AFCARS Assessment Review Improvement Plan

AFCARS Assessment Review Improvement Plan - General Requirements
State: Rhode Island
AFCARS Report Period Under Review: April 1, 2002 - September 30, 2002
Requirement	Rating Factor	Task	Date Completed	Comments
Population Requirements - Foster care [The State] Must include all children in foster care for whom the agency has responsibility for placement, care, or supervision (45 CFR 1355.40(a)(2)). All children who are required to be provided the protection of section 422(b)(10) of the Social Security Act (the Act) (Appendix A - SECTION II).	2	blank cell	blank cell	blank cell
Includes all children who have been in foster care at least 24 hours (Appendix A - SECTION II).	blank cell	The State is to exclude from the foster care population children that have been in out-of-home care for less than 24 hours.	blank cell	blank cell
[The State must] Include all children who are in the placement, care, or supervision responsibility of the title IV-B/E agency that are on "trial home visits" (Child Welfare Policy Manual, Section 1.3, AFCARS Reporting Population).	blank cell	Include in the extracted population those children that remain in the State's care, placement, or supervision while the child has been returned home. If there is a specified period of time the child will be at home, the State must continue reporting the child during that time. If there is no specified period of time, then the State may submit the record showing a discharge due to reunification at six months. Workers are to record the "placement" of the child in his/her own home as the "current placement setting" (foster care element #41) and not as discharges from care. Describe how the State will provide monitoring oversight to ensure that workers enter this information.	blank cell	blank cell
Technical Requirements	3	blank cell	blank cell	blank cell
The data must be extracted from the data system as of the last day of the reporting period (45 CFR 1355.40(b)(1)).	blank cell	ACF will review subsequent submissions of data files for accuracy.	blank cell	blank cell
State extracts all records based on the transaction date of discharge (ACYF-PI-CB-95-09, Reissued May 23, 1995).	blank cell	ACF will review subsequent submissions of data files for accuracy.	blank cell	blank cell