7.200.1
PROGRAM AREA 3 - PROGRAM FOR
PREVENTION AND INTERVENTION SERVICES FOR CHILDREN, YOUTH, AND FAMILIES AT RISK
OF INVOLVEMENT WITH CHILD WELFARE [Eff. 1/1/15]
The Program Area 3 definition is located at 7.000.1, A
(12 CCR
2509-1).
A.
Prevention services are voluntary and based on a human services professional
decision regarding the family's need and on youth and family choice. Services
may include:
1. Services that reduce risk and
increase protective factors to decrease the likelihood of child abuse and
neglect; or,
2. Services provided
when a child or youth is in conflict with his/her family members, community, or
at risk for abuse or neglect and do not meet the definition of unsafe as found
in Section 7.000.2, A (12 CCR
2509-1).
Services cannot be provided when the child's circumstance
meets the definition of unsafe as found in Section 7.000.2, A (12 CCR
2509-1).
B. Intervention services are voluntary and
based on a human services professional decision regarding the family's need and
youth and family choice. Services may include:
1. Proactive efforts to intervene when the
immediate health, safety or well-being of a child is not at-risk; or,
2. Services provided after a referral has
been screened out; or,
3. Services
provided when a case is assessed as not requiring child protection or youth in
conflict services and the case is closed; or,
4. Services provided when a child welfare
case has been closed, the child is safe as defined in Section 7.000.2, A
(12 CCR
2509-1), and additional supports would improve a
family's protective factors and reduce the possibility of recurrence of abuse
or neglect.
7.200.11
Eligibility Criteria [Eff. 1/1/15]
A. County Department
A county is eligible to provide Program Area 3 prevention and
intervention services when the county has a state-approved service delivery
plan. The service delivery plan shall be submitted as an addendum to the Core
Services Plan and shall include the process for referral and assessment to the
prevention and intervention service.
B. Families, Youth, and Children
Families, youth, and youth/children are eligible for
prevention and intervention services if a child/youth is in conflict with
his/her family members, in conflict with the community, or at risk of abuse or
neglect and do not meet criteria for a child protection or youth in conflict
case.
Families, youth, and children are eligible for prevention and
intervention services if a human services professional has determined the
family has a need for the service.
C. Community Agency or Another Division
within the County Department
A community agency or another division within the county
department is eligible to refer a family, youth, or child for prevention or
intervention services, or to provide services to a family, youth, or child if
so stated in the county's state-approved service delivery plan addendum to the
Core Services Plan.
7.200.12
County Responsibilities [Rev.
eff. 9/1/15]
The county department shall be responsible:
A. To deliver prevention and intervention
services according to the state-approved service delivery plan that is an
addendum to the Core Services Plan.
B. To ensure community agencies and/or other
divisions within the county provide prevention and intervention services
according to the state-approved service delivery plan.
C. To ensure community agencies and/or other
division within the county department refer families, youth, and children to
the prevention and intervention service according to the contract with the
county Child Welfare Division.
D.
To ensure community agencies and/or other divisions of human services offer
prevention or intervention services according to the contract with the county
department.
E. To ensure
documentation in the approved state automated case management system of the
names, age, ethnicity, gender, service provided, and the reason the service
ended for families, youth, and children referred for or provided prevention and
intervention services.
F. To ensure
documentation in the approved state automated case management system of all
required data elements of each funding source used for prevention and
intervention services.
G. To follow
the rules and requirements governing the specific funding stream the county
elects to use to provide prevention and intervention services.
H. To follow the rules and regulations
promulgated by the State Board of Human Services.
7.200.13
Funding Sources [Eff.
1/1/15]
Counties may use any available funding source to provide
services under program area three, in accordance with the rules and
requirements governing the specific funding stream utilized.
7.200.14
Referral [Eff. 1/1/15]
A. The county department shall provide a
referral and intake process wherein all persons have the opportunity to apply
for services. In the referral and intake process, the assigned social service
staff shall accept applications and screen referrals.
B. A referral report shall be completed in
all appropriate situations, and at a minimum must include:
1. Demographic information.
2. Referring source.
3. Results of initial assessment.
4. Dispositional decision.
C. The county department, if
requested, shall provide the referring source with an explanation of the action
taken as a result of the referral.
7.200.15
Initial Functional Assessment
[Eff. 1/1/15]
An initial assessment by the county department of social
services staff shall include:
A. The
appropriateness of referral;
B.
Determining if the case is open in the agency;
C. Awareness of agency and community
resources and their current availability;
D. Initial assessment of problem and service
needs;
E. Determining if another
agency can better serve the client;
F. Information about risk factors that can be
used in making decisions about urgency of service delivery; and,
G. Determining whether an emergency exists
that meets the emergency assistance criteria in accordance with Section 7.601 .
73 (12 CCR
2509-7).
