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Virginia Administrative Code › Title 22 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Agency 40 - DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES › Chapter 675 - PERSONNEL POLICIES FOR LOCAL DEPARTMENTS OF SOCIAL SERVICES › Part VIII - Grievance Procedure › Section 22VAC40-675-200 - Employee grievance procedure

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A local department or local board shall adopt a grievance
					 procedure that is either (i) adopted by the locality in which the local
					 department or local board is located, or in the case of a regional department
					 or board, the grievance procedure adopted by one of its localities in the
					 regional organization or (ii) approved by the state board. The board-approved
					 grievance procedure in the administrative manual shall be consistent with the
					 provisions of Chapter 30 (§ 2.2-3000 et seq.) of Title 2.2 of the Code of
					 Virginia. The grievance procedure adopted by the local department or local
					 board shall apply to employees, including local directors, of the local boards
					 and local departments.
Statutory Authority: §§ 63.2-217 and 63.2-219
						of the Code of Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 22 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Agency 40 - DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES › Chapter 675 - PERSONNEL POLICIES FOR LOCAL DEPARTMENTS OF SOCIAL SERVICES › Part IX - Other Employee Relations Policies › Section 22VAC40-675-210 - Political activity

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A. No local
				  department employee shall:
1. Use the
				  employee's official authority or influence to interfere with or affect the
				  result of a nomination or election to public office or position;
2. Directly or indirectly coerce, command, or
				  advise a state or local officer or employee to pay, lend, or contribute
				  anything of value to a party, committee, organization, agency, or person for
				  political purposes; or
3. Be a
				  candidate for a partisan public elective office in a primary, general, or
				  special election if the salary of the employee is paid completely, directly or
				  indirectly, by loans or grants made by the United States or a federal
				  agency.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 22 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Agency 40 - DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES › Chapter 675 - PERSONNEL POLICIES FOR LOCAL DEPARTMENTS OF SOCIAL SERVICES › Part IX - Other Employee Relations Policies › Section 22VAC40-675-220 - Outside employment of local department employees

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A. Employees in local departments shall not
				  engage in any other employment, any private business, or in the conduct of a
				  profession that interferes with their usefulness as employees or with their
				  work performance during normal working hours or be in violation of Chapter 31
				  (§ 2.2-3100 et seq.) of Title 2.2 of the Code of Virginia.
B. If an employee desires to seek or be
				  engaged in outside employment, the employee must first obtain approval from the
				  local director. If the local director desires to seek or be engaged in outside
				  employment, the local director must first obtain approval from the local board.
				  A local director who serves as the local board and desires to seek or be
				  engaged in outside employment must first obtain approval from the elected
				  governing body or its designee.
C.
				  If an employee accepts employment outside the local department without
				  receiving prior approval, the employee will be subject to disciplinary action
				  under the standards of conduct.
NOTICE: The following forms used in administering the
					 regulation were filed by the agency. The forms are not being published;
					 however, online users of this issue of the Virginia Register of Regulations may
					 click on the name of a form with a hyperlink to access it. The forms are also
					 available from the agency contact or may be viewed at the Office of the
					 Registrar of Regulations, General Assembly Building, 2nd Floor, Richmond,
					 Virginia 23219.
Statutory Authority: §§ 63.2-217 and 63.2-219
						of the Code of Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 22 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Agency 40 - DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES › Chapter 675 - PERSONNEL POLICIES FOR LOCAL DEPARTMENTS OF SOCIAL SERVICES › Part IX - Other Employee Relations Policies › Form - FORMS (22VAC40-675)

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Classification
					 and Compensation Self-Analysis Form for Local Departments of Social Services,
					 032-10-0175-00-eng (rev. 9/2015)
Human
					 Resource Policy Record, 032-10-0162-04-eng (rev. 10/2015)
Jurisdiction
					 Wide Self-Analysis Form, 032-10-0165-03-eng (rev. 9/2015)
Local
					 Policy Request Form, 032-10-0161-06-eng (rev. 9/2015)
Statutory Authority: §§ 63.2-217 and 63.2-219
						of the Code of Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 22 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Agency 40 - DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES › Chapter 675 - PERSONNEL POLICIES FOR LOCAL DEPARTMENTS OF SOCIAL SERVICES › Part IX - Other Employee Relations Policies › Form - FORMS (22VAC40-675)

