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| 1 | Must include all children   | Organizational structure: The | 2  |
|   | in foster care for whom the | Department of Health and      |    |
|   | State title IV-B/IV-E       | Human Services contains the   |    |
|   | agency has responsibility   | Division of Child and Family  |    |
|   | for placement, care, or     | Services (DCFS). The Division |    |
|   | supervision (45 CFR         | is the designated single      |    |
|   | 1355.40(a)(2)).             | State title IV-B/IV-E agency. |    |
|   |                             | The Division includes child   |    |
|   | All children in foster care | welfare, child mental health, |    |
|   | under the responsibility of | and juvenile justice          |    |
|   | the State agency            | programs. The State staff     |    |
|   | administering or            | indicated they are reporting  |    |
|   | supervision the             | to AFCARS only those youth    |    |
|   | administration of the title | who are in DCFS placement and |    |
|   | IV-B Child and Family       | care that are placed out of   |    |
|   | Services State plan and the | their homes.  Children        |    |
|   | title IV-E State plan; that | receiving juvenile justice or |    |
|   | is, all children who are    | mental health services while  |    |
|   | required to be provided the | in DCFS placement and care    |    |
|   | assurances of section       | responsibility are not        |    |
|   | 422(b)(10) of the Social    | included in the AFCARS        |    |
|   | Security Act (the Act)      | report.                       |    |
|   | (Appendix A -- SECTION II). |                               |    |
|   |                             | There are some juvenile       |    |
|   |                             | justice youth that exit the   |    |
|   |                             | correctional facility and go  |    |
|   |                             | to a group home. However,     |    |
|   |                             | legal responsibility remains  |    |
|   |                             | with the parents. These youth |    |
|   |                             | are not to be included in     |    |
|   |                             | AFCARS. However, there are    |    |
|   |                             | times when DCFS is given      |    |
|   |                             | custody of these youth. The   |    |
|   |                             | court order language varies   |    |
|   |                             | across court jurisdictions.   |    |
|   |                             | In the example provided by    |    |
|   |                             | the State during the on-site  |    |
|   |                             | review, the language gave     |    |
|   |                             | custody to DCFS. The staff    |    |
|   |                             | indicated that some courts    |    |
|   |                             | would state the custody is    |    |
|   |                             | with juvenile services.  The  |    |
|   |                             | staff indicated they are not  |    |
|   |                             | providing the protections     |    |
|   |                             | under section 422(b)(10) of   |    |
|   |                             | the Act to these youth.       |    |
|   |                             |                               |    |
|   |                             | Youth that either directly    |    |
|   |                             | enter a community based       |    |
|   |                             | placement (foster home, group |    |
|   |                             | home, etc.) or are placed in  |    |
|   |                             | such a setting after leaving  |    |
|   |                             | a correctional (locked)       |    |
|   |                             | facility, and are under the   |    |
|   |                             | custody of DCFS, must be      |    |
|   |                             | reported in AFCARS and be     |    |
|   |                             | provided the 422(b)(10)       |    |
|   |                             | protections.  This includes   |    |
|   |                             | those youth whose court       |    |
|   |                             | orders state that juvenile    |    |
|   |                             | justice services have custody |    |
|   |                             | of the child.  Those youth    |    |
|   |                             | that remain in the legal      |    |
|   |                             | custody of their parents      |    |
|   |                             | after leaving a locked        |    |
|   |                             | facility and are placed in a  |    |
|   |                             | group home, etc., are not to  |    |
|   |                             | be included in AFCARS.        |    |
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|   |                             | In regard to children's       |    |
|   |                             | mental health, most of the    |    |
|   |                             | placements are made by the    |    |
|   |                             | parents. There are group home |    |
|   |                             | type care facilities and      |    |
|   |                             | these are reimbursed under    |    |
|   |                             | Medicaid. The State indicated |    |
|   |                             | it would be unlikely to have  |    |
