RD969 - Annual Report on Foster Care Spending, Error Rates, and Compliance with State and Federal Reviews – 2024


Executive Summary:

The Quality Assurance and Accountability (QAA) team continues to assist with driving error rates in the Commonwealth’s Title IV-E cases. During state fiscal year 2024 the QAA team celebrated the following successes with our Regional and Local Departments of Social Services:

Reviewed 4,255 Cases

22% decrease in errors from the previous year

During this review cycle, Virginia complied with an error rate of 3.43% which is 65.7% below the required threshold.

The efforts of our QAA Title IV-E Consultants directly impact Virginia’s ability to maintain federal funding enabling VDSS to continue providing services for youth in foster care.