RD50 - A Report on the Analysis of the Impact of the Final Interagency Guidelines on Foster Care Services for Specific “Children in Need of Services” - December 19, 2008


Executive Summary:
Special report on the analysis of the impact of the Final Interagency Guidelines on Foster Care Services for Specific "Children in Need of Services" funded through the Comprehensive Services Act (CSA), effective December 3, 2007, to assess the fiscal impact on the state and localities of serving these additional children through CSA. As part of the analysis, the SEC shall report on the number of additional children served through the guidelines, the types of services provided to children served, how the children were referred for services under the guidelines and whether these children would have received services through CSA prior to the adoption of these new guidelines.