§ 2.2-5206. Community policy and management teams; powers and duties.
The community policy and management team shall manage the cooperative effortin each community to better serve the needs of troubled and at-risk youthsand their families and to maximize the use of state and community resources.Every such team shall:
1. Develop interagency policies and procedures to govern the provision ofservices to children and families in its community;
2. Develop interagency fiscal policies governing access to the state pool offunds by the eligible populations including immediate access to funds foremergency services and shelter care;
3. Establish policies to assess the ability of parents or legal guardians tocontribute financially to the cost of services to be provided and, when notspecifically prohibited by federal or state law or regulation, provide forappropriate parental or legal guardian financial contribution, utilizing astandard sliding fee scale based upon ability to pay;
4. Coordinate long-range, community-wide planning that ensures thedevelopment of resources and services needed by children and families in itscommunity including consultation on the development of a community-basedsystem of services established under § 16.1-309.3;
5. Establish policies governing referrals and reviews of children andfamilies to the family assessment and planning teams or a collaborative,multidisciplinary team process approved by the Council and a process toreview the teams' recommendations and requests for funding;
6. Establish quality assurance and accountability procedures for programutilization and funds management;
7. Establish procedures for obtaining bids on the development of new services;
8. Manage funds in the interagency budget allocated to the community from thestate pool of funds, the trust fund, and any other source;
9. Authorize and monitor the expenditure of funds by each family assessmentand planning team or a collaborative, multidisciplinary team process approvedby the Council;
10. Submit grant proposals that benefit its community to the state trust fundand enter into contracts for the provision or operation of services uponapproval of the participating governing bodies;
11. Serve as its community's liaison to the Office of Comprehensive Servicesfor At-Risk Youth and Families, reporting on its programmatic and fiscaloperations and on its recommendations for improving the service system,including consideration of realignment of geographical boundaries forproviding human services;
12. Collect and provide uniform data to the Council as requested by theOffice of Comprehensive Services for At-Risk Youth and Families in accordancewith subdivision D 16 of § 2.2-2648;
13. Review and analyze data in management reports provided by the Office ofComprehensive Services for At-Risk Youth and Families in accordance withsubdivision D 18 of § 2.2-2648 to help evaluate child and family outcomes andpublic and private provider performance in the provision of services tochildren and families through the Comprehensive Services Act program. Everyteam shall also review local and statewide data provided in the managementreports on the number of children served, children placed out of state,demographics, types of services provided, duration of services, serviceexpenditures, child and family outcomes, and performance measures.Additionally, teams shall track the utilization and performance ofresidential placements using data and management reports to develop andimplement strategies for returning children placed outside of theCommonwealth, preventing placements, and reducing lengths of stay inresidential programs for children who can appropriately and effectively beserved in their home, relative's homes, family-like setting, or theircommunity;
14. Administer funds pursuant to § 16.1-309.3;
15. Have authority, upon approval of the participating governing bodies, toenter into a contract with another community policy and management team topurchase coordination services provided that funds described as the statepool of funds under § 2.2-5211 are not used;
16. Submit to the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Servicesinformation on children under the age of 14 and adolescents ages 14 through17 for whom an admission to an acute care psychiatric or residentialtreatment facility licensed pursuant to Article 2 (§ 37.2-403 et seq.) ofChapter 4 of Title 37.2, exclusive of group homes, was sought but was unableto be obtained by the reporting entities. Such information shall be gatheredfrom the family assessment and planning team or participating communityagencies authorized in § 2.2-5207. Information to be submitted shall include:
a. The child or adolescent's date of birth;
b. Date admission was attempted; and
c. Reason the patient could not be admitted into the hospital or facility; and
17. Establish policies for providing intensive care coordination services forchildren who are at risk of entering, or are placed in, residential carethrough the Comprehensive Services Act program, consistent with guidelinesdeveloped pursuant to subdivision D 22 of § 2.2-2648.
(1992, cc. 837, 880; 1995, cc. 396, 696, 699, § 2.1-752; 1997, c. 347; 1999,c. 669; 2000, c. 937; 2001, cc. 190, 206, 844; 2002, cc. 585, 619; 2003, c.483; 2008, cc. 39, 170, 277; 2009, cc. 813, 840.)
