by Juvenile Court, administrative reviews by
the Comprehensive Services' Community Assessment Team, and audits by federal
and state agencies.
The six major components of Child Placement services are
in-home services to prevent foster care placements; coordinated services with
other DHS units, Juvenile Court, public schools, health, and mental health
professionals to determine whether the need for placement outweighs its
potential damage; recruitment, training, and approval of foster and adoptive
families; assessment of each child's special needs and arrangements for
appropriate therapy when indicated; permanency planning and placement for each
child in accordance with federal and state guidelines; and permanent placement
of children in adoptive homes.
This program, previously budgeted
under Comprehensive Services For At-Risk Youth (CSA), was incorporated into the
Family Service Teams in FY 2003. Program operations and Non-CSA Purchase are
reflected in the Budget Summary below. Budget information related to CSA
remains in the CSA Budget Summary.
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Child Placement
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FY 2002
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FY 2003
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FY 2004
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% Change:
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Actual
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Adopted
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Proposed
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'03 to '04
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Personnel
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$1,058,403
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$1,195,463
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$1,106,254
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-7%
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Non-Personnel
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361,017
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172,445
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184,447
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7%
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Purchase of
Service
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2,089,819
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1,902,193
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2,193,393
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15%
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Total Expenditures
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3,509,239
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3,270,101
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3,484,094
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7%
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State Share
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783,951
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801,374
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801,374
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-
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Purchase of
Services
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1,616,834
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1,902,193
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2,193,393
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15%
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Total Revenues
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2,400,785
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2,703,567
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2,994,767
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11%
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Net Tax Support
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$1,108,454
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$566,534
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$489,327
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-14%
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Authorized FTEs
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21.0
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20.5
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18.5
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Funded FTEs
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21.0
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20.5
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18.5
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SIGNIFICANT BUDGET HIGHLIGHTS:
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Personnel costs decrease due to reorganization within
Child and Family Services, partially offset by normal salary adjustments.
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Non-Personnel costs increased due to increased rent
charges for 3033 Wilson Boulevard and increased operating expenditures
associated with the Foster Parent Training grant.
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Purchase of Service costs and revenue increase based on
projections of more children in care in FY 2004. Child Placement Purchase of Service is 100% revenue supported.
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FTEs decrease due to the reallocation of 1.5 FTEs to Divisional
Management for budgetary purposes, and 0.5 FTE Social Worker to Family
Preservation.
PERFORMANCE MEASURES:
Objectives: (1) To assure that a permanent placement is
achieved within 20 months from the date of custody in 75 percent of all foster
care placements. (2) To have 93 percent of all cases in compliance with Public
Law 96-272 by completion of initial service plan hearings, panel, supervisory
and judicial reviews; and dispositional hearings within required time frames.
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FY
2001
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FY
2002
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FY 2003
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FY
2004
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FY
2004
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Actual
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Actual
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Estimate
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Estimate
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Target
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Mission Outcome Measures
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Number/percentage of all foster care placements
achieving permanency in less than 20 months
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174/75%
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191/77%
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180/75%
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180/75%
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75%
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Monthly average number/percentage of cases
compliant with Public Law 96-272
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130/93%
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131/93%
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128/93%
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130/93%
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93%
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Percentage of children reunified with parents
or caretakers in less than 12 months
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N/A
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N/A
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N/A
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75%
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80%
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Percentage of children finalized for adoption
that left foster care in less than 12 months
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N/A
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N/A
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N/A
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80%
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80%
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Workload Measures
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Total number of children in foster care
(unduplicated)
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231
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249
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240
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240
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N/A
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Client profile by placement type (Monthly
average number of children served):
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Regular foster care
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55
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58
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48
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55
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55
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Agency therapeutic foster home program
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15
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12
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8
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7
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7
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Purchased therapeutic foster home
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30
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28
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35
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28
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30
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Residential (Institutional)
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30
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36
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28
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32
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35
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Independent Living
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13
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12
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17
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17
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17
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Other
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6
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19
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19
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26
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20
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Total
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149
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165
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155
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165
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164
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Subsidized Adoption
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108
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115
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121
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125
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125
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Targets are
internally set. Reduced times for family reunification and from foster care to
adoption are two new measures for the Family Services Teams.
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Statewide
percentage for compliance with PL96-272 is 93%.
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The last two outcome measures relating to percentage of
time in foster care are federal child welfare outcome measures. The data regarding these measures will be
available in FY 2004.
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