                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW OF CHILDREN IN FOSTER CARE (§ 63.2-907)

Each local board shall establish and keep current a social service plan with
service objectives and shall provide the necessary social services for
achievement of a permanent home for each child for whom it has care and custody
or has an agreement with the parents or guardians to place in accordance with
regulations adopted by the Board. Each local board shall review the cases of
children placed through an agreement or in its custody in accordance with the
regulations adopted by the Board. Each local board shall review the cases of
children placed through an agreement or in its custody on a planned basis to
evaluate the current status and effectiveness (i) of the service plan&#8217;s
objectives and (ii) of the services being provided for each child in custody,
which are directed toward the immediate care of and planning for permanency for
the child, in accordance with policies of the Board.
		The Department shall establish and maintain (a) a system to review and monitor
compliance by local boards with the policies adopted by the Board and (b) a
tracking system of every child in the care and custody of or placed by local
boards in order to monitor the effectiveness of service planning, service
objectives and service delivery by the local boards that shall be directed
toward the achievement of permanency for children in foster care. As part of the
system to review and monitor compliance by local boards, the Department shall
establish and maintain an online dashboard, to be updated quarterly, that is
accessible by local boards. Such dashboard shall be categorized by local board
and include information regarding (1) the number of children who did not receive
all required caseworker visits and the amount of time that has lapsed since each
child&#8217;s last visit; (2) the number of children placed in children&#8217;s
residential facilities; (3) the number of children who have been in foster care
for more than 24 months, 36 months, and 48 months; (4) safety concerns
identified in case reviews and whether such concerns have been alleviated; (5)
the number of foster care caseworkers with caseloads exceeding the standard
established pursuant to § 63.2-913.1; (6) the number of children in foster care
to whom a caseworker with a caseload exceeding the standard set forth in §
63.2-913.1 has been assigned; and (7) the turnover rate of entry-level and
experienced foster care caseworkers. Local boards shall provide to the
Department any data and information necessary to populate the dashboard.
		The Board shall adopt regulations necessary to implement the procedures and
policies set out in this section. The Board shall establish as a goal that at
any point in time the number of children who are in foster care for longer than
twenty-four months shall not exceed 5,500 children.

HISTORY: 1977, c. 634, § 63.1-56.2; 1982, c. 171; 1994, c. 865; 2002, c. 747;
2019, c. 446.