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AFCARS Assessment Improvement Plan - General
Requirements
State: Wyoming
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Rating Factor |
Task |
Date Completed |
Comments |
| Population Requirements |
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1. 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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a) Include foster care children that are placed in juvenile
justice settings, i.e., "boys school," "girls school," "jail,"
"state hospital," and "detention." Continue reporting these
children as long as the agency retains responsibility for placement
of the child, and the intent is that the child will return to a
foster care placement. See Children's Bureau's Child
Welfare Policy Manual, Section 1, AFCARS for additional
guidance.
b) Include children that are in "independent living" in the
population selection routine.
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| 2. 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, AFCARS). |
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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. |
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| Technical Requirements |
2 |
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| 1. Century Year,
ACYF-IM-CB-96-08, issued 4/17/1996 |
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WYCAPS must accept four
digit years and all dates should be entered and extracted with the
four digit year. |
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| 2. For children who
were discharged during the period, information on the most recent
episode is extracted. |
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Extract all relevant data
for the removal period prior to the child's discharge. |
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| 3. The State
converted all cases, and has the capability of entering historical
data on cases that re-open for foster care. |
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Review cases to ensure that information pertaining to a removal
episode, that began before conversion, is in the system and
accurate. Enter missing information or correct the information.
Review cases to ensure that information pertaining to dates of
first removal, the number of removals, and the date of discharge
from the last removal is accurate. Enter missing information or
correct the information.
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