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Attachment IV

INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE PREPARATION OF THE ANNUAL
SUMMARY OF CHILD WELFARE SERVICES

General:   This form summarizes the State Agency's child welfare services program for the next year by service, by source of funds, and by number of clients to be served. The form is an integral part of the State Child Welfare Services Plan and should be discussed by Children's Bureau and State Agency Representatives. It is also a working document that presents an overview of the State Agency's planned program for the next year.

Specific:

Services/Activities

For each of the services/activities listed, include the type of information specified in the following explanation:

  1. Preventive/Supportive Services Including Protective Services

    Services to strengthen and support intact families and to prevent family disruption and unnecessary removal of children from their homes. These may include casework or counseling, day care and respite care, homemaker services with a parent education component, family planning, legal services, services to unmarried parents, transportation, emergency shelter for families.

  2. Foster Care Maintenance Payments:

    Payments to cover the cost of (and the cost of providing) food, clothing, shelter, daily supervision, school supplies, a child's personal incidentals, liability insurance with respect to a child, and reasonable travel to the child's home for visitation. In the case of institutional care, such terms shall include the reasonable costs of administration and operation of such institution as are necessarily required to provide the items described in the preceding sentence.

  3. Foster Care Services

    Include services to the child, to the natural families and to the foster parents, including case plan development and periodic review of the placement.

    Reunification services are those designed to help children, where appropriate, return to their families.

  4. Adoption

    (a) Adoption Assistance Payments are the funds provided to adoptive parents on a recurring and periodic basis to assist in the support of special needs children.
    (b) Medical Services for Adoption Assistance are provided to children who are adopted or are in the process of being adopted.
    (c) Adoption services include the range of services provided for the purpose of obtaining and maintaining a permanent family for a child who is, or is expected to be, legally free for adoption.

  5. Administration and Management:

    Includes costs of supervisors and staff whose activities support child welfare services and which cannot be allocated under other services/activities.

  6. Day Care Related to Employment or Training for Employment:

    This refers to day care purchased for the purpose of employment of one or both of the parents.

Estimated Expenditures for Child Welfare Services by Program:
Federal Funds: Indicate for each service/activity the amount to be expended from the Federal program indicated. Do not include the State/local match. If other Federal funds will be used by the State Agency, specify the other Federal programs in the space at the bottom of the page.

State, Local
and Donated: List all State, local and donated funds, whether or not they are used to match Federal funds.

Estimated Number of Clients to be Served

Estimate as accurately as possible the number of clients to be served during the next year with these funds. Indicate whether clients are individuals or families.

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Office of Human Development Services

Regional Office Telephone Listing

Region I

A. Kenton Williams
Regional Administrator, HDS
FTS (8) 223-3236 or 617-223-3236

Richard Stirling
Regional Program Director, ACYF
FTS (8) 223-223-6450

JFK Building
Boston, Massachusetts 02203

Connecticut
Maine
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Rhode Island
Vermont
Region II

Miguel Torrado
Regional Administrator, HDS
FTS (8) 264-3472 or 212-264-3472

Dennis Coughlin
Regional Program Director, ACYF
FTS (8) 264-2974 or 212-264-2974

Federal Building, 41st Floor
26 Federal Plaza
New York, New York 10278

New Jersey
New York
Puerto Rico
Virgin Islands
Region III

Eileen Bradley
Regional Administrator, HDS
TS (8) 596-0351 or 215-596-0351

Alvin Pearis
Regional Program Director, ACYF
FTS (8) 596-0356 or 215-596-0356

Box 13716, 3535 Market Street,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19101

Delaware
District of
Columbia
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Virginia
West Virginia
Region IV

L. Bryant Tudor
Regional Administrator, HDS
FTS (8) 242-2398 or 404-221-2398

John L. Jordan
Regional Program Director, ACYF
FTS (8) 242-2134 or 404-221-2134

101 Marietta Tower, Suite 903,
Atlanta, Georgia 30323

Alabama
Florida
Georgia
Kentucky
Mississippi
North Carolina
South Carolina
Tennessee
Region V

Carolyn Woodard
Regional Administrator, HDS
FTS (8) 353-8322 or 312-353-8322

German White
Regional Program Director, ACYF
FTS (8) 353-6503 or 312-353-6503

13th Floor,
300 South Wacker Drive
Chicago, Illinois 60606

Illinois
Indiana
Michigan
Minnesota
Ohio
Wisconsin
Region VI

William Acosta
Regional Administrator, HDS
FTS (8) 729-2976 or 214-767-2976

Tommy Sullivan
Regional Program Director, ACYF
FTS (8) 729-2976 or 214-767-2976

1200 Main Tower Bldg.,
Dallas, Texas 75202

Arkansas
Louisiana
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Texas
Region VII

Linda J. Carson
Regional Administrator, HDS
FTS (8) 758-3981 or 214-767-3981

Hilton Baines
Regional Program Director, ACYF
FTS (8) 758-5401 or 214-767-5401

Room 384,
601 E. 12th Street,
Kansas City, Missouri 64106

Iowa
Kansas
Missouri
Nebraska
Region VIII

Lemm Allen
Regional Administrator, HDS
FTS (8) 327-5975 or 303-837-5975

David Chapa
Regional Program Director, ACYF
FTS (8) 327-3972 or 303-327-2972

Federal Office Bldg.,
1961 Stout Street,
Denver, Colorado 80294

Colorado
Montana
North Dakota
South Dakota
Utah
Wyoming

Lucy Ellison
Regional Administrator, HDS
FTS (8) 556-4027 or 415-556-4027

Roy Fleischer
Regional Program Director, ACYF
FTS (8) 556-6153 or 415-556-6153

Federal Office Building
50 United Nations Plaza,
San Francisco, California 94102

American Samoa
Arizona
California
Guam
Hawaii
Nevada
Trust Territory
Region X

Edward Singler
Regional Administrator, HDS
FTS (8) 399-2430 or 206-442-2430

William Hayden
Regional Program Director, ACYF
FTS (8) 399-0483 or 206-442-0483

Third & Broad Bldg., M/S 413,
Seattle, Washington 98121

Alaska
Idaho
Oregon
Washington

Attachments:

Attachment I - Certification of Eligibility for Additional Funds Under Section 427 of the Social Security Act
Attachment II - Annual Budget Request for Title IV-9 Funds
Attachment III - Annual Summary of Child Welfare Services