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The director shall be hired by and subject to the direction and supervision of the Council pursuant to § 2.2-2648.B\n\nThe director of the Office of Children’s Services shall:1\n\nDevelop and recommend to the state executive council programs and fiscal policies that promote and support cooperation and collaboration in the provision of services to troubled and at-risk youths and their families at the state and local levels;2\n\nDevelop and recommend to the Council state interagency policies governing the use, distribution and monitoring of moneys in the state pool of funds and the state trust fund;3\n\nDevelop and provide for the consistent oversight for program administration and compliance with state policies and procedures;4\n\nProvide for training and technical assistance to localities in the provision of efficient and effective services that are responsive to the strengths and needs of troubled and at-risk youths and their families;5\n\nServe as liaison to the participating state agencies that administratively support the Office and that provide other necessary services;6\n\nProvide an informal review and negotiation process pursuant to subdivision D 19 of § 2.2-2648;7\n\nImplement, in collaboration with participating state agencies, policies, guidelines and procedures adopted by the State Executive Council;8\n\nConsult regularly with the Virginia Municipal League, the Virginia Coalition of Private Provider Associations, and the Virginia Association of Counties about implementation and operation of the Children’s Services Act (§ 2.2-5200 et seq.);9\n\nHire appropriate staff as approved by the Council;10\n\nIdentify, disseminate, and provide annual training for CSA staff and other interested parties on best practices and evidence-based practices related to the Children’s Services Act Program;11\n\nPerform such other duties as may be assigned by the State Executive Council;12\n\nDevelop and implement uniform data collection standards and collect data, utilizing a secure electronic database for CSA-funded services, in accordance with subdivision D 16 of § 2.2-2648;13\n\nDevelop and implement a uniform set of performance measures for the Children’s Services Act program in accordance with subdivision D 17 of § 2.2-2648;14\n\nDevelop, implement, and distribute management reports in accordance with subdivision D 18 of § 2.2-2648;15\n\nReport to the Council all expenditures associated with serving children who receive pool-funded services. The report shall include expenditures for (i) all services purchased with pool funding; (ii) treatment, foster care case management, community-based mental health services, and residential care funded by Medicaid; and (iii) child-specific payments made through the Title IV-E program;16\n\nReport to the Council on the nature and cost of all services provided to the population of at-risk and troubled children identified by the State Executive Council as within the scope of the CSA program;17\n\nDevelop and distribute model job descriptions for the position of Children’s Services Act Coordinator and provide technical assistance to localities and their coordinators to help them to guide localities in prioritizing coordinator’s responsibilities toward activities to maximize program effectiveness and minimize spending;18\n\nDevelop and distribute guidelines, approved by the State Executive Council, regarding the development and use of multidisciplinary teams, in order to encourage utilization of multidisciplinary teams in service planning and to reduce Family Assessment and Planning Team caseloads to allow Family Assessment and Planning Teams to devote additional time to more complex and potentially costly cases; and19\n\nProvide for the effective implementation of the Children’s Services Act (§ 2.2-5200 et seq.) in all localities by (i) regularly monitoring local performance measures and child and family outcomes; (ii) using audit, performance, and outcomes data to identify local programs that need technical assistance; and (iii) working with local programs that are consistently underperforming to develop a corrective action plan for submission to the Office and the Council.C\n\nThe director of the Office of Children’s Services, in order to provide support and assistance to the Children’s Policy and Management Teams (CPMTs) and Family Assessment and Planning Teams (FAPTs) established pursuant to the Children’s Services Act (\u00a7 2.2-5200 et seq.), shall:1\n\nDevelop and maintain a web-based statewide automated database, with support from the Department of Information Technology or its successor agency, of the authorized vendors of the Children’s Services Act (CSA) services to include verification of a vendor’s licensure status, a listing of each discrete CSA service offered by the vendor, and the discrete CSA service’s rate determined in accordance with § 2.2-5214; and2\n\nDevelop, in consultation with the Department of General Services, CPMTs, and vendors, a standardized purchase of services contract, which in addition to general contract provisions when utilizing state pool funds will enable localities to specify the discrete service or services they are purchasing for the specified client, the required reporting of the client’s service data, including types and numbers of disabilities, mental health and intellectual disability diagnoses, or delinquent behaviors for which the purchased services are intended to address, the expected outcomes resulting from these services and the performance timeframes mutually agreed to when the services are purchased.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":256308,"text":"The Office of Children’s Services is hereby established to serve as the administrative entity of the Council and to ensure that the decisions of the council are implemented. 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This law was first created in 2000. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 937<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. It has been modified 8 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 2001, chapter 844<\/a>; in 2002, chapter 410<\/a>; in 2003, chapter 485<\/a>; in 2008, chapters 38<\/a> and 277<\/a>; in 2009, chapter 275<\/a>; in 2012, chapters 476<\/a> and 507<\/a>; in 2013, chapter 1<\/a>; in 2015, chapter 366<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":68046,"section_number":"2.2-2648","catch_line":"State Executive Council for Children's Services; membership; meetings; powers and duties","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-2648\/"},{"id":57520,"section_number":"2.2-5200","catch_line":"Intent and purpose; definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-5200\/"},{"id":82734,"section_number":"2.2-5214","catch_line":"Rates for purchase of services; service fee directory","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-5214\/"}],"permalink":{"id":175237,"object_type":"law","relational_id":71089,"identifier":"2.2-2649","token":"2.2\/I\/D\/26\/16\/2.2-2649","url":"\/2.2-2649\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/2.2-2649\/","token":"2.2\/I\/D\/26\/16\/2.2-2649","dublin_core":{"Title":"Office of Children’s Services established; powers and duties","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 2.2-2649","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> The Office of Children’s Services is hereby established to serve as the administrative entity of the Council and to ensure that the decisions of the council are implemented. The director shall be hired by and subject to the direction and supervision of the Council pursuant to § 2.2-2648<\/a>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> The director of the Office of Children’s Services shall: <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> Develop and recommend to the state executive council programs and fiscal policies that promote and support cooperation and collaboration in the provision of services to troubled and at-risk youths and their families at the state and local levels; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> Develop and recommend to the Council state interagency policies governing the use, distribution and monitoring of moneys in the state pool of funds and the state trust fund; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