|   |                             | mental health children in     |    |
|   |                             | DCFS' custody. The State      |    |
|   |                             | staff indicated that they     |    |
|   |                             | never take custody in order   |    |
|   |                             | to place a child in a mental  |    |
|   |                             | health facility.              |    |
+---+-----------------------------+-------------------------------+----+
| 2 | All children supervised by  | The State is including        | 4  |
|   | or under the responsibility | children that are in the      |    |
|   | of another public agency    | joint care and custody of     |    |
|   | with which the title IV-B/E | juvenile justice and child    |    |
|   | agency has an agreement     | welfare in the AFCARS         |    |
|   | under title IV-E and on     | reporting population.         |    |
|   | whose behalf the State      |                               |    |
|   | makes title IV-E foster     | Nevada does not have title    |    |
|   | care maintenance payments   | IV-E agreements with any      |    |
|   | (Appendix A - SECTION II).  | other agencies or Tribes.     |    |
+---+-----------------------------+-------------------------------+----+
| 3 | Includes American Indian    | The State includes American   | 4  |
|   | children covered under      | Indian children covered under |    |
|   | section 422(b)(10) of the   | section 422(b)(10) of the     |    |
|   | Act, on the same basis as   | Act, on the same basis as any |    |
|   | any other child (45 CFR     | other child (45 CFR           |    |
|   | 1355.40(a)(2)).             | 1355.40(a)(2)).               |    |
+---+-----------------------------+-------------------------------+----+
| 4 | For children in             | The State includes those      | 4  |
|   | out-of-State placements,    | children in out-of-State      |    |
|   | the State placing the child | placements. The State         |    |
|   | submits and continually     | correctly does not include    |    |
|   | updates the data (45 CFR    | children placed in Nevada by  |    |
|   | 1355.40(a)(2)).             | another public agency.        |    |
+---+-----------------------------+-------------------------------+----+
| 5 | Includes all children who   | The State excludes those      | ~  |
|   | have been in foster care at | records in which the removal  | ~2 |
|   | least 24 hours (Appendix    | and discharge date are on the | ~~ |
|   | A - SECTION II).            | same day. However, both the   |    |
|   |                             | removal status and legal      | 3  |
|   |                             | status screens contain fields |    |
|   |                             | for the case worker to enter  |    |
|   |                             | a time. The program code does |    |
|   |                             | not check these fields to     |    |
|   |                             | determine whether the child's |    |
|   |                             | removal was for less than 24  |    |
|   |                             | hours. The program code must  |    |
|   |                             | be modified to check these    |    |
|   |                             | fields.                       |    |
|   |                             |                               |    |
|   |                             | *Post site-visit findings:    |    |
|   |                             | The program code was changed  |    |
|   |                             | to check the time fields on   |    |
|   |                             | the screen and to calculate   |    |
|   |                             | whether the child was in      |    |
|   |                             | foster care for more than 24  |    |
|   |                             | hours. (See line 126 of       |    |
|   |                             | CFS728S1_AFCARS_EXT_FC.)*     |    |
+---+-----------------------------+-------------------------------+----+
| 6 | Does not include children   | Children who have not been    | 4  |
|   | who are in their own homes  | removed from home are         |    |
|   | under the responsibility of | correctly excluded from the   |    |
|   | the State agency (Appendix  | population.                   |    |
|   | A - SECTION II).            |                               |    |
+---+-----------------------------+-------------------------------+----+
| 7 | Include all children who    | Nevada has a statute that     | 4  |
|   | are in the placement, care, | requires all children placed  |    |
|   | or supervision              | back home to remain under the |    |
|   | responsibility of the title | placement and care            |    |
|   | IV-B/E agency that are on   | responsibility of DCFS. This  |    |
|   | "trial home visits" (Child  | "trial home visit" can last   |    |
|   | Welfare Policy Manual,      | no more than 180 days. The    |    |
|   | Section 1.3, AFCARS         | agency may request, or the    |    |
|   | Reporting Population).      | judge may order, an           |    |
|   |                             | extension. The staff          |    |
|   |                             | indicated that most of the    |    |
|   |                             | cases are dismissed at the    |    |
|   |                             | six month point. The State    |    |
|   |                             | correctly includes these      |    |
|   |                             | children in the AFCARS        |    |
|   |                             | reporting population.         |    |