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Classification
					 and Compensation Self-Analysis Form for Local Departments of Social Services,
					 032-10-0175-00-eng (rev. 7/2024)
Human
					 Resources Policy Record, 032-10-0162-04-eng (rev. 7/2024)
Jurisdiction-Wide
					 Self-Analysis Form, 032-10-0165-03-eng (rev. 7/2024)
Local
					 Policy Request Form, 032-10-0161-06-eng (rev. 7/2024)
Statutory Authority: §§ 63.2-217 and 63.2-219
						of the Code of Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 22 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Agency 40 - DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES › Chapter 675 - PERSONNEL POLICIES FOR LOCAL DEPARTMENTS OF SOCIAL SERVICES › Part IX - Other Employee Relations Policies › Section - DOCUMENT INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE (22VAC40-675)

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Human Resource Manual for Local Departments of Social
					 Services, Virginia Department of Social Services, revised July 1, 2009.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 22 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Agency 40 - DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES › Chapter 680 - VIRGINIA ENERGY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM - LOW INCOME HOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (LIHEAP) › Part I - Definitions › Section 22VAC40-680-10 - Definitions

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The following words and terms when used in this chapter
					 shall have the following meanings, unless the context indicates
					 otherwise:
"Department" means the Department of Social
					 Services.
"Disabled person" means a person receiving Social Security
					 disability, Railroad Retirement disability, 100% Veterans Administration
					 disability, Supplemental Security Income as disabled, or an individual who has
					 been certified as permanently and totally disabled for Medicaid
					 purposes.
"Elderly person" means anyone who is 60 years of age or
					 older.
"Energy burden" means the average fuel cost for the primary
					 fuel type used by a household divided by the income of the household.
"Energy-related emergency" means a household has no heat or
					 an imminent utility cutoff or no single source of operable or safe heating
					 equipment.
"Fiscal year" means October 1 through September 30.
"Household" means an individual or group of individuals who
					 occupies a housing unit and functions as an economic unit by purchasing
					 residential energy in common (share heat), or making undesignated payments for
					 energy in the form of rent (heat is included in the rent).
"Poverty guidelines" means the Poverty Income Guidelines as
					 established and published annually by the Department of Health and Human
					 Services.
"Primary fuel" means the fuel used to operate the primary
					 heating system currently used to heat the majority of the house.
"Primary heating system" means the system that is currently
					 used to heat the majority of the house.
"Vulnerability factor" means an individual is a child under
					 the age of six or meets the definition of an elderly or disabled
					 person.
Statutory Authority
§ 63.2-217 of the Code of Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 22 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Agency 40 - DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES › Chapter 680 - VIRGINIA ENERGY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM - LOW INCOME HOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (LIHEAP) › Part II - Fuel Assistance › Section 22VAC40-680-20 - Eligibility criteria

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A. The
				  purpose of the fuel assistance component is to provide heating assistance to
				  eligible households to offset the costs of home heating energy that are
				  excessive in relation to household income.
B. Eligibility criteria are set out in this
				  subsection.
1. Income limits. Maximum income
				  limits shall not exceed the maximum allowed by federal law. In order to be
				  eligible for fuel assistance, a household's income must be at or below the
				  maximum income limits.
2. Alien
				  status. An alien who meets a qualified status as defined by the Personal
				  Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (PRWORA),
				  P.L.
				  104-193, regardless of when he entered the United
				  States, is eligible to receive assistance and services under the Low Income
				  Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) if he meets other program
				  requirements.
3. Ineligible
				  households. The households that are ineligible to receive fuel assistance are:
a. Subsidized households whose total heating
				  costs are included in their rent.
b. Persons living in institutions.
c. Persons living in temporary shelters or
				  group homes who have no heating expense or who pay a nominal fee to live
				  there.
d. Persons who reside in
				  only one room within a larger dwelling.
e. Subsidized households who are responsible
				  for payment of individual excess fuel usage charges even though heating
				  expenses are included in their rent.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 22 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Agency 40 - DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES › Chapter 680 - VIRGINIA ENERGY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM - LOW INCOME HOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (LIHEAP) › Part II - Fuel Assistance › Section 22VAC40-680-30 - Benefits

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Benefit levels shall be established based on income in
					 relation to household size, fuel type, and geographic area, with the highest
					 benefit given to households with the least income and the highest energy
					 need.
Geographic areas are the six climate zones for Virginia
					 recognized by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the
					 United States Department of Commerce. The six climate zones are: Northern,
					 Tidewater, Central Mountain, Southwestern Mountain, Eastern Piedmont, and
					 Western Piedmont.
Each year the benefit amounts for each household shall be
					 determined by state computer using the following method:
1. The following factors for each household
				  will be assigned a point value:
a. Gross
				  monthly income;
b. Living
				  arrangements;
c. Primary heat
				  type;
d. Climate zone;
e. Vulnerability:
(1) Person 60 years of age or
				  older;
(2) Disabled person in
				  household;
(3) Child under six;
				  and
f. Energy burden.
Point values will be determined by department staff in
					 accordance with guidelines established by the State Board of Social
					 Services.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 22 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Agency 40 - DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES › Chapter 680 - VIRGINIA ENERGY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM - LOW INCOME HOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (LIHEAP) › Part II - Fuel Assistance › Section 22VAC40-680-40 - Application period