3.<\/span> Develop and provide for the consistent oversight for program administration and compliance with state policies and procedures; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

4.<\/span> Provide for training and technical assistance to localities in the provision of efficient and effective services that are responsive to the strengths and needs of troubled and at-risk youths and their families; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

5.<\/span> Serve as liaison to the participating state agencies that administratively support the Office and that provide other necessary services; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

6.<\/span> Provide an informal review and negotiation process pursuant to subdivision D 19 of § 2.2-2648<\/a>; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

7.<\/span> Implement, in collaboration with participating state agencies, policies, guidelines and procedures adopted by the State Executive Council; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

8.<\/span> Consult regularly with the Virginia Municipal League, the Virginia Coalition of Private Provider Associations, and the Virginia Association of Counties about implementation and operation of the Children’s Services Act (§ 2.2-5200<\/a> et seq.); <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

9.<\/span> Hire appropriate staff as approved by the Council; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

10.<\/span> Identify, disseminate, and provide annual training for CSA staff and other interested parties on best practices and evidence<\/span>-based practices related to the Children’s Services Act Program; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

11.<\/span> Perform such other duties as may be assigned by the State Executive Council; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

12.<\/span> Develop and implement uniform data collection standards and collect data, utilizing a secure electronic database for CSA-funded services, in accordance with subdivision D 16 of § 2.2-2648<\/a>; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

13.<\/span> Develop and implement a uniform set of performance measures for the Children’s Services Act program in accordance with subdivision D 17 of § 2.2-2648<\/a>; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

14.<\/span> Develop, implement, and distribute management reports in accordance with subdivision D 18 of § 2.2-2648<\/a>; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

