STATE OF NEVADA - Division of Child and Family Services

Table 14: SFY 2010 Data for Item 7
Item 7: Permanency goal for children CFSR 2009 NV Goal Goal Met
Statewide 62.5% 90%* No
Clark County 55% 90%* No
Washoe County 60% 90%* No
DCFS Rural Region 80% 90%* No
*Unless otherwise negotiated or if exceeds federal requirements
Table 15 below shows the number children in care between July 1, 2008 and April 30, 2010 (22 months) who had a TPR
petition filed between 14 and 22 months as required by State policy; the number of children placed out of home who have
not had a TPR filed in 14 months from removal and in 21 months from removal. Currently, 9.7% of children in care have
not had a TPR filed as required are not meeting policy requirements of 22 months. This report does not determine
whether or not there were compelling reasons not to file in those cases. This may be due to a variety of factors.
However, one of the main reasons stated in the 2009 CFSR stakeholder interviews were that delays were due to
increasing waits for treatment programs for parents with substance abuse problems, thus extending the requested time for
reunification.
Table 15: Status of Petition to Terminate Parental Rights
Status of Petition to TPR
Total
Number of Children with a TPR Petition Filed Between 14 and 21 Months: 367
Number of Children placed Out of Home over 14 months without a TPR Petition Filed: 3321
Number of Children placed Out of Home over 21 Months Without a TPR Petition Filed: 361
Source: CFS7B3 July 1, 2008 – April 30, 2010
Item 8: Reunification, guardianship, or permanent placement with relatives
Goal: To determine whether concerted efforts are being made to achieve reunification, guardianship, or permanent
placement with relatives in a timely manner.
To meet this goal, the State must ensure that concerted efforts are made to achieve the permanency goal of reunification,
guardianship, or permanent placement with relatives in a timely manner and that efforts are appropriately documented in
UNITY in a minimum of 90% of applicable cases. Table 16, based on CFSR 2009 results, shows that Washoe County is
the only child welfare agency meeting this goal. Based on this data, statewide, this is still an area need improving for
Nevada.
Table 16: SFY 2010 Data for Item 8
Item 8: Reunification, guardianship, or
permanent placement with relatives
CFSR 2009 NV Goal Goal Met
Statewide 71% 90%* No
Clark County 50% 90%* No
Washoe County 100% 90%* Yes
DCFS Rural Region 83% 90%* No
*Unless otherwise negotiated or if exceeds federal requirements
In addition, the most recent CFSR Data Profile provided by ACF dated April 20, 2010 provides current data for
Permanency Composite 1: Timeliness and Permanency of Reunification. The data profile indicates that in order to be in
compliance with this measure, that a state must meet the standard of 122.6 or higher. Nevada scored 135.2 on this
composite and ranks 6 th out of 47 states. This is a very different score than reported in the 2009 Nevada CFSR, which
indicates that as a State; only 71% of cases reviewed were meeting this goal. Based on the data profile, the median
number of months a child is in care is 5.6 months or less. The national standard is 6.5 months or lower. Therefore, this is
an area of strength for Nevada as evidenced by the increasing placements with relatives and increased reunification.
Nevada APSR – SFY 2010
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