PI-82-06 Attachment B

ATTACHMENT B

I. STATE AGENCY ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW 427(a)(1) Inventory
(1)		YES	NO
(A)	Has the State conducted an inventory of all children who have been in foster care under the responsibility of the State for a period of six months preceding inventory’
(B)	For each child has the State determined the appropriateness of and necessity for,the current foster placement, and whether the child can be or should be returned to his parents or freed for adoption’
(C)	For each child in the inventory, has the State determined the services necessary to facilitate either the return of the child or the placement of the child for adoption or legal guardianship’
427(a)(2)(A) Statewide Information System Does the State agency have a statewide information system from which the following data can readily be determined for all children currently in foster care and children who have been in foster care within the preceding 12 months:
		YES	NO
(A)	Demographic characteristics
(B)	Legal custody status
(C)	Location
(D)	Placement goals
427(a)(2)(B) Case Review System Case Plan For each child receiving foster care maintenance payments, there is a case plan which is a written document. The case plan includes at a minimum
		YES	NO
(A)	a description of the type of home or institution in which the child is to be place;
(B)	a discussion of the appropriateness of the placement
(C)	a discussion of how the responsible agency plans to carry out the judicial determination made with respect to the child in accordance with Section 472(a)(1)*;
(D)	a plan for assuring that the child receives proper care:
(E)	a plan for assuring that services are provided to the child and parents to improve conditions in the parent's home and facilitate return of the child to his own home;
* Section 472(a)(1) - "The removal from the home was the result of a judicial determination to the effect that continuation therein would be contrary to the welfare of such child and (effective October 1, 1983) that reasonable efforts of the type described in Section 471(a)(15) have been made."
		YES	NO
(F)	a plan for assuring that services are provided to the child and foster parents to facilitate return of the child to his own home or the permanent placement of the child and address the needs of the child while in foster care;
(G)	a discussion of the appropriateness of the services that have been provided the child under the plan.
(2) Case Review The State agency has a case review system which meets the requirements of Section 475(5) of the Act and assures that
		YES	NO
(A)	the case plan for each child is designed to achieve:
	placement in the least restrictive (most family like) setting available and
	placement in close proximity to the parent's home consistent with the best interests and special needs of the child
(B)	the status of each child is reviewed periodically but no less frequently than once every six months by either a court or an administrative review;
(C)	the periodic review
	determines the continuing need for and appropriateness of the placement;
	determines the extent of compliance with the case plan;
	determines the extent of progress made toward alleviating or mitigating the causes necessitating the placement in foster care; and
	projects a likely date by which the child may be returned home or placed for adoption or legal guardianship.
(D)	in an administrative review the following requirements specified in Sec. 475(6) are met:
	the review is open to the participation of the parent(s) of the child, and
	the review is conducted by a panel ofappropriate persons at least one of whom is not responsible for the case management of, or the delivery of services to, either the child or the parent(s) who are thesubject of the review.
(E)	The State agency applies procedural safeguards with respect to each child in foster care undersupervision of the State which assure that
	a dispositional hearing is held in a family or juvenile court or another court(including a tribal court) of competent jurisdiction or by an administrative body appointed or approved by the court, no later than 18 months after the originalplacement (and periodically thereafter during the continuation of foster care);
	the dispositional hearing determines the future status of the child including whether the child should: - be returned to the parent(s) or - be continued in foster care for a specified period or - be placed for adoption or - because of the child's special needs foster care on a permanent or long term basis;
	* Procedural safeguards are applied with respect to parental rights pertaining to: removal of the child from his or her parent's home a change in the child's placement any determination affecting visitation privileges of the parent(s)
427(a)(2)(C) Permanency Planning Service
		YES	NO
Has the State implemented and does it have operating a service program designed to help children, where appropriate, return to families from which they have been removed or be placed for adoption or legal guardianship’
427(b)(3) Preplacement Preventive Services (for States Certifying Compliance with Section 427(b)(3))
Has the State implemented a preplacement preventive service program designed to help children remain with their families’
* Required for states wishing to claim FFP for children placed in foster care pursuant to a voluntary placement agreement (Section 472(d) of the Social Security Act as amended by Section 102(a)(2) of P.L. 96-272).

Attachments:

Attachment A - Report on State Eligibility
Attachment C - Case Record Survey
Attachment D - Policy Guidance for Certain Section 427 Requirements
Attachment E - Case Record Sample Survey for Section 427 of the Social Security Act (SSA) Eligibility Determination