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Home > Statistics & Research > AFCARS Assessment Reviews > West Virginia Assessment Review > AFCARS Assessment Improvement Plan - General Requirements

AFCARS Assessment Improvement Plan - General Requirements
State: West Virginia

Requirement Rating Factor Task Date Completed Comments
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[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).
  • All children supervised by or under the responsibility of another public agency with which the title IV-B/E agency has an agreement under title IV-E and the State makes title IV-E foster care maintenance payments (Appendix A - SECTION II).
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Includes all children who have been in foster care at least 24 hours (Appendix A - SECTION II). blank cell

The State includes children that have been in foster care for less than 24 hours.

Modify program code to exclude children that have been in care for less than 24 hours.

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[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

Children that are in the agency's responsibility for care, placement or supervision that are returned home for a non-specified period of time are to be considered discharged from care if the time period extends to six months. If the child is returned home for a specified period of time, the child should be included in the foster care population for the specified period of time.

State must change its policy on how to enter the information on these children.

Train workers on how to enter the discharge information for children that are returned home while under the agency's responsibility for care placement, or supervision.

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