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The application period for fuel assistance shall begin not
					 earlier than September 1 and shall end not later than March 31 each year. The
					 Board of Social services shall set specific dates within that period for
					 acceptance of fuel assistance applications.
Statutory Authority
§ 63.2-217 of the Code of Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 22 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Agency 40 - DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES › Chapter 680 - VIRGINIA ENERGY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM - LOW INCOME HOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (LIHEAP) › Part III - Crisis Assistance › Section 22VAC40-680-50 - Eligibility criteria; benefits

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A.
				  The purpose of the crisis assistance component is to assist households with
				  energy-related emergencies. This component is intended to help the household
				  meet energy emergencies that cannot be met by other resources.
B. In order to be eligible for crisis
				  assistance, a household shall meet the following criteria:
1. All of the fuel assistance criteria as set
				  forth in 22VAC40-680-20;
2. Have an energy-related emergency as
				  defined in
				  22VAC40-680-10;
3. Applicant or community resources cannot
				  meet the emergency;
4. Did not
				  receive crisis assistance maximum benefit during the current year.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 22 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Agency 40 - DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES › Chapter 680 - VIRGINIA ENERGY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM - LOW INCOME HOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (LIHEAP) › Part III - Crisis Assistance › Section 22VAC40-680-60 - Application period

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The application period for crisis assistance shall begin
					 not earlier than September 1 and shall end not later than March 31 each year
					 unless funds are depleted earlier. The Board of Social Services shall set
					 specific dates within that period for the acceptance of crisis assistance
					 applications.
Statutory Authority
§ 63.2-217 of the Code of Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 22 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Agency 40 - DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES › Chapter 680 - VIRGINIA ENERGY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM - LOW INCOME HOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (LIHEAP) › Part IV - Cooling Assistance › Section 22VAC40-680-63 - Eligibility criteria; benefits

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A.
				  The purpose of the cooling assistance component is to assist low-income
				  households with their cooling needs when other resources cannot meet those
				  needs. Assistance provided through the program must continue or provide cooling
				  services.
B. In order to be
				  eligible for cooling assistance, a household shall:
1. Meet all of the fuel assistance criteria
				  as set forth in
				  22VAC40-680-20;
2. Have at least one vulnerable household
				  member as set forth in
				  22VAC40-680-10;
3. Be unable to meet the emergency
				  requirements through applicant or community resources; and
4. Not have received the cooling assistance
				  maximum benefit during the current year.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 22 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Agency 40 - DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES › Chapter 680 - VIRGINIA ENERGY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM - LOW INCOME HOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (LIHEAP) › Part IV - Cooling Assistance › Section 22VAC40-680-65 to 22VAC40-680-66

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Virginia Administrative Code › Title 22 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Agency 40 - DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES › Chapter 680 - VIRGINIA ENERGY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM - LOW INCOME HOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (LIHEAP) › Part IV - Cooling Assistance › Section 22VAC40-680-67 - Application period

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Cooling assistance will be offered when sufficient federal
					 funding is available. The application period shall begin on June 15 and end no
					 later than August 15 unless funds are depleted earlier. Applications shall be
					 accepted by all local departments.
Statutory Authority
§ 63.2-217 of the Code of Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 22 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Agency 40 - DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES › Chapter 680 - VIRGINIA ENERGY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM - LOW INCOME HOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (LIHEAP) › Part V - Administrative Costs › Section 22VAC40-680-70 - Administrative costs

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Local administrative expenditures for the implementation of
					 the Energy Assistance Program shall not be reimbursed in excess of 7.0% of
					 program grant allocation.
Statutory Authority
§ 63.2-217 of the Code of Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 22 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Agency 40 - DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES › Chapter 680 - VIRGINIA ENERGY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM - LOW INCOME HOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (LIHEAP) › Part V - Administrative Costs › Form - FORMS (22VAC40-680)

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Weatherization Assistance-Case Input Document,
					 1996.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 22 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Agency 40 - DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES › Chapter 685 - VIRGINIA ENERGY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM - HOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM › Section 22VAC40-685-10 - Definitions