+---+-----------------------------+-------------------------------+----+
| 8 | Includes youth over the age | The age of majority in Nevada | ~  |
|   | of 18 if a payment is being | is 18. The State does claim   | ~2 |
|   | made on behalf of the child | title IV-E for youth up to    | ~~ |
|   | (Child Welfare Policy       | their 19^th^ birthday if the  |    |
|   | Manual, Section 1, AFCARS). | child is eligible.            | 3  |
|   |                             |                               |    |
|   |                             | Also, the State may maintain  |    |
|   |                             | legal custody of youth over   |    |
|   |                             | the age of 18 if the person   |    |
|   |                             | has severe disabilities.      |    |
|   |                             |                               |    |
|   |                             | The State needs to ensure     |    |
|   |                             | that youth that are still in  |    |
|   |                             | the agency's responsibility   |    |
|   |                             | for care and placement over   |    |
|   |                             | the age of 18 and those       |    |
|   |                             | receiving title IV-E funds    |    |
|   |                             | are the only youth over the   |    |
|   |                             | age of 18 included in the     |    |
|   |                             | AFCARS population. Otherwise, |    |
|   |                             | once a child is 18, legal     |    |
|   |                             | status or the removal status, |    |
|   |                             | needs to be dated the child's |    |
|   |                             | 18^th^ birthday and the       |    |
|   |                             | appropriate outcome needs to  |    |
|   |                             | be reported for foster care   |    |
|   |                             | element #58.                  |    |
|   |                             |                               |    |
|   |                             | *Post site-visit findings:    |    |
|   |                             | The State implemented three   |    |
|   |                             | new legal status codes to     |    |
|   |                             | account for the voluntary     |    |
|   |                             | status of youth over the age  |    |
|   |                             | of 18. The caseworker enters  |    |
|   |                             | a discharge date and reason,  |    |
|   |                             | and then opens the case for   |    |
|   |                             | voluntary services.*          |    |
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| 9 | Data are required to be     | The State is correctly        | 4  |
|   | transmitted by the State on | including foster care         |    |
|   | all adopted children who    | adoptions.                    |    |
|   | were placed by the State    |                               |    |
|   | title IV-B/IV-E agency, and | When an adoption is           |    |
|   | on all adopted children for | finalized, the court often    |    |
|   | whom the State agency is    | does not dismiss care,        |    |
|   | providing adoption          | custody and control until a   |    |
|   | assistance (either ongoing  | later date, often two weeks   |    |
|   | or for nonrecurring         | or more. In one case that was |    |
|   | expenses), care or services | reviewed, the worker waited   |    |
|   | directly or by contract or  | until the next six month      |    |
|   | agreement with other        | review to inform the court    |    |
|   | private or public agencies. | that the adoption had         |    |
|   | (45 CFR 1355.40(a)(3)).     | occurred, and at this point   |    |
|   |                             | the State dismissed care,     |    |
|   | Report on all children      | custody and control. Also, if |    |
|   | adopted in the State during | it takes several months to    |    |
|   | the reporting period and in | receive the adoption decree   |    |
|   | whose adoption the State    | from another state, custody   |    |
|   | title IV-B/IV-E agency has  | isn't dismissed until the     |    |
|   | had any involvement. All    | hearing in Nevada occurs.     |    |
|   | adoptions after 10/1/94     | Case management activities    |    |
|   | that meet the criteria      | aren't occurring anymore; the |    |
|   | below must be reported.     | worker is essentially waiting |    |
|   |                             | for the paperwork so that the |    |
|   | -   Children who had been   | case can be closed.           |    |
|   |     in foster care under    |                               |    |
|   |     the responsibility and  | The program code checks the   |    |
|   |     care of the State child | court order effective end     |    |
|   |     welfare agency and who  | date.                         |    |
|   |     were subsequently       |                               |    |
|   |     adopted whether special |                               |    |
|   |     needs or not and        |                               |    |
|   |     whether subsidies are   |                               |    |
|   |     provided or not         |                               |    |
|   |     (Appendix B -- Section  |                               |    |
|   |     II, paragraph (a)).     |                               |    |
+---+-----------------------------+-------------------------------+----+