§ 2.2-5206. Community policy and management teams; powers and duties.
The community policy and management team shall manage the cooperative effortin each community to better serve the needs of troubled and at-risk youthsand their families and to maximize the use of state and community resources.Every such team shall:
1. Develop interagency policies and procedures to govern the provision ofservices to children and families in its community;
2. Develop interagency fiscal policies governing access to the state pool offunds by the eligible populations including immediate access to funds foremergency services and shelter care;
3. Establish policies to assess the ability of parents or legal guardians tocontribute financially to the cost of services to be provided and, when notspecifically prohibited by federal or state law or regulation, provide forappropriate parental or legal guardian financial contribution, utilizing astandard sliding fee scale based upon ability to pay;
4. Coordinate long-range, community-wide planning that ensures thedevelopment of resources and services needed by children and families in itscommunity including consultation on the development of a community-basedsystem of services established under § 16.1-309.3;
5. Establish policies governing referrals and reviews of children andfamilies to the family assessment and planning teams or a collaborative,multidisciplinary team process approved by the Council and a process toreview the teams' recommendations and requests for funding;
6. Establish quality assurance and accountability procedures for programutilization and funds management;
7. Establish procedures for obtaining bids on the development of new services;
8. Manage funds in the interagency budget allocated to the community from thestate pool of funds, the trust fund, and any other source;
9. Authorize and monitor the expenditure of funds by each family assessmentand planning team or a collaborative, multidisciplinary team process approvedby the Council;
10. Submit grant proposals that benefit its community to the state trust fundand enter into contracts for the provision or operation of services uponapproval of the participating governing bodies;
11. Serve as its community's liaison to the Office of Comprehensive Servicesfor At-Risk Youth and Families, reporting on its programmatic and fiscaloperations and on its recommendations for improving the service system,including consideration of realignment of geographical boundaries forproviding human services;
12. Collect and provide uniform data to the Council as requested by theOffice of Comprehensive Services for At-Risk Youth and Families in accordancewith subdivision D 16 of § 2.2-2648;
13. Review and analyze data in management reports provided by the Office ofComprehensive Services for At-Risk Youth and Families in accordance withsubdivision D 18 of § 2.2-2648 to help evaluate child and family outcomes andpublic and private provider performance in the provision of services tochildren and families through the Comprehensive Services Act program. Everyteam shall also review local and statewide data provided in the managementreports on the number of children served, children placed out of state,demographics, types of services provided, duration of services, serviceexpenditures, child and family outcomes, and performance measures.Additionally, teams shall track the utilization and performance ofresidential placements using data and management reports to develop andimplement strategies for returning children placed outside of theCommonwealth, preventing placements, and reducing lengths of stay inresidential programs for children who can appropriately and effectively beserved in their home, relative's homes, family-like setting, or theircommunity;
14. Administer funds pursuant to § 16.1-309.3;
15. Have authority, upon approval of the participating governing bodies, toenter into a contract with another community policy and management team topurchase coordination services provided that funds described as the statepool of funds under § 2.2-5211 are not used;
16. Submit to the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Servicesinformation on children under the age of 14 and adolescents ages 14 through17 for whom an admission to an acute care psychiatric or residentialtreatment facility licensed pursuant to Article 2 (§ 37.2-403 et seq.) ofChapter 4 of Title 37.2, exclusive of group homes, was sought but was unableto be obtained by the reporting entities. Such information shall be gatheredfrom the family assessment and planning team or participating communityagencies authorized in § 2.2-5207. Information to be submitted shall include:
a. The child or adolescent's date of birth;
b. Date admission was attempted; and
c. Reason the patient could not be admitted into the hospital or facility; and
17. Establish policies for providing intensive care coordination services forchildren who are at risk of entering, or are placed in, residential carethrough the Comprehensive Services Act program, consistent with guidelinesdeveloped pursuant to subdivision D 22 of § 2.2-2648.
(1992, cc. 837, 880; 1995, cc. 396, 696, 699, § 2.1-752; 1997, c. 347; 1999,c. 669; 2000, c. 937; 2001, cc. 190, 206, 844; 2002, cc. 585, 619; 2003, c.483; 2008, cc. 39, 170, 277; 2009, cc. 813, 840.)
