Glossary Fiscal Year 2002 - Children's Administration
Children's Administration promotes families and seeks to ensure the
safety and protection of children. CA both provides direct services and works in
partnership with community-based public and private organizations.
Adoption and Adoption Support:
Children's Administration provides both Adoption Services and Adoption
Support. (1) Adoption Services provide opportunities to permanently
place in families children in DSHS's custody. Services include permanency
planning, adoption preparation, placement supervision, and some limited
post-adoption services. (2) Adoption Support encourages adoption
of hard-to-place children from DSHS foster care and adoption of children
who, because of age, race, physical condition, or emotional health,
would not otherwise be placed for adoption. This service eliminates
barriers to the adoption of such children by providing financial Assistance;
medical, counseling and rehabilitative services; and Assistance with
legal fees for adoption finalization.
Behavioral Rehabilitation Services
(BRS): This program uses intensive resources to create an environment
in which supervised group and/or family living are integrated into a
set of comprehensive services where positive behavioral support methods
and environmental structure are provided for children with mental, developmental,
emotional, and/or behavioral difficulties that exceed the service or
supervision capacity of regular foster care families. Clients may be
sexually aggressi/ms/rdave, self-injurious, high risk, behaviorally or emotionally
disordered, developmentally disturbed or medically fragile.
BRS can be categorized as Emergent or Ongoing. Emergent BRS are
short-term, assessment and interim care services. Ongoing BRS are
long-term, continuing therapeutic services.
Child Care Services: This category
includes: (1) Adoption Support Child Care, (2) Seasonal Child Care,
(3) Teen Parent Child Care, (4) Therapeutic Child Care, (5) and CPS/CWS
Child Care.
Adoption Support Child Care is provided to hard-to-place children who,
because of age, race, physical condition, or emotional health, would
not otherwise be placed for adoption. Seasonal Child Care is
provided to the children of parents who work only during certain times
of the year (e.g. farm workers). Teen Parent Child Care is provided
to the children of teenage parents.
CA also provides Child Care to two groups of children with special emotional
needs. Children at risk of child abuse and neglect receive Therapeutic Child
Development. Children whose families are in need of respite, treatment, or
parent education receive CPS/CWS Child Care.
Note: CSDB Child Care counts include both the children being
served and their adult, primary caregivers.
Child Welfare Services (CWS) Case Management:
CWS Services are designed to strengthen, supplement, or substitute for
parental care and supervision. CWS Services may involve substitute care
such as Foster Care or Adoption placements.
Crisis Care Services: CA provides emergency
placement resources for children pending family reunification or out-of-home
placement to longer-term Family Foster Care or Group Care. Crisis Care
includes Crisis Counseling and/or placement in Crisis Residential Centers
(CRC) that are semi-secure or secure facilities. Three types of CRCs
are utilized: Regional, Group, and Family beds. Crisis Care also includes
costs associated with clothing or personal incidentals purchased for
children placed in CRCs.
Child Protective Services (CPS) Case Management:
CPS workers provide family services to reduce risk and to maintain children
in their own homes. CPS cases are accepted for investigation based on
a risk assessment which includes a sufficiency screen for new referrals,
an initial risk assignment and response designation, and collateral
contacts with key witnesses or information sources. CPS cases receive
24-hour intake, assessment, and emergency intervention services. Ongoing
CPS includes direct treatment, coordination and development of community
services, legal intervention, and case monitoring.
Family Focused Services: CA provides
individualized services to help families who are at risk of child placement
or are in need of reunification. Family-Focused Services may include
traditional child welfare services, such as parent aides or counseling,
and/or support centered around basic needs, such as clothing, shelter,
employment, and transportation. Family-Focused Services also include
various family preservation services.
Family Reconciliation Services (FRS)
Case Management: FRS helps families and their runaway or conflict-ridden
adolescent members. FRS involves three components: (1) 24-hour Intake
and Assessment; (2) longer-term Crisis Counseling provided by county-contracted
counselors; and (3) Intensive Services provided by counselors who work
closely with families to avoid imminent out-of-home placements.
Foster Care Services: Foster Care Support
Services are provided to children and families who need short-term or
temporary protection because they are abused, neglected, and/or involved
in family conflict. The goal of Foster Care Support Services is to return
children to their homes or to find another permanent home as early as
possible. Children are served either in their own homes or in out-of-home
placements. Also included are support services received by children
while in foster care: clothing and personal incidentals, psychological
evaluation and treatment, personal care services, transportation, and
payments made to foster parents for respite and for additional supervision
for special activities.
Notes: (1) CSDB client counts for Foster Care Support Services
include both the children being served and their families. (2) Children
receiving Foster Care Support Services may be served in their own homes
as well as in out-of-home placements. (3) Foster Care Support Services
may be provided without prior Child Protective Services (CPS) involvement.
