Posted by familycourtreform06 on November 13, 2007
More CPS Failures
California: Foster Parent Arrested; CPS Sued
Relatives of a 17-month-old child killed in foster care say they tried to warn CPS caseworkers that the child, Tamaihia Lynae Moore, was in need of medical care. But CPS workers apparently ignored these pleas. They are now being sued for negligence.
According to an article by Crystal Carreon in the Sacramento Bee on October 27, 2007, Tamaihia’s grandmother saw her two days before she died and noted a large bruise on her forehead and scratches on her back. She said the child seemed disoriented. She begged a CPS social worker to take Tamaihia to a hospital. At an earlier visit on October 7, Tamaihia seemed dehydrated and malnourished. The grandmother contacted CPS that time too and was told the matter would be taken care of. Apparently the CPS social worker ignored the issues, which resulted in Tamaihia’s death.
The foster parent, Tamekca Walker, 34, has been charged with felony assault resulting in the death of a child.
Source: Wrongful death claim against CPS by Crystal Carreon, published in the Sacramento Bee on October 27, 2007.
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Posted by familycourtreform06 on November 11, 2007
Section I – Interfaces
Background
The regulations at 45 CFR 1355.50 through 1355.57 provide the basis for States to request Federal financial participation (FFP) for the planning, design, development and installation of a SACWIS which is capable of interfacing with and retrieving information from other automated information systems used to administer certain Federally funded programs (e.g., titles IV-A, IV-D, XIX). This section of the Action Transmittal (AT) provides guidance on the exchange of information between a SACWIS and the State systems used to support the programs administered under titles IV-A (TANF), IV-D (Child Support Enforcement), XIX (Medicaid) and the State Child Abuse and Neglect Data System. To the extent practicable, there must be an electronic interface with these systems in order to receive, transmit, and verify case and client information in an automated manner (see Section I.F. for a discussion about electronic interfaces). As of the issuance date of this AT, all forty-seven States (including the District of Columbia) that have initiated a SACWIS project, have indicated that their SACWIS will meet the mandatory interface requirements.
The SACWIS interface requirements do not specify data elements that must be exchanged between the various systems. ACF will assess the State’s SACWIS compliance with the interface requirements by examining how the required interfaces enable the State to achieve the expected results. These expectations were previously described in the preamble to the SACWIS regulations, SACWIS AT #ACF-OISM-001 and the SACWIS Assessment Review Guide. Based on the findings from some of our initial Assessment Reviews of operational SACWIS systems, we determined that additional guidance would be helpful to the States still developing their systems. The expected results for each of the mandatory interfaces are clarified in the sections that follow (sections I.B through I.E).
In general, SACWIS interfaces should provide an efficient, effective and economical method of exchanging information between various State and Federal information systems. The SACWIS system should enable the State to coordinate services with other Federally funded programs, eliminate paperwork and prevent duplicate data entry. The preamble to the Interim Final SACWIS regulation states that the “electronic exchange of casefile information will assist in service planning, allowing multiple aspects of a client’s needs to be addressed, and appropriate services to be initiated in a prompt and coordinated way and will insure that the system operates more efficiently by eliminating redundant data and paper exchanges and delays resulting from separate processes.” While a significant amount of common information (e.g., names, dates of birth, addresses, resources, family composition, risk factors and other demographic information) can be shared through these interfaces, they also are used to satisfy specific functional requirements (e.g., issue and track authorized payments, and process Medicaid and child support eligibility).
ACF believes that robust and dynamic interfaces (optional and mandatory) can help the State:
identify safety factors;
capture information about individuals alleged to have committed child abuse or neglect;
locate potential caretaker relatives;
exchange information necessary to determine whether a child would have been eligible for AFDC under that program’s rules as they existed in the State on July 16, 1996;
measure outcomes;
exchange information on medical-related services provided to the family/child;
verify information reported to the child welfare social worker; and
save a significant amount of time that can be redirected to supporting the needs of children and their families.
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Posted by familycourtreform06 on November 10, 2007
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Posted by familycourtreform06 on November 10, 2007
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Posted by familycourtreform06 on November 9, 2007
Does this seem like it is in the “childs best interest”?
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