§ 2.2-5206. Community policy and management teams; powers and duties.
The community policy and management team shall manage the cooperative effortin each community to better serve the needs of troubled and at-risk youthsand their families and to maximize the use of state and community resources.Every such team shall:
1. Develop interagency policies and procedures to govern the provision ofservices to children and families in its community;
2. Develop interagency fiscal policies governing access to the state pool offunds by the eligible populations including immediate access to funds foremergency services and shelter care;
3. Establish policies to assess the ability of parents or legal guardians tocontribute financially to the cost of services to be provided and, when notspecifically prohibited by federal or state law or regulation, provide forappropriate parental or legal guardian financial contribution, utilizing astandard sliding fee scale based upon ability to pay;
4. Coordinate long-range, community-wide planning that ensures thedevelopment of resources and services needed by children and families in itscommunity including consultation on the development of a community-basedsystem of services established under § 16.1-309.3;
5. Establish policies governing referrals and reviews of children andfamilies to the family assessment and planning teams or a collaborative,multidisciplinary team process approved by the Council and a process toreview the teams' recommendations and requests for funding;
6. Establish quality assurance and accountability procedures for programutilization and funds management;
7. Establish procedures for obtaining bids on the development of new services;
8. Manage funds in the interagency budget allocated to the community from thestate pool of funds, the trust fund, and any other source;
9. Authorize and monitor the expenditure of funds by each family assessmentand planning team or a collaborative, multidisciplinary team process approvedby the Council;
10. Submit grant proposals that benefit its community to the state trust fundand enter into contracts for the provision or operation of services uponapproval of the participating governing bodies;
11. Serve as its community's liaison to the Office of Comprehensive Servicesfor At-Risk Youth and Families, reporting on its programmatic and fiscaloperations and on its recommendations for improving the service system,including consideration of realignment of geographical boundaries forproviding human services;
12. Collect and provide uniform data to the Council as requested by theOffice of Comprehensive Services for At-Risk Youth and Families in accordancewith subdivision D 16 of § 2.2-2648;
13. Review and analyze data in management reports provided by the Office ofComprehensive Services for At-Risk Youth and Families in accordance withsubdivision D 18 of § 2.2-2648 to help evaluate child and family outcomes andpublic and private provider performance in the provision of services tochildren and families through the Comprehensive Services Act program. Everyteam shall also review local and statewide data provided in the managementreports on the number of children served, children placed out of state,demographics, types of services provided, duration of services, serviceexpenditures, child and family outcomes, and performance measures.Additionally, teams shall track the utilization and performance ofresidential placements using data and management reports to develop andimplement strategies for returning children placed outside of theCommonwealth, preventing placements, and reducing lengths of stay inresidential programs for children who can appropriately and effectively beserved in their home, relative's homes, family-like setting, or theircommunity;
14. Administer funds pursuant to § 16.1-309.3;
15. Have authority, upon approval of the participating governing bodies, toenter into a contract with another community policy and management team topurchase coordination services provided that funds described as the statepool of funds under § 2.2-5211 are not used;
16. Submit to the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Servicesinformation on children under the age of 14 and adolescents ages 14 through17 for whom an admission to an acute care psychiatric or residentialtreatment facility licensed pursuant to Article 2 (§ 37.2-403 et seq.) ofChapter 4 of Title 37.2, exclusive of group homes, was sought but was unableto be obtained by the reporting entities. Such information shall be gatheredfrom the family assessment and planning team or participating communityagencies authorized in § 2.2-5207. Information to be submitted shall include:
a. The child or adolescent's date of birth;
b. Date admission was attempted; and
c. Reason the patient could not be admitted into the hospital or facility; and
17. Establish policies for providing intensive care coordination services forchildren who are at risk of entering, or are placed in, residential carethrough the Comprehensive Services Act program, consistent with guidelinesdeveloped pursuant to subdivision D 22 of § 2.2-2648.
(1992, cc. 837, 880; 1995, cc. 396, 696, 699, § 2.1-752; 1997, c. 347; 1999,c. 669; 2000, c. 937; 2001, cc. 190, 206, 844; 2002, cc. 585, 619; 2003, c.483; 2008, cc. 39, 170, 277; 2009, cc. 813, 840.)