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The following words and terms when used in this chapter
				  shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates
				  otherwise:
"Department" means the Department of Social Services.
"Energy assistance program" includes fuel, crisis, cooling,
				  and weatherization assistance.
"Fund" means the Home Energy Assistance Fund, which is based
				  on contributions and donations, and moneys appropriated by the General Assembly
				  for the purpose of funding the Home Energy Assistance Program.
"Home Energy Assistance Program" means the voluntary
				  assistance program to supplement the Virginia Energy Assistance Program.
"Household" means an individual or group of individuals who
				  occupy a housing unit and share residential energy in common.
"LIHEAP" means the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance
				  Program, a federal block grant that is the basis for the Virginia Energy
				  Assistance Program.
"Other entities" means community, nonprofit, private, or
				  charitable organizations that administer energy assistance programs, and local
				  departments of social services that administer energy assistance programs other
				  than those offered through the Virginia Energy Assistance Program funded by the
				  Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program.
"Program" means the Home Energy Assistance Program.
"Virginia Energy Assistance Program" means the assistance
				  program developed in Virginia to address the residential energy needs of
				  low-income households. The program is funded by and in accordance with the
				  federal LIHEAP requirements.
Statutory Authority
§§ 63.2-217 and 63.2-805 of the Code of
					 Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 22 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Agency 40 - DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES › Chapter 685 - VIRGINIA ENERGY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM - HOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM › Section 22VAC40-685-20 - Home Energy Assistance Fund

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A. The Home Energy Assistance Fund is
				established on the books of the Comptroller in the Virginia State treasury as a
				nonreverting fund. Interest earned on moneys in the fund shall remain in the
				fund and be credited to it.
B. The
				purpose of the fund shall be to:
1.
				Supplement assistance provided through the Virginia Energy Assistance Program
				by assisting eligible low-income applicants with their residential energy
				needs;
2. Provide matching funds
				when required by federal regulations for LIHEAP (Virginia Energy Assistance
				Program) or Weatherization Assistance Program; and
3. Increase the amount of dollars the state
				may claim for a leveraging award through LIHEAP.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 22 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Agency 40 - DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES › Chapter 685 - VIRGINIA ENERGY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM - HOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM › Section 22VAC40-685-30 - Home Energy Assistance Program

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A. The department shall establish the Home
				Energy Assistance Program for the following purposes:
1. Administer available funds from the Home
				Energy Assistance Fund;
2.
				Coordinate energy assistance efforts among agencies of the Commonwealth and
				nonstate organizations electing to participate in the Home Energy Assistance
				Program;
3. Conduct research
				regarding available private and governmental resources for low-income
				Virginians in need of energy assistance; and
4. Collect data and report on the amounts of
				energy assistance provided through the department.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 22 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Agency 40 - DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES › Chapter 690 - VIRGINIA CHILD CARE PROVIDER SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM › Part I - General Provisions (Renumbered) › Section 22VAC40-690-10 - Renumbered

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Statutory Authority: §§
												22.1-16
						and
						22.1-289.046
						of the Code of Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 22 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Agency 40 - DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES › Chapter 690 - VIRGINIA CHILD CARE PROVIDER SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM › Part I - General Provisions (Renumbered) › Section 22VAC40-690-15 - Renumbered

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Statutory Authority: §§
												22.1-16
						and
						22.1-289.046
						of the Code of Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 22 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Agency 40 - DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES › Chapter 690 - VIRGINIA CHILD CARE PROVIDER SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM › Part II - Administrative Procedures › Section 22VAC40-690-20 - Renumbered

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Statutory Authority: §§
												22.1-16
						and
						22.1-289.046
						of the Code of Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 22 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Agency 40 - DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES › Chapter 690 - VIRGINIA CHILD CARE PROVIDER SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM › Part II - Administrative Procedures › Section 22VAC40-690-30 - Renumbered

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Statutory Authority: §§
												22.1-16
						and
						22.1-289.046
						of the Code of Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 22 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Agency 40 - DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES › Chapter 690 - VIRGINIA CHILD CARE PROVIDER SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM › Part II - Administrative Procedures › Section 22VAC40-690-35 - Renumbered

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Statutory Authority: §§
												22.1-16
						and
						22.1-289.046
						of the Code of Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 22 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Agency 40 - DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES › Chapter 690 - VIRGINIA CHILD CARE PROVIDER SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM › Part II - Administrative Procedures › Section 22VAC40-690-40 - Renumbered

