Attachment I
CERTIFICATION OF ELIGIBILITY FOR ADDITIONAL
FUNDS
UNDER SECTION 427 OF THE SOCIAL SECURITY ACT
State/Tribe
I certify that (name of designated agency) meets the requirements of section 427(a) specified below:
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Has Completed an Inventory
427 (a)(1) An inventory of all children who have been in foster care
under the responsibility of the State/Tribe for a period
of six months preceding the inventory, and(a) determined the appropriateness of, and necessity for, the
current foster care placement, whether the child can or
should be returned to his or her parents or should be
freed for adoption; and(b) determined the services necessary to facilitate either the
return of the child or the placement of the child for
adoption or legal guardianship.
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Has Implemented and is Operating a Statewide or Tribewide
Information System427 (a)(2)(A) A Statewide or Tribewide information system from which
the following data can readily be determined for every
child currently in foster care and all children who have
been in foster care within the preceding 12 months:(a) demographic characteristics;
(b) legal custody status;
(c) location; and
(d) placement goals.
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Has Implemented and is Operating a Case Review System
(The language in this section varies somewhat from that used in
section 475 and in the State plan for title IV-E, in which the
provisions are slightly more abbreviated. There is no variation in
the substance of the provisions.)(1) Case Plan
471(a)(16)
45 CFR 1356.21(d)1. For each child receiving foster care
maintenance payments, there is a written case
plan (as defined in section 475 of the Act)
which is a discrete part of the case record
and available to the parent(s) or guardian of
the foster child.475(1)
45 CFR 1356.21(d)2. The written case plan is developed
within a reasonable period, but no later than
60 days from the time the State agency assumes
responsibility for providing services,
including placing the child.3. The written case plan includes at a minimum
the following:- (after 10-1-83) a description of the services
offered and the services
provided to prevent removal of the child
from the home and to reunify the family;
- a description of the type of home or
institution in which the child is to be
placed;
- a discussion of the appropriateness of
the placement and how the responsible
agency plans to carry out the judicial
determination made with respect to the
child in accordance with section 472(a)(1);*
- a plan for assuring that the child
receives proper care and that services
are provided to the parent in order to
improve the conditions in the parents'
home to facilitate the child's return to
his or her own home or the permanent
placement of the child;
- a plan for assuring that services are
provided to the child and foster parents
in order to address the needs of the
child while in foster care;
- a discussion of the appropriateness of
the services that have been provided to
the child under the plan;
*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) has been
made."475(5)(A)
45 (CFR)
1356.21(d)- a discussion of how the case plan for
each child is designed to achieve
placement in the least restrictive (most
family like) setting available and in
close proximity to the parent's home
consistent with the best interest and
special needs of the child.
(2) Case Review
427(a)(2)(B) 1. A case review system which meets the
requirements of section 475(5) and assures that475(5)(B) - A review of each child's status is made
no less frequently than once every six
months either by a court or by an
administrative review to:- determine the continuing need for
and appropriateness of the
placement,
- determine the extent of compliance
with the case plan,
- determine the extent of progress
made toward alleviating or
mitigating the cause necessitating
the placement in foster care, and
- project a likely date by which the
child may be returned home or
placed for adoption or legal
guardianship.
- determine the continuing need for
475(6) (b) - If an administrative review is made, the
following requirements specified in
section 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
of appropriate 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 the subject
of the review.
- the review is open to the
475(5)(C) - The State agency/Tribe applies
procedural safeguards with respect to
each child in foster care under
supervision of the State or Tribe which
include:- a dispositional hearing 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 original
placement (and periodically
thereafter during the continuation
of foster care) to determine the
future status of the child
(including whether the child should
be returned to the parent(s),
should be continued in foster care
for a specific period, should be
placed for adoption, or should
(because of the child's special
needs or circumstances) be
continued in foster care on a
permanent or long term basis), and
- procedural safeguards with respect
to parental rights pertaining to
the removal of the child from his
or her parents' home, to a change
in the child's placement and to any
determination affecting visitation
privileges of the parents.
- a dispositional hearing held in a
- (after 10-1-83) a description of the services
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Has Implemented and Is Operating a System of Reunification and Other Permanent Placement Services
427(a)(2)(C) A services program designed to help children,
where appropriate, return to families from which
they have been removed or be placed for adoption
or legal guardianship.
The State or Tribal Agency further certifies that in addition to the
above requirements it/ / has implemented
/ / has not implementedthe requirement of section 427(b)(3) for a preplacement preventive
service program designed to help children remain with their
families. (Meeting the section 427(b) requirements permits a State
to transfer funds from title IV-E to title IV-B where the conditions
in section 474(c)(4)(C) apply, claim FFP for foster care maintenance
payments for children voluntarily placed under title IV-E, and avoid
a reduction in funds to the Fiscal Year 1979 level for any fiscal
year after any two consecutive fiscal years in which $266 million is
appropriated for title IV-B.)
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Date Date |
Commissioner of Single State Agency* Director of Single Organizational Unit* |
*Indicate title of equivalent official within the Tribe or ITO.
Attachments:
Attachment
II - Annual Budget Request for Title IV-9 Funds
Attachment III
- Annual Summary of Child Welfare Services
Attachment IV - Instructions for the Preparation of the Annual
Summary of Child Welfare Services
