STATE OF NEVADA - Division of Child and Family Services

Caseworker-Child Contact report is reviewed monthly with supervisors and managers to identify trends, barriers and
solutions.
The Clark County Department of Family Services (CCDFS) opened a Family Visitation Center in February 2008. The new
visitation center is open seven days a week, including holidays, from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. The center is staffed full time and
has vehicles available for transportation in an effort to provide flexibility and support to parents and their children during
visitation activities. The Family Visitation Center is designed to promote meaningful visitation between children and their
caregivers in a safe, child- and family-friendly setting that is conducive to assessing parent-child interaction.
Item 20: Caseworker visits with parents
Goal: To determine whether the frequency and quality of visits between caseworkers and the mothers and fathers of the
children are sufficient to ensure the safety, permanency, and well-being of the children and promote achievement of case
goals.
To achieve this goal, the State must ensure that the frequency and quality of visits between the caseworker and mother
and father are sufficient to address issues pertaining to the safety, permanency, and well-being of the child and promote
the achievement of case goals and that these visits, including the typical pattern of visitation, are appropriately
documented in UNITY in a minimum of 90% of cases. Data from the 2009 CFSR, as shown in Table 29 below indicates
that Nevada is currently not meeting this goal and that this is an area needing improvement.
Table 29: SFY 2010 Data for Item 20
Item 20: Worker visits with parents CFSR 2009 NV Goal Goal Met
Statewide 44% 90%* No
Clark County 27% 90%* No
Washoe County 64% 90%* No
DCFS Rural Region 50% 90%* No
*Unless otherwise negotiated or if exceeds federal requirements
Well-Being Outcome 2: Children receive appropriate services to meet their educational needs.
Item 21: Educational needs of child
Goal: To assess whether the State is making concerted efforts to assess children’s educational needs at the initial
contact with the child and on an ongoing basis, and whether identified needs were appropriately addressed in case
planning and case management activities.
To meet this goal, the State must ensure that an assessment of the educational and/or developmental needs of each child
in care according to the requirements in statewide policy is conducted and that appropriate services are provided in a
minimum of 90% of cases. This is an area that is a particular strength for Nevada. In the 2009 Nevada CFSR, the State
achieved a rating of 95% and all child welfare agencies rated above 90% (see Table 30). The child welfare agencies
have initiated a variety of methods to ensure that the educational needs of children are met. These include educational
liaisons with the schools, referrals to Nevada Early Intervention Services, and tracking of children’s progress while in the
school system. These areas are outlined more fully in the Initiatives section above.
Table 30: SFY 2010 Data for Item 21
Item 21: Educational needs of the child CFSR 2009 NV Goal Goal Met
Statewide 95% 90%* Yes
Clark County 95% 90%* Yes
Washoe County 100% 90%* Yes
DCFS Rural Region 92% 90%* Yes
*Unless otherwise negotiated or if exceeds federal requirements
Educational Stability: In relation to educational stability, Policy 0204 Case Planning was updated in January 2010 and
formerly approved in April 2010 to reflect the promoting educational stability of the Fostering Connections to Success and
Increasing Adoptions Act of 2008 (PL 110-351 language. This update has been approved by the DMG and there is
Nevada APSR – SFY 2010
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