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Statutory Authority: §§
												22.1-16
						and
						22.1-289.046
						of the Code of Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 22 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Agency 40 - DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES › Chapter 690 - VIRGINIA CHILD CARE PROVIDER SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM › Part II - Administrative Procedures › Section 22VAC40-690-55 - Renumbered

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Statutory Authority: §§
												22.1-16
						and
						22.1-289.046
						of the Code of Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 22 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Agency 40 - DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES › Chapter 690 - VIRGINIA CHILD CARE PROVIDER SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM › Part II - Administrative Procedures › Section 22VAC40-690-60 - Renumbered

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Statutory Authority: §§
												22.1-16
						and
						22.1-289.046
						of the Code of Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 22 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Agency 40 - DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES › Chapter 690 - VIRGINIA CHILD CARE PROVIDER SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM › Part II - Administrative Procedures › Section 22VAC40-690-65 - Renumbered

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Statutory Authority: §§
												22.1-16
						and
						22.1-289.046
						of the Code of Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 22 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Agency 40 - DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES › Chapter 690 - VIRGINIA CHILD CARE PROVIDER SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM › Form - FORMS (22VAC40-690)

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Virginia
				  Child Care Provider Scholarship Program Application, Form #032-05-0032-06-eng
				  (eff. 10/12)
Statutory Authority: § 63.2-217 of the Code of
					 Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 22 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Agency 40 - DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES › Chapter 700 - CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES CENTRAL REGISTRY INFORMATION › Part I - Definitions › Section 22VAC40-700-10

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Statutory Authority: §
												63.2-217 of the Code of
						Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 22 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Agency 40 - DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES › Chapter 700 - CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES CENTRAL REGISTRY INFORMATION › Part II - Policy › Section 22VAC40-700-20

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Statutory Authority: §
												63.2-217 of the Code of
						Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 22 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Agency 40 - DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES › Chapter 700 - CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES CENTRAL REGISTRY INFORMATION › Part II - Policy › Section 22VAC40-700-30

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Statutory Authority: §
												63.2-217 of the Code of
						Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 22 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Agency 40 - DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES › Chapter 705 - CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES › Section 22VAC40-705-70 - Collection of information

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A. When
				conducting an investigation, the local department shall seek first-source
				information about the allegation of child abuse or neglect. When applicable,
				the local department shall include in the case record: police reports;
				depositions; photographs; physical, medical, and psychological reports; and any
				electronic recordings of interviews.
B. When completing a human trafficking
				assessment or family assessment, the local department shall gather all relevant
				information in collaboration with the family, to the degree possible, in order
				to determine the child and family services needs related to current safety or
				future risk of harm to the child.
C. All information collected for a human
				trafficking assessment, family assessment, or an investigation must be entered
				in the state automated system and maintained according to §
									63.2-1514
				for unfounded investigations, family assessments, or invalid reports, or
				according to
				22VAC40-705-130
				for founded investigations. The automated record entered in the state automated
				system is the official record. When documentation is not available in
				electronic form, it must be maintained in the hard copy portion of the record.
				Any hard copy information, including photographs and recordings, shall be noted
				as an addendum to the official record.
Statutory Authority: §
											63.2-217
					 of the Code of Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 22 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Agency 40 - DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES › Chapter 705 - CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES › Section 22VAC40-705-80 - Family assessment and investigation contacts

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A. During the
				course of the family assessment, the child protective services worker shall
				document in writing in the state automated system the following contacts and
				observations. When any of these contacts or observations is not made, the child
				protective services worker shall document in writing why the specific contact
				or observation was not made.
1. The child
				protective services worker shall conduct a face-to-face interview with and
				observe the alleged victim child within the determined response time. When a
				victim child is younger than two years of age, this contact shall be within 24
				hours of receiving the report.
2.
				The child protective services worker shall conduct a face-to-face interview
				with and observe all minor siblings residing in the home.
3. The child protective services worker shall
				conduct a face-to-face interview with and observe all other children residing
				in the home with parental permission.
4. The child protective services worker shall
				conduct a face-to-face interview with the alleged victim child's parents or
				guardians or any caretaker named in the report.
5. The child protective services worker shall
				observe the family environment, contact pertinent collaterals, and review
				pertinent records in consultation with the family.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 22 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Agency 40 - DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES › Chapter 705 - CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES › Section 22VAC40-705-90 - Family assessment and investigative protocol