| 1 | Report on all children      | There is no apparent check    | ~  |
| 0 | adopted in the State during | for private adoptions in the  | ~3 |
|   | the reporting period and in | program code. However, if an  | ~~ |
|   | whose adoption the State    | adoption application is       |    |
|   | title IV-B/IV-E agency has  | entered and approved in       | 2  |
|   | had any involvement. All    | UNITY, private agency         |    |
|   | adoptions after 10/1/94     | adoptions should be           |    |
|   | that meet the criteria      | extracted. The program code   |    |
|   | below must be reported.     | checks for State agency       |    |
|   |                             | involvement by looking at     |    |
|   | -   All special needs       | adoption elements #34 and     |    |
|   |     children, whether or    | #35. The check for #35 should |    |
|   |     not they were in the    | include these adoption cases. |    |
|   |     public foster care      |                               |    |
|   |     system prior to their   | The State staff indicated     |    |
|   |     adoption and for whom   | that modifications need to be |    |
|   |     non-recurring expenses  | made to the screens because   |    |
|   |     were reimbursed.        | the information for these     |    |
|   |                             | children is difficult to      |    |
|   | -   Children adopted for    | enter into the system.        |    |
|   |     whom an adoption        |                               |    |
|   |     assistance payment or   | In the initial selection      |    |
|   |     service is being        | logic of the program code,    |    |
|   |     provided based on       | the values for "another       |    |
|   |     arrangements with the   | State" and U.S. Territory are |    |
|   |     State agency. (Appendix | excluded. However, the        |    |
|   |     B -- Section II,        | program code for adoption     |    |
|   |     paragraphs (b) and      | element #33 does include a    |    |
|   |     (c)).                   | check for "another State."    |    |
|   |                             |                               |    |
|   |                             | The State needs to ensure     |    |
|   |                             | that there is no agency       |    |
|   |                             | involvement with these cases. |    |
|   |                             | There may be a possibility a  |    |
|   |                             | private agency in another     |    |
|   |                             | country or State is handling  |    |
|   |                             | an adoption that is taking    |    |
|   |                             | place in Nevada, and the      |    |
|   |                             | child is a special needs      |    |
|   |                             | child and Nevada has entered  |    |
|   |                             | into an adoption agreement    |    |
|   |                             | with the adoptive family. The |    |
|   |                             | State should remove this      |    |
|   |                             | exclusion from the code and   |    |
|   |                             | monitor the data.             |    |
+---+-----------------------------+-------------------------------+----+
| 1 | For children adopted        | The State includes in its     | ~  |
| 1 | out-of-State, the placing   | AFCARS report those children  | ~3 |
|   | State reports the adoption  | placed in another State for   | ~~ |
|   | data (45 CFR                | adoption.                     |    |
|   | 1355.40(a)(3)).             |                               | 4  |
|   |                             | There is an issue with the    |    |
|   |                             | date of the finalization      |    |
|   |                             | entered into the system. See  |    |
|   |                             | adoption element #21 and      |    |
|   |                             | foster care element #56.      |    |
+---+-----------------------------+-------------------------------+----+
| 1 | Voluntarily reports on all  | The State is not submitting   |    |
| 2 | other adoptions. (Appendix  | information on private        |    |
|   | B -- Section II).           | adoptions with which the      |    |
|   |                             | State has no involvement.     |    |
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| 1 | The data must be extracted  | The program code checks for   | 4  |
| 3 | from the data system as of  | dates of occurrences to       |    |
|   | the last day of the         | ensure that the information   |    |
|   | reporting period            | occurred prior to the end of  |    |
|   |                             | the report period and does    |    |
|   |                             | not pick up information that  |    |
|   |                             | occurs after the end of the   |    |
|   |                             | report period.                |    |
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|   |                             | To transmit a subsequent      |    |
|   |                             | file, the dates of the report |    |
|   |                             | period can be set and are     |    |
|   |                             | used to identify information  |    |
|   |                             | that occurred for that report |    |
|   |                             | period. The system has a user |    |
|   |                             | window to be used by the      |    |
