Mental Health Child Welfare Partnership Meeting Financing Child Welfare Services

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Mental Health / Child Welfare PartnershipMeeting
Financing Child Welfare Services
Elliott Robinson March 17, 2006
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Child Welfare Funding Sources
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Child Welfare Funding Sources
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Child Welfare Funding Sources
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CWD Cost Allocation Plan
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Title IV-E Challenges
Claims for Federal matching funds based on
training, data collection, case management, and
other administrative costs on behalf of otherwise
eligible children who are placed in settings
ineligible for Title IV-E funding are available
in only two circumstances (1) In the case of a
child who is placed in the home of a relative who
is not a licensed foster care provider, for 12
months or as long as it takes a State to normally
license a foster family home (whichever is
shorter) and (2) In the case of a child who is
moved from an ineligible facility (e.g. juvenile
detention center) to a licensed foster family
home or an eligible child care institution, for
no longer than 30 calendar days. In the case of
a child who is at imminent risk of removal to
foster care the State may only make
administrative claims if (1) Reasonable efforts
are being made to prevent the removal of the
child from the home or (if necessary) to pursue
the removal and (2) Not less than every 6 months
the State determines that the child continues to
be at imminent risk of removal. In other words,
Title IV-E is VERY limited. Prevention work,
hotline and investigation before imminent risk is
determined are not eligible for Federal IV-E
reimbursement. Nor are efforts to manage
services for children who are in an ineligible
placement (runaway, hospital, juvenile hall) if
the child is not back in an eligible placement
within 30 days.