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A. In conducting a family assessment or an
				investigation, the child protective services worker may enter the home if
				permitted to enter by an adult person who resides in the home. Only in those
				instances where the child protective services worker has probable cause to
				believe that the life or health of the child would be seriously endangered
				within the time it would take to obtain a court order or the assistance of a
				law-enforcement officer, may a child protective services worker enter the home
				without permission. A child protective services worker shall document in detail
				in the record and discuss with supervisory personnel the basis for the decision
				to enter the house without permission.
B. Before conducting a family assessment or
				investigation, the child protective services worker shall explain the
				responsibilities and authorities of child protective services so that the
				parent or other caretaker can be made aware of the possible benefits and
				consequences of completing the family assessment or investigation. The
				explanation must be provided orally and in writing.
C. The child protective services worker may
				transport a child without parental consent only when the local department has
				assumed custody of that child by virtue of the emergency removal authority
				pursuant to §
									63.2-1517 of the Code of
				Virginia, by an emergency removal court order pursuant to §
									16.1-251 of the Code of
				Virginia, or by a preliminary removal order pursuant to §
									16.1-252 of the Code of
				Virginia.
D. When a child
				protective services worker has reason to believe that the caretaker in a valid
				report of child abuse or neglect is abusing substances and such behavior may be
				related to the matter being investigated or assessed, the worker may request
				that person to consent to substance abuse screening or may petition the court
				to order such screening.
1. Local departments
				must develop guidelines for such screening.
2. Guidelines may include child protective
				services worker administration of urine screening.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 22 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Agency 40 - DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES › Chapter 705 - CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES › Section 22VAC40-705-100 - Judicial proceedings

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A. A child
				protective services worker may petition for removal pursuant to §§
				16.1-251 and 16.1-252 of the Code of Virginia.
B. A child protective services worker may
				petition for a preliminary protective order pursuant to § 16.1-253 of the
				Code of Virginia.
C. Whenever the
				local department assumes custody of a child under subsection A or B of this
				section, a child protective services worker shall petition the court for
				parental child support.
D. Any
				person who participates in a judicial proceeding resulting from making a child
				protective services report or complaint or from taking a child into custody
				pursuant to §§ 63.2-1509, 63.2-1510 and 63.2-1517 of the Code of
				Virginia shall be immune from any civil or criminal liability in connection
				therewith unless it is proven that such person acted in bad faith or with
				malicious intent pursuant to § 63.2-1512 of the Code of
				Virginia.
Statutory Authority
§§ 63.2-217, 63.2-1503 and 63.2-1509 of the Code
					 of Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 22 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Agency 40 - DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES › Chapter 705 - CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES › Section 22VAC40-705-110 - Assessments in family assessments and investigations

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A. In both family assessments and
				investigations the child protective services worker shall conduct an initial
				safety assessment of the child's circumstances and threat of danger or harm,
				and where appropriate shall make a safety plan to provide for the protection of
				the child.
B. In all completed
				family assessments and investigations, the child protective services worker
				shall conduct a risk assessment to determine whether or not the child is in
				jeopardy of future abuse or neglect and whether or not intervention is
				necessary to protect the child.
C.
				In investigations, the child protective services worker shall make a
				disposition of either founded or unfounded as defined in
				22VAC40-705-10 after collecting
				and assessing information about the alleged abuse or neglect.
D. In all investigations with a founded
				disposition, the child protective services worker shall assess the severity of
				the abuse or neglect and shall assign a level. The three levels of founded
				dispositions are:
1. Level 1. This level
				includes those injuries or conditions, real or threatened, that result in or
				were likely to have resulted in serious harm to a child.
2. Level 2. This level includes injuries or
				conditions, real or threatened, that result in or were likely to have resulted
				in moderate harm to a child.
3.
				Level 3. This level includes injuries or conditions, real or threatened, that
				result in or were likely to have resulted in minimal harm to a child.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 22 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Agency 40 - DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES › Chapter 705 - CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES › Section 22VAC40-705-120 - Extensions and suspensions