15.<\/span> Report to the Council all expenditures associated with serving children who receive pool-funded services. The report shall include expenditures for (i) all services purchased with pool funding; (ii) treatment, foster care case management, community-based mental health services, and residential care funded by Medicaid; and (iii) child-specific payments made through the Title IV-E program; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

16.<\/span> Report to the Council on the nature and cost of all services provided to the population of at-risk and troubled children identified by the State Executive Council as within the scope of the CSA program; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

17.<\/span> Develop and distribute model job descriptions for the position of Children’s Services Act Coordinator and provide technical assistance to localities and their coordinators to help them to guide localities in prioritizing coordinator’s responsibilities toward activities to maximize program effectiveness and minimize spending; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

18.<\/span> Develop and distribute guidelines, approved by the State Executive Council, regarding the development and use of multidisciplinary teams, in order<\/span> to encourage utilization of multidisciplinary teams in service planning and to reduce Family Assessment and Planning Team caseloads<\/span> to allow Family Assessment and Planning Teams to devote additional time to more complex and potentially costly cases; and <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

19.<\/span> Provide for the effective implementation of the Children’s Services Act (§ 2.2-5200<\/a> et seq.) in all localities by (i) regularly monitoring local performance measures and child and family outcomes; (ii) using audit, performance, and outcomes data to identify local programs that need technical assistance; and (iii) working with local programs that are consistently underperforming to develop a corrective action plan for submission to the Office and the Council. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> The director of the Office of Children’s Services, in order<\/span> to provide support and assistance to the Children’s Policy and Management Teams (CPMTs) and Family Assessment and Planning Teams (FAPTs) established pursuant to the Children’s Services Act (\u00a7 2.2-5200<\/a> et seq.), shall: <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> Develop and maintain a web-based statewide automated database, with support from the Department of Information Technology or its successor agency, of the authorized vendors of the Children’s Services Act (CSA) services to include verification of a vendor’s licensure status, a listing of each discrete CSA service offered by the vendor, and the discrete CSA service’s rate determined in accordance with § 2.2-5214<\/a>; and <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> Develop, in consultation with the Department of General Services, CPMTs, and vendors, a standardized purchase of services contract<\/span>, which in addition to general contract<\/span> provisions when utilizing state pool funds will enable localities to specify the discrete service or services they are purchasing for the specified client, the required reporting of the client’s service data, including types and numbers of disabilities, mental health and intellectual disability diagnoses, or delinquent behaviors for which the purchased services are intended to address, the expected outcomes resulting from these services and the performance timeframes mutually agreed to when the services are purchased. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nOFFICE OF CHILDREN’S SERVICES ESTABLISHED; POWERS AND DUTIES (\u00a7 2.2-2649)\n\nA. The Office of Children’s Services is hereby established to serve as the\nadministrative entity of the Council and to ensure that the decisions of the\ncouncil are implemented. The director shall be hired by and subject to the\ndirection and supervision of the Council pursuant to § 2.2-2648.\n\nB. The director of the Office of Children’s Services shall:\n\n 1. Develop and recommend to the state executive council programs and fiscal\n policies that promote and support cooperation and collaboration in the\n provision of services to troubled and at-risk youths and their families at the\n state and local levels;\n\n 2. Develop and recommend to the Council state interagency policies governing\n the use, distribution and monitoring of moneys in the state pool of funds and\n the state trust fund;\n\n 3. Develop and provide for the consistent oversight for program administration\n and compliance with state policies and procedures;\n\n 4. Provide for training and technical assistance to localities in the\n provision of efficient and effective services that are responsive to the\n strengths and needs of troubled and at-risk youths and their families;\n\n 5. Serve as liaison to