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Table 02: Age Facts of Children in Care Age Total Number Percent Upon Entering Percent Upon Leaving Percent 0 to 4 year 3224 44.22 1254 50.95 1117 45.02 5 to 9 years 1844 25.29 603 24.50 641 25.84 10 to 14 years 1402 19.23 426 17.31 451 18.18 15 to 19 years 821 11.26 178 7.23 272 10.96 20+ years 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 Total 7291 2461 2481 Source: UNITY Report CFS721 A summary of children in foster care Table 03 shows the breakdown of children and youth in Foster Care (DCFS – Report CFS721 2004-2009; Nevada Kids Count, 2009). It is expected that there would be a similar breakdown of ethnicity in foster care as there is in the general population. However, based a comparison of data from Nevada’s SACWIS System – UNITY and information provided by the Nevada State Demographer for estimated population characteristics for children age 0-19 for 2009, there are a disproportionate number of African American children in Foster Care in Nevada. It is expected that approximately 8% of the children in care would be of African American heritage; however currently there are 28% of children in care of this ethnicity. Table 03: Statewide Race/Ethnicity Distribution of Children Entering Foster Care by Fiscal Year Race/Ethnicity African American American Indian/Native American (includes Eskimo or Aleut) SFY 2005 1771 20% 141 2% SFY 2006 2150 21% 148 1% SFY 2007 2472 22% 177 2% SFY 2008 2531 22% 184 2% SFY 2009 2475 23% 209 2% SFY 2010 2246 28% 217 3% 2009 Estimated Population Children age 0-18 56,390 8.3% 9,218 1.4% Asian/Pacific Islander 243 302 356 332 303 154 44,062 5% 5% 6% 5% 5% 2% 6.5% Caucasian 5139 5899 6336 6465 5859 5225 326,566 59% 58% 56% 55% 54% 65% 48% Hispanic (All Races) 1389 1683 2011 2170 2085 1879 243,823 16% 17% 18% 19% 19% 25% 35.9% Statewide Total*: 7294 8499 9371 9512 8846 7842 680,060 *Excludes Hispanic as these individuals are counted in other races. Source: Unity Report CFS721 figures run from July 1 through May 31 for each fiscal year Nevada APSR – SFY 2010 Page 10 of 108
Legislative Activities Nevada’s legislature meets every biennium. In the current fiscal year there has not been a legislative session. Nevada will enter its 76 th regular session in 2011. In the spring of 2009, several bills were enacted during the 75 th regular legislative session that have had an impact on child welfare and have brought about new initiatives. Table 04 lists the Bills that passed during the session that effect child welfare and are being addressed during the current biennium. Some of these have required regulation and policy development and/or revision. Table 04: Legislative Bills enacted in 2009 AB76 AB89 AB103 AB227 AB337 AB364 Revises provisions governing the placement of children who are in the custody of an agency which provides child welfare services. Revises provisions governing the regulation of licensed child care facilities. Clarifies the role of the Child Welfare Specialist in the Audit Division of the Legislative Counsel Bureau. Revises provisions relating to the provision of foster care. Creates the Office of Statewide Coordinator for Children Who Are Endangered by Drug Exposure in the Office of the Attorney General and makes various other changes concerning children who are endangered by drug exposure. Makes various changes concerning the protection of children. AB500 Revises provisions relating to domestic relations. SB3 SB342 SB343 SB344 SCR4 Creates the Legislative Committee on Child Welfare and Juvenile Justice. Expands the relatives who receive preference when a child is placed in the custody of a person other than the parent of the child by a court, an agency which provides child welfare services or other person. Makes various changes concerning the application for and provision of certain treatment or services to a person involved in the child welfare system. Authorizes the Director of the Department of Health and Human Services to create an interagency committee to evaluate the child welfare system. Urges certain agencies which provide child welfare services to develop a standardized practice model and to address certain issues related to child and family services. Nevada APSR – SFY 2010 Page 11 of 108
Page 1 and 2: STATE OF NEVADA Department of Healt
Page 3 and 4: SECTION V: CHILD AND FAMILY WELL-BE
Page 5 and 6: SECTION I: INTRODUCTION Nevada Demo
Page 7 and 8: Title IV-E, Title IV-B, Subpart I (
Page 9: District provides services to Carso
Page 13 and 14: 4. Review and Improvement of Existi
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Page 17 and 18: Figure 06: Number of Total Removals
Page 19 and 20: In addition, WCDSS individually con
Page 21 and 22: Table 08: CFSR Data Profile Informa
Page 23 and 24: Relatives who care for their kin ty
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Page 27 and 28: CFSP Goals and Objectives for Perma
Page 29 and 30: Table 14: SFY 2010 Data for Item 7
Page 31 and 32: Figure 11: Average Months to Adopti
Page 35 and 36: eport. Compliance with this require
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Page 39 and 40: Agency Level Policies: In addition
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Page 45 and 46: SECTION VI: SYSTEMIC FACTORS Each o
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Page 49 and 50: Item 27: Permanency hearings Goal:
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Intensive Family Services staff, wh
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• Case management services for fa
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community assets to make significan
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to provide safe, quality care to ab
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meeting occurred on December 2, 200
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• SAPTA (Substance Abuse Preventi
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as well as foster parents, are trai
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programs: $244,633 was allocated to
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Overall the DR program has been wel
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development of the brain for Indian
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IV-E or IV-B funds, including IV-E
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Item 45: State use of cross-jurisdi
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Figure 19: ICPC Number of Incoming
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APPENDIX A: Child Abuse Prevention
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Substantive Changes There are no su
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1) Child Protective Service (CPS) p
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designated to be the Chafee recipie
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Presented NYTD to two annual Youth
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Specialist by telephone, mail, or e
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APPENDIX D: Health Care Services Pl
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ATTACHMENT A: Citizen Review Panel
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TABLE OF CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
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During 2009, the Statewide Panel’
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with regular and ongoing updates of
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Additionally, DCFS Policy 0511.0, R
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Visitation Recommendation 4: Statew
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UNITY Data System Changes Recommend
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about referrals and services. To ad
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Results of the study identified sev
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Meeting Dates and Activities During
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The Division of Child and Family Se
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amount in the future. Therefore, it
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Establishes a Legislative Committee
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Emergency shelter for a child. The
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APPENDIX C: PANEL MEMBERS Statewide
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Southern CAC Members Member Affilia
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Division will be collaborating with
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• UNITY’S positioning as a case
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SAFF SB SWA TALCIT TANF TPR UNITY U
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B. Children’s Justice Act Task Fo
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ATTACHMENT D: Assurances and Certif
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