|   |                             | system administrator to set   |    |
|   |                             | up the AFCARS file. When the  |    |
|   |                             | window is opened, the period  |    |
|   |                             | that the system thinks the    |    |
|   |                             | user is looking for is        |    |
|   |                             | pre-filled, but the date      |    |
|   |                             | range parameter can be        |    |
|   |                             | changed to any report period. |    |
|   |                             | The State can also run AFCARS |    |
|   |                             | reports on a monthly basis,   |    |
|   |                             | or other time periods for QA  |    |
|   |                             | purposes. There is a log of   |    |
|   |                             | dates created when a file is  |    |
|   |                             | run.                          |    |
+---+-----------------------------+-------------------------------+----+
| 1 | The data must be submitted  |                               | 4  |
| 4 | in electronic form as       |                               |    |
|   | described in Appendix C.    |                               |    |
+---+-----------------------------+-------------------------------+----+
| 1 | The data must be in record  | The State submits the file in | 4  |
| 5 | layouts as delineated in    | the correct record layout.    |    |
|   | Appendix D.                 |                               |    |
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| 1 | For foster care             | The data submitted reflects   | 4  |
| 6 | information, the            | the report period for which   |    |
|   | child-specific data to be   | it is extracted for;          |    |
|   | transmitted must reflect    | histories are kept and        |    |
|   | the data in the information | point-in-time information is  |    |
|   | system when the data are    | submitted for resubmissions   |    |
|   | extracted.                  |                               |    |
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+---+-----------------------------+-------------------------------+----+
| 1 | Adoption data are to be     | The program code is only      | ~  |
| 7 | reported during the         | checking for an adoption date | ~2 |
|   | reporting period in which   | that occurs within the report | ~~ |
|   | the adoption is legalized   | period being reported. If an  |    |
|   | or, at the State's option,  | adoption legalization date is | 3  |
|   | in the following reporting  | entered after the data are    |    |
|   | period if the adoption is   | extracted and submitted,      |    |
|   | legalized within the last   | those cases are not extracted |    |
|   | 60 days of the reporting    | when the next report period   |    |
|   | period.                     | is submitted. Therefore,      |    |
|   |                             | these adoptions never get     |    |
|   |                             | reported unless the State     |    |
|   |                             | does a subsequent submission  |    |
|   |                             | at some later date. The staff |    |
|   |                             | indicated they can add a      |    |
|   |                             | check for the modified date   |    |
|   |                             | (transaction date).           |    |
|   |                             |                               |    |
|   |                             | Efforts were made to ensure   |    |
|   |                             | that all adoptions were being |    |
|   |                             | reported. The State was       |    |
|   |                             | advised that 2005a and 2005b  |    |
|   |                             | files can be resubmitted      |    |
|   |                             | until May 15 for Adoption     |    |
|   |                             | Incentive Payment purposes.   |    |
|   |                             |                               |    |
|   |                             | *Post site-visit findings:    |    |
|   |                             | The program code was modified |    |
|   |                             | to check for a "transaction"  |    |
|   |                             | date to ensure all adoptions  |    |
|   |                             | are reported. (See lines 33 - |    |
|   |                             | 58 of CFS728S2.)*             |    |
+---+-----------------------------+-------------------------------+----+
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+---+-----------------------------+-------------------------------+----+
| 1 | State uses sequential       | The State encrypts the        | 4  |
| 8 | numbering of the case       | child's person number. The    |    |
|   | record number or encrypts   | encryption key was recently   |    |
|   | the record number.          | changed because the old       |    |
|   |                             | encryption routine was        |    |
|   |                             | causing duplications. The     |    |
|   |                             | State resubmitted data files  |    |
|   |                             | from 2003A through 2005B with |    |
|   |                             | the new encryption routine.   |    |
+---+-----------------------------+-------------------------------+----+
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+---+-----------------------------+-------------------------------+----+
