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200.600 Annual evaluation of family preservation services.
(1)
The secretary for health and family services shall conduct a yearly evaluation of
family preservation services which shall include the following:
(a) The number of families in which family preservation services would be an
available alternative to placement of the child if available;
(b) The number of families receiving family preservation services, the number of
children in those families, and the number of children in those families who
would have been placed in out-of-home care if family preservation services
had not been available;
(c) Among those families receiving family preservation services, the number of
children placed outside the home;
(d) The average cost per family of providing family preservation services;
(e) The estimated cost of out-of-home placement which would have been
expended on behalf of those children who received family preservation
services based on average lengths of stay and average costs of out-of-home
placements;
(f) The number of children who remain unified with their families six (6) months
and one (1) year after completion of family preservation services; and
(g) An overall evaluation of the progress of family preservation services programs
during the preceding year, recommendations for improvements in delivery of
this service, and a plan for the continued development of family preservation
services to ensure progress toward statewide availability.
Effective: June 20, 2005
History: Amended 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 99, sec. 208, effective June 20, 2005. -- Amended
1998 Ky. Acts ch. 426, sec. 172, effective July 15, 1998. -- Amended 1992 Ky. Acts
ch. 319, sec. 1, effective July 14, 1992. -- Created 1990 Ky. Acts ch. 265, sec. 6,
effective July 13, 1990.
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