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A. The
				local department shall promptly notify the alleged abuser or neglector and the
				alleged victim's parents or guardians of any extension of the deadline for the
				completion of the investigation pursuant to §
									63.2-1505B
				5 of the Code of Virginia. The child protective services worker shall document
				the notifications and the reason for the need for additional time in the case
				record.
B. Pursuant to §
									63.2-1505B
				5 of the Code of Virginia, when an investigation involving the death of a child
				or alleged sexual abuse of a child is delayed because of the unavailability of
				the records, the deadlines shall be suspended. When such unavailability of
				records occurs, the local department shall promptly notify the alleged abuser
				or neglector and the alleged victim's parents or guardians that the records are
				unavailable and the effect of the unavailability on the completion of the
				investigation. The child protective services worker shall document the
				notifications and the reason for the suspension in the case record. Upon
				receipt of the records necessary to make a finding, the local department shall
				complete the investigation.
C. The
				subject of the report shall be notified immediately if during the course of
				completing the family assessment the situation is reassessed and determined to
				meet the requirements, as specified in §
									63.2-1506B
				7 of the Code of Virginia, to be investigated.
D. The subject of the report or complaint may
				consult with the local department to hear and refute evidence collected during
				the investigation. If a criminal charge is also filed against the alleged
				abuser for the same conduct involving the same victim child as investigated by
				the local department, pursuant to §
									63.2-1516.1B
				of the Code of Virginia, no information gathered during a joint investigation
				with law enforcement shall be released by the local department prior to the
				conclusion of the criminal investigation unless authorized by the investigating
				law-enforcement agency or the local attorney for the Commonwealth.
Statutory Authority: §
											63.2-217
					 of the Code of Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 22 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Agency 40 - DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES › Chapter 705 - CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES › Section 22VAC40-705-130 - Reporting of family assessment or investigation conclusions

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A. Unfounded
				investigation.
1. Pursuant to §
										63.2-1514
				of the Code of Virginia, the local department shall report all unfounded case
				dispositions to the child abuse and neglect information system when disposition
				is made.
2. The department shall
				retain complaints or reports with an unfounded disposition in the child abuse
				and neglect information system to provide local departments with information
				regarding prior investigations.
3.
				This record shall be kept separate from the Central Registry and accessible
				only to the department and to local departments.
4. The record of the investigation with an
				unfounded disposition shall be purged three years after the date of the
				complaint or report if there are no subsequent complaints or reports regarding
				the individual against whom allegations of abuse or neglect were made or
				regarding the same child in those three years.
5. The individual against whom an unfounded
				disposition for allegations of abuse or neglect was made may request in writing
				that the local department retain the record for an additional period of up to
				two years.
6. The individual
				against whom allegations of abuse or neglect were made may request in writing
				that both the local department and the department shall immediately purge the
				record upon presentation of a certified copy of a court order that there has
				been a civil action that determined that the complaint or report was made in
				bad faith or with malicious intent pursuant to §
										63.2-1514
				of the Code of Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 22 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Agency 40 - DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES › Chapter 705 - CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES › Section 22VAC40-705-140 - Notification of findings

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A. Upon
				completion of the investigation or family assessment the local child protective
				services worker shall make notifications as provided in this section.
B. Individual against whom allegations of
				abuse or neglect were made.
1. When the
				disposition is unfounded, the child protective services worker shall inform the
				individual against whom allegations of abuse or neglect were made of this
				finding. This notification shall be in writing with a copy to be maintained in
				the case record. The individual against whom allegations of abuse or neglect
				were made shall be informed that he may have access to the case record and that
				the case record shall be retained by the local department for one year unless
				requested in writing by such individual that the local department retain the
				record for up to an additional two years.
a.
				If the individual against whom allegations of abuse or neglect were made or the
				subject child is involved in subsequent complaints, the information from all
				complaints shall be retained until the last purge date has been
				reached.
b. The local worker shall
				notify the individual against whom allegations of abuse or neglect were made of
				the procedures set forth in §
											63.2-1514
				of the Code of Virginia regarding reports or complaints alleged to be made in
				bad faith or with malicious intent.
c. In accordance with §
											32.1-283.1D
				of the Code of Virginia when an unfounded disposition is made in an
				investigation that involves a child death, the child protective services worker
				shall inform the individual against whom allegations of abuse or neglect were
				made that the case record will be retained for the longer of 12 months or until
				the State Child Fatality Review Team has completed its review of the
				case.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 22 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Agency 40 - DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES › Chapter 705 - CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES › Section 22VAC40-705-170 - Access to Central Registry

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A. The department
				will complete a search of the Central Registry upon request by a local
				department, upon receipt of a signature of the individual whose name is being
				searched authorizing release of such information or a court order specifying a
				search of the Central Registry.
B.
				When the name being searched is found in the Central Registry, the department
				shall contact the local department responsible for the investigation to verify
				the information.
Statutory Authority: § 63.2-217 of the Code of
					 Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 22 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Agency 40 - DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES › Chapter 705 - CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES › Section 22VAC40-705-170 - Access to Central Registry

