(a) the number of children and families who received preventive
services, child protective services and foster care, (b) the number of
delinquent and incarcerated youth in the demonstration projects, (c) the
length of an average foster care placement, (d) the number of completed
adoptions for youth residing within the demonstration area, including
their age, gender, race, ethnicity and religion, (e) the gross
expenditures for foster care, compared to the gross expenditures for
child protective, preventive and adoption services, (f) changes in the
quality and quantity of time spent by caseworkers with clients, (g)
staffing ratios of foster care, preventive and child protective
services, (h) the perspective (attitude, viewpoint, outlook) of
caseworkers serving and clients served in the demonstration project, and
(i) recommendations for expansion of community-based provisions for
child welfare services. For purposes of the report, the data described
above should be compared to the extent possible with non-demonstration
areas.
Structure New York Laws
Title 2 - Powers and Duties of Public Welfare Officials
395 - Responsibility of Public Welfare Districts for the Welfare of Children.
396 - Health and Welfare Services to All Children.
397 - Powers and Duties of Social Services Officials in Relation to Children.
398-A - Standards of Payment for Foster Care.
398-B - Transition to Managed Care.
398-C - Powers and Duties of the Commissioner in Relation to Children.
398-D - Child Welfare Services Community Demonstration Projects.
399 - Children Discharged From State Institutions.
401 - Births to Inmates of Public Homes.
402 - Children Forbidden in Public Homes.