Foster Care Placement Services:
Foster Care Placement Services are provided when children need short-term
or temporary protection because they are abused, neglected, and/or involved
in family conflict. The goal of Foster Care Placement Services is to
return children to their homes or to find another permanent home as
early as possible. Children are served in out-of-home placements. Placement
types include traditional Foster Care Placements as well as placements
in Family Receiving Homes.
Notes: (1) CSDB client counts for Foster Care Placement Services
include only the children being served, not their families. (2) Children
receiving Foster Care Placement Services are served exclusively in out-of-home
settings. (3) Foster Care Placement Services may be provided without
prior Child Protective Services (CPS) involvement.
Includes Group Care and Treatment Foster Care. Treatment may occur in either
in-home or out-of-home settings with length of service ranging from 3 to 18
months. Group Care and Treatment Foster Care may include the
following services:
Children's Hospitalization Alternatives Program (CHAP) In-Home Services:
As an alternative to foster placement, children receive the full range of
CHAP services while living at home.
In-home Continuum of Care (wrap-around) Services: CA funds in-home service
plans for children leaving residential treatment facilities.
Sexually Aggressi/ms/rdave Youth (SAY): Payment for tests, equipment, or
emergency intervention services related to the treatment of children who
have been sexually aggressi/ms/rdave to others.
Early/Enhanced Discharge and After Care (EDAC) services.
Some services are small and unlike others. Programs may choose to include
these in the program total only, rather than include them with dissimilar
services. Client counts and expenditures for the following services appear in
the program total only:
Personal Care - Nurse Oversight: Authorizations for Title XIX Personal
Care Nurse Oversight services for children with special needs.
First Steps Social Services: Evaluation by a CSO First Steps social worker
of all pregnant household members who apply for or are receiving financial,
medical, and/or food stamp benefits. Clients receive an assessment and are
linked as necessary to case management or other health support services.
Child Care Registration: Payment of a fee to register a child in a
licensed Child Care facility.
Child Care Registration - Infant Bonus: Payment of a $250 infant bonus to
a licensed or certified Child Care provider.
Independent Living Skills (ILS) Support: Payment for enhanced
non-maintenance services for children 16 or older living in a CA-paid
placement who are not receiving contracted ILS services.
Changes from the Needs Assessment Data Base (NADB) Fiscal Year 94 to CSDB-Fiscal Year 99
Client counts for Foster Care" in NADB for Fiscal Year 94 were reported only
for those children in out-of-home placements. Client counts for Foster
Care Services" in CSDB for Fiscal Year 99 are reported for children in their own
homes as well as for those in out-of-home placements.
Changes
from CSDB-Fiscal Year 99 to CSDB-Fiscal Year 00
Client counts for Foster Care Services" in CSDB for Fiscal Year 99 were
reported for children in their own homes as well as for those in out-of-home
placements. In CSDB for Fiscal Year 00, Foster Care is broken down into 2 service
categories: (1) Foster Care Support Services and (2) Foster Care Placement
Services.
Foster Care Support Services are supportive services provided to
children and their families either in their own homes or in
out-of-home placements.
Foster Care Placement Services include only the children being
served, not their families. Children are served exclusively in out-of-home
placements.
Changes from CSDB-Fiscal Year 00 to CSDB-Fiscal Year 01
Client counts for Behavioral Rehabilitation Services (BRS) are included in
CSDB for Fiscal Year 01. BRS are broken down into 2 service categories: (1) Emergent and
(2) Ongoing.
Emergent BRS are short-term, assessment and interim care
services.
Ongoing BRS are long-term, continuing therapeutic services.
In CSDB for Fiscal Year 99 and Fiscal Year 00, Emergent BRS were reported as Crisis Care
Services while Ongoing BRS were reported as Group Treatment Care.
The definitions for the Crisis Care Services and Group Treatment Care
reporting categories have changed from those used in CSDB for Fiscal Year 99 and
Fiscal Year 00. In CSDB for Fiscal Year 01, the short-term assessment and interim care
services that previously resided in Crisis Care are now found in
Emergent BRS. Also in CSDB for Fiscal Year 01, many of the long-term, continuing
therapeutic services that previously resided in Group Treatment Care
are now found in Ongoing BRS.
Client counts for Division of Licensing Resources (DLR) Child Protective
Services (CPS) are were reported in CSDB for Fiscal Year 99 and Fiscal Year 00. DLR CPS is not
reported in CSDB for Fiscal Year 01 due to data quality concerns expressed by CA
staff.
Changes from CSDB-Fiscal Year 01 to CSDB-Fiscal Year 02
Child Care declined significantly due to the transfer of
programs that support parents employment from Childrens Administration
to the Economic Services Administration.
Special Note: Expenditures for some services in CSDB may
differ slightly from those reported by Childrens Administration. CSDB
attributes expenditures to each month of service and in some instances
other systems report expenditures in a single month.
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