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A. The department
				will complete a search of the Central Registry upon request by a local
				department, upon receipt of a signature of the individual whose name is being
				searched authorizing release of such information or a court order specifying a
				search of the Central Registry.
B.
				When the name being searched is found in the Central Registry, the department
				shall contact the local department responsible for the investigation to verify
				the information.
Statutory Authority: §
											63.2-217 of the Code of
					 Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 22 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Agency 40 - DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES › Chapter 705 - CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES › Section 22VAC40-705-180 - Training

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A. The department
				shall implement a uniform training plan for child protective services workers
				and supervisors. The plan shall establish minimum standards for all child
				protective services workers and supervisors in the Commonwealth of
				Virginia.
B. Workers and
				supervisors shall complete skills and policy training specific to child abuse
				and neglect investigations and family assessments within the first two years of
				their employment.
C. All child
				protective services workers and supervisors shall complete a minimum of 24
				contact hours of continuing education or training annually. This requirement
				begins after completion of initial training mandates .
Statutory Authority: §
											63.2-217 of the Code of
					 Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 22 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Agency 40 - DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES › Chapter 720 - CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICE RELEASE OF INFORMATION TO FAMILY ADVOCACY REPRESENTATIVES OF THE UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES › Section 22VAC40-720-10

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Statutory Authority: §
											63.2-217 of the Code of
					 Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 22 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Agency 40 - DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES › Chapter 720 - CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICE RELEASE OF INFORMATION TO FAMILY ADVOCACY REPRESENTATIVES OF THE UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES › Section 22VAC40-720-20

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Statutory Authority: §
											63.2-217 of the Code of
					 Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 22 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Agency 40 - DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES › Chapter 730 - INVESTIGATION OF CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT IN OUT OF FAMILY COMPLAINTS › Part I - Definitions › Section 22VAC40-730-10 - Definitions

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In addition to the definitions contained in
					 22VAC40-705-10, the
					 following words and terms when used in conjunction with this chapter shall have
					 the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
"Child day program" means a regularly operating service
					 arrangement for children where, during the absence of a parent or guardian, a
					 person or organization has agreed to assume responsibility for the supervision,
					 protection, and well-being of a child younger than 13 years of age for less
					 than a 24-hour period.
"Child-placing agency" means any person who places children
					 in foster homes, adoptive homes, or independent living arrangements pursuant to
					 §
										63.2-1819
					 of the Code of Virginia or a local board that places children in foster homes
					 or adoptive homes pursuant to §§
										63.2-900,
					 63.2-903,
					 and
					 63.2-1221
					 of the Code of Virginia. Officers, employees, or agents of the Commonwealth, or
					 any locality acting within the scope of their authority as such, who serve as
					 or maintain a child-placing agency, shall not be required to be
					 licensed.
"Facility" means the generic term used to describe the
					 setting in out of family abuse or neglect and for the purposes of this
					 regulation includes schools (public and private), private or state-operated
					 hospitals or institutions, licensed or religiously exempted child day programs,
					 and residential facilities.
"Facility administrator" means the on-site individual
					 responsible for the day-to-day operation of the facility.
"Foster home" means a residence licensed by a child-placing
					 agency in which any child, other than a child by birth or adoption of such
					 person, resides as a member of the household.
"Participate" means to take part in the activities of the
					 joint investigation as per a plan for investigation developed by the CPS worker
					 with the facility administrator or regulatory authority or both.
"Physical plant" means the physical structure or premises
					 of the facility.
"Regulatory authority" means the department or state board
					 that is responsible under the Code of Virginia for the licensure or
					 certification of a facility for children.
"Residential facility" means a publicly or privately owned
					 facility, other than a private family home, where 24-hour care, maintenance,
					 protection, and guidance is provided to children separated from their parents
					 or legal guardians, that is subject to licensure or certification pursuant to
					 the provisions of the Code of Virginia .
Statutory Authority: §
												63.2-217
						of the Code of Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 22 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Agency 40 - DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES › Chapter 730 - INVESTIGATION OF CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT IN OUT OF FAMILY COMPLAINTS › Part II - Policy › Article 1 - Out of Family Investigation Policy › Section 22VAC40-730-20 - General

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For the purpose of this chapter, valid complaints of
						child abuse or neglect involving complaints in a facility or foster home shall
						be investigated by qualified staff employed by local departments of social
						services.
Staff shall be determined to be qualified based on
						completion of an out of family training course as approved by the
						department.
This regulation is limited in scope to the topics
						contained in this chapter. All issues regarding investigations, findings, and
						appeals are found in Child Protective Services, 22VAC40-705, and as such are
						cross referenced and incorporated into and apply to out of family cases to the
						extent that they are not inconsistent with this regulation.
Statutory Authority: §
													63.2-217
						  of the Code of Virginia.