§ 409-d. District-wide child welfare services plan.
1.Each social\nservices district shall prepare and submit to the department, in such\nform and manner and times as the department shall by regulation require,\na district-wide child welfare services plan which shall be a component\nof the district's multi-year consolidated services plan setting forth:\nthe child welfare services needs of children and families for whom the\nsocial services district is or may be responsible; historic program and\nfiscal trends of the district in the level of care, maintenance and\nservices provided to children and their families, including but not\nlimited to expenditure trends, children and families served and costs of\nservices provided; an assessment of projected program and fiscal\nrequirements of th
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§ 409-d. District-wide child welfare services plan. 1. Each social\nservices district shall prepare and submit to the department, in such\nform and manner and times as the department shall by regulation require,\na district-wide child welfare services plan which shall be a component\nof the district's multi-year consolidated services plan setting forth:\nthe child welfare services needs of children and families for whom the\nsocial services district is or may be responsible; historic program and\nfiscal trends of the district in the level of care, maintenance and\nservices provided to children and their families, including but not\nlimited to expenditure trends, children and families served and costs of\nservices provided; an assessment of projected program and fiscal\nrequirements of the district in meeting identified needs in the next\nstate fiscal year; and a description of the resources known to be\navailable or likely to become available to meet those needs. Commencing\nthe year following preparation of a multi-year consolidated services\nplan, each social services district shall prepare an annual\nimplementation report related to its child welfare services plan. As\nused in this section "services" shall mean and include preventive\nservices, foster care maintenance and services, and adoption services.\nSuch regulations shall include but need not be limited to criteria and\nmethodology for determining child welfare services needs and the\nadequacy of the resources known to be available or likely to become\navailable to meet those needs.\n 2. The child welfare services plan and annual implementation reports\nshall be developed by the district in consultation with other government\nagencies concerned with the welfare of children residing in the\ndistrict, authorized agencies, and other concerned individuals and\norganizations. The plan as submitted to the department for approval and\nas approved by the department shall be made available to such agencies,\nindividuals and organizations upon request.\n 3. (a) Each social services district shall submit its child welfare\nservices plan and annual implementation reports pertaining to this plan\nto the department as a component of the multi-year consolidated services\nplan and subsequent annual implementation reports and the department\nshall review and approve or disapprove the proposed plan in accordance\nwith the procedures set forth in section thirty-four-a of this chapter.\n (b) Such plan shall not be approved unless:\n (i) it complies with the provisions of this section;\n (ii) it demonstrates that child welfare services included in the plan\nare appropriate to meet the assessed needs of the children and families\nfor whom the social services district is or may be responsible;\n (iii) it is consistent with applicable provisions of this chapter and\nregulations of the department promulgated thereunder; and\n (iv) it is in the format and includes such standardized information\nand data as may be required by the department to effectively evaluate\nsuch plans.\n