the participating state agencies that administratively\n support the Office and that provide other necessary services;\n\n 6. Provide an informal review and negotiation process pursuant to subdivision\n D 19 of § 2.2-2648;\n\n 7. Implement, in collaboration with participating state agencies, policies,\n guidelines and procedures adopted by the State Executive Council;\n\n 8. Consult regularly with the Virginia Municipal League, the Virginia\n Coalition of Private Provider Associations, and the Virginia Association of\n Counties about implementation and operation of the Children’s Services\n Act (§ 2.2-5200 et seq.);\n\n 9. Hire appropriate staff as approved by the Council;\n\n 10. Identify, disseminate, and provide annual training for CSA staff and other\n interested parties on best practices and evidence-based practices related to\n the Children’s Services Act Program;\n\n 11. Perform such other duties as may be assigned by the State Executive\n Council;\n\n 12. Develop and implement uniform data collection standards and collect data,\n utilizing a secure electronic database for CSA-funded services, in accordance\n with subdivision D 16 of § 2.2-2648;\n\n 13. Develop and implement a uniform set of performance measures for the\n Children’s Services Act program in accordance with subdivision D 17 of\n § 2.2-2648;\n\n 14. Develop, implement, and distribute management reports in accordance with\n subdivision D 18 of § 2.2-2648;\n\n 15. Report to the Council all expenditures associated with serving children\n who receive pool-funded services. The report shall include expenditures for\n (i) all services purchased with pool funding; (ii) treatment, foster care case\n management, community-based mental health services, and residential care\n funded by Medicaid; and (iii) child-specific payments made through the Title\n IV-E program;\n\n 16. Report to the Council on the nature and cost of all services provided to\n the population of at-risk and troubled children identified by the State\n Executive Council as within the scope of the CSA program;\n\n 17. Develop and distribute model job descriptions for the position of\n Children’s Services Act Coordinator and provide technical assistance to\n localities and their coordinators to help them to guide localities in\n prioritizing coordinator’s responsibilities toward activities to\n maximize program effectiveness and minimize spending;\n\n 18. Develop and distribute guidelines, approved by the State Executive\n Council, regarding the development and use of multidisciplinary teams, in\n order to encourage utilization of multidisciplinary teams in service planning\n and to reduce Family Assessment and Planning Team caseloads to allow Family\n Assessment and Planning Teams to devote additional time to more complex and\n potentially costly cases; and\n\n 19. Provide for the effective implementation of the Children’s Services\n Act (§ 2.2-5200 et seq.) in all localities by (i) regularly monitoring\n local performance measures and child and family outcomes; (ii) using audit,\n performance, and outcomes data to identify local programs that need technical\n assistance; and (iii) working with local programs that are consistently\n underperforming to develop a corrective action plan for submission to the\n Office and the Council.\n\nC. The director of the Office of Children’s Services, in order to provide\nsupport and assistance to the Children’s Policy and Management Teams\n(CPMTs) and Family Assessment and Planning Teams (FAPTs) established pursuant to\nthe Children’s Services Act (\u00a7 2.2-5200 et seq.), shall:\n\n 1. Develop and maintain a web-based statewide automated database, with support\n from the Department of Information Technology or its successor agency, of the\n authorized vendors of the Children’s Services Act (CSA) services to\n include verification of a vendor’s licensure status, a listing of each\n discrete CSA service offered by the vendor, and the discrete CSA\n service’s rate determined in accordance with § 2.2-5214; and\n\n 2. Develop, in consultation with the Department of General Services, CPMTs,\n and vendors, a standardized purchase of services contract, which in addition\n to general contract provisions when utilizing state pool funds will enable\n localities to specify the discrete service or services they are purchasing for\n the specified client, the required reporting of the client’s service\n data, including types and numbers of disabilities, mental health and\n intellectual disability diagnoses, or delinquent behaviors for which the\n purchased services are intended to address, the expected outcomes resulting\n from these services and the performance timeframes mutually agreed to when the\n services are purchased.\n\nHISTORY: 2000, c. 937, \u00a7 2.1-746.1; 2001, c. 844; 2002, c. 410; 2003, c. 485;\n2008, cc. 38, 277; 2009, c. 275; 2012, cc. 476, 507; 2013, c. 1; 2015, c. 366;\n2021, Sp. Sess. 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