CODE OF VIRGINIA

ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW OF CHILDREN IN FOSTER CARE (§ 63.2-907)

Each local board shall establish and keep current a social service plan with
service objectives and shall provide the necessary social services for
achievement of a permanent home for each child for whom it has care and custody
or has an agreement with the parents or guardians to place in accordance with
regulations adopted by the Board. Each local board shall review the cases of
children placed through an agreement or in its custody in accordance with the
regulations adopted by the Board. Each local board shall review the cases of
children placed through an agreement or in its custody on a planned basis to
evaluate the current status and effectiveness (i) of the service plan’s
objectives and (ii) of the services being provided for each child in custody,
which are directed toward the immediate care of and planning for permanency for
the child, in accordance with policies of the Board.The Department shall
establish and maintain (a) a system to review and monitor compliance by local
boards with the policies adopted by the Board and (b) a tracking system of every
child in the care and custody of or placed by local boards in order to monitor
the effectiveness of service planning, service objectives and service delivery
by the local boards that shall be directed toward the achievement of permanency
for children in foster care.The Board shall adopt regulations necessary to
implement the procedures and policies set out in this section. The Board shall
establish as a goal that at any point in time the number of children who are in
foster care for longer than twenty-four months shall not exceed 5,500 children.

HISTORY: 1977, c. 634, § 63.1-56.2; 1982, c. 171; 1994, c. 865; 2002, c. 747.