| 1 | Data file must be in ASCII  | The State submits the file in | 4  |
| 9 | format.                     | ASCII.                        |    |
+---+-----------------------------+-------------------------------+----+
| 2 | Elements must be comprised  |                               | 4  |
| 0 | of integer (numeric)        |                               |    |
|   | value(s).                   |                               |    |
+---+-----------------------------+-------------------------------+----+
| 2 | All records must be a fixed |                               | 4  |
| 1 | length.                     |                               |    |
+---+-----------------------------+-------------------------------+----+
| 2 | Inform the Department, in   |                               | 4  |
| 2 | writing, of the method of   |                               |    |
|   | transfer intended to be     |                               |    |
|   | used by the State.          |                               |    |
+---+-----------------------------+-------------------------------+----+
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+---+-----------------------------+-------------------------------+----+
| 2 | Report the status of all    |                               | 4  |
| 3 | children in foster care as  |                               |    |
|   | of the last day of the      |                               |    |
|   | reporting period (Section   |                               |    |
|   | A.1.b(5)).                  |                               |    |
+---+-----------------------------+-------------------------------+----+
| 2 | Provide data for all        | The State did have a problem  | 4  |
| 4 | children who were           | with dropped records and      |    |
|   | discharged from foster care | modified the extraction       |    |
|   | at any time during the      | routine.                      |    |
|   | reporting period, or in the |                               |    |
|   | previous reporting period,  |                               |    |
|   | if not previously reported  |                               |    |
|   | (Section A.1.b(5)).         |                               |    |
+---+-----------------------------+-------------------------------+----+
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+---+-----------------------------+-------------------------------+----+
| 2 | State extracts all records  | The State is extracting the   | 4  |
| 5 | based on the transaction    | foster care file based on     |    |
|   | date of discharge or        | transaction dates.            |    |
|   | removal.                    |                               |    |
+---+-----------------------------+-------------------------------+----+
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+---+-----------------------------+-------------------------------+----+
| 2 | # State uses correct        | Yes.                          | 4  |
| 6 | file name for transmission. |                               |    |
+---+-----------------------------+-------------------------------+----+
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+---+-----------------------------+-------------------------------+----+
| 2 | State transferred           | Two counties, Washoe and      | 3  |
| 7 | historical information on   | Clark, did have an            |    |
|   | open cases. Specifically,   | information system they were  |    |
|   | it included information on: | using prior to Unity. Washoe  |    |
|   | date of first removal,      | and Clark county converted    |    |
|   | total number of removals,   | all open and closed cases.    |    |
|   | and whether the child's     | The rest of the counties had  |    |
|   | mother was married at the   | to convert from paper files.  |    |
|   | time of the child's birth.  | A paper form went to these    |    |
|   | If the case was open at the | staff to convert open cases.  |    |
|   | time of conversion,         | The form had a minimal amount |    |
|   | information on the number   | of information for workers to |    |
|   | of placement settings was   | collect in order for a case   |    |
|   | included.                   | to be established in UNITY    |    |
|   |                             |                               |    |
|   | #                           | There is an issue with the    |    |
|   |                             | number of placements for      |    |
|   |                             | converted cases. See foster   |    |
|   |                             | care findings for placement   |    |
|   |                             | count (element #24).          |    |
+---+-----------------------------+-------------------------------+----+
| 2 | The information system has  | There is a screen that allows | ~  |
| 8 | the capability of recording | the entry of the first ever   | ~3 |
|   | historical information.     | removal, the number of        | ~~ |
|   | This should apply to both   | removals, and date of         |    |
|   | open cases in which         | discharge.                    | 4  |
|   | historical information must |                               |    |
|   | be entered, and for closed  |                               |    |
|   | cases that re-open after    |                               |    |
|   | conversion and must be      |                               |    |
|   | entered into the system.    |                               |    |
+---+-----------------------------+-------------------------------+----+