ACYF-CB-PI-09-06: Attachment C: Promoting Safe and Stable Families (Title IV-B, subpart 2) Assurances

Attachment C: Promoting Safe and Stable Families
(Title IV-B, subpart 2) Assurances

The assurances listed below are in 45 CFR 1357.15(c) and title IV-B, subpart 2, sections 432(a)(2)(C), 432(a)(4), 432 (a)(5), 432(a)(7) and 432(a)(9) of the Social Security Act (Act). These assurances will remain in effect during the period of the current five-year CFSP.

1. The State/Tribe assures that after the end of each of the 1st 4 fiscal years covered by a set of goals, it will perform an interim review of progress toward accomplishment of the goals, and on the basis of the interim review will revise the statement of goals in the plan, if necessary, to reflect changed circumstances.

2. The State/Tribe assures that after the end of the last fiscal year covered by a set of goals, it will perform a final review of progress toward accomplishments of the goals, and on the basis of the final review:

Will prepare, transmit to the Secretary, and make available to the public a final report on progress toward accomplishment of the goals; and

Will develop (in consultation with the entities required to be consulted pursuant to subsection 432(b)) and add to the plan a statement of the goals intended to be accomplished by the end of the 5th succeeding fiscal year.

3. The State/Tribe assures that it will annually prepare, furnish to the Secretary, and make available to the public a description (including separate descriptions with respect to family preservation services, community-based family support services, time–limited family reunification services, and adoption promotion and support services) of:

The service programs to be made available under the plan in the immediately succeeding fiscal year;

The populations which the programs will serve; and

The geographic areas in the State in which the services will be available.

4. The State/Tribe assures that it will perform the annual activities in the 432(a)(5)(A) in the first fiscal year under the plan, at the time the State submits its initial plan, and in each succeeding fiscal year, by the end of the third quarter of the immediately preceding fiscal year.

5. The State/Tribe assures that Federal funds provided under subpart 2 will not be used to supplant Federal or non-Federal funds for existing services and activities which promote the purposes of subpart 2.

6. The State/Tribe will furnish reports to the Secretary, at such times, in such format, and containing such information as the Secretary may require, that demonstrate the State's/Tribe's compliance with the prohibition contained in 432(a)(7)(A) of the Act.

7. The State/Tribe assures that in administering and conducting service programs under the subpart 2 plan, the safety of the children to be served shall be of paramount concern.

8. The State/Tribe assures that it will participate in any evaluations the Secretary of HHS may require.

9. The State/Tribe assures that it shall administer the Child and Family Services Plan in accordance with methods determined by the Secretary to be proper and efficient.

STATE ONLY:

10. The State assures that not more than 10 percent of expenditures under the plan for any fiscal year with respect to which the State is eligible for payment under section 434 of the Act for the fiscal year shall be for administrative costs, and that the remaining expenditures shall be for programs of family preservation services, community based support services, time limited family reunification services, and adoption promotion and support services, with significant portions of such expenditures for each such program.

Effective Date and Official Signature

I hereby certify that the State/Tribe complies with the requirements of the above assurances.

Certified by: ________________________________________________

Title:______________________________________________________

Agency:____________________________________________________

Dated:_____________________________________________________

Reviewed by:_______________________________________________
(ACF Regional Representative)

Dated:_____________________________________________________

PI 09-06
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Attachments

Attachment A:

Fiscal Year 2009 Allotment Title IV-B Subpart 1 Stephanie Tubbs Jones Child Welfare Services
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Fiscal Year 2009 Allotment Title IV-B Subpart 2 Promoting Safe and Stable Families
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Fiscal Year 2009 Allotment for CAPTA
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Fiscal Year 2009 Allotment for Chafee Foster Care Independence Program Allotments
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Fiscal Year 2009 Allotment for Education and Training Vouchers
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Fiscal Year 2010 Estimated Allotment for Title IV-B, Subpart 2 Monthly Caseworker Visit Funds
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Attachment B:

Current Variances in the Title IV-B Provisions of Law and Regulations
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Attachment C:

Stephanie Tubbs Jones Child Welfare Services Program (title IV-B, subpart 1) Assurances
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Promoting Safe and Stable Families (title IV-B, subpart 2) Assurances
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State Chief Executive Officer's Assurance Statement for the Child Abuse and Neglect State Plan
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State Chief Executive Officer's Certification for the Chafee Foster Care Independence Program
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State Chief Executive Officer's Certifications for the Education and Training Voucher Program/Chafee Foster Care Independence Program
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Tribal Leader's Certification for the Education and Training Voucher Program Chafee Foster Care Independence Program
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Attachment D:

CFS-101 Part I: Annual Budget Request for Title IV-B, Subparts 1 and 2, CAPTA, Chafee Foster Care Independence (CFCIP) and Education and Training Voucher (ETV) Program Instructions
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CFS-101 Part I: Annual Budget Request for Title IV-B, Subparts 1 and 2, CAPTA, Chafee Foster Care Independence (CFCIP) and Education and Training Voucher (ETV) Program Form
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CFS-101, Part II: Annual Summary of Child and Family Services Instructions
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CFS-101, Part II: Annual Summary of Child and Family Services Form
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CFS-101, Part III: Annual Expenditures for Title IV-B, Subparts 1 and 2, CAPTA, Chafee Foster Care Independence (CFCIP) and Education and Training Voucher (ETV) Instructions
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CFS-101, Part III: Annual Expenditures for Title IV-B, Subparts 1 and 2, CAPTA, Chafee Foster Care Independence (CFCIP) and Education and Training Voucher (ETV) Form
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Attachment E:

Children's Bureau Regional Program Managers
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