Title
Resolution to Accept and Appropriate Funds for the Fiscal Year 2021 Children's Services Act (Formerly Comprehensive Services Act for At-Risk Youth and Families)
Purpose
PURPOSE/BACKGROUND:
The Children's Services Act (CSA) formerly known as the Comprehensive Services Act for At-Risk Youth and Families, combines the annual appropriations that previously went to Social Services, the Hampton City Schools and the Court Services Unit. The CSA serves families with children with a high risk of out-of-home placement or already in such placement due to their specialized academic and/or behavior needs. CSA is administered by a Community Policy and Management Team made up of agency directors, vendors, parent representatives and other community members.
(See Hampton City Council file No. 19-0163; Resolution adopted June 12, 2019).
Discussion:
The mission of the Children's Services Act is to create a collaborative system of services and funding that is child-centered, family-focused, community-based and cost-effective when addressing the strengths and needs of troubled and at-risk youth and their families in Virginia. In Hampton, this collaborative system of care continues to serve over 500 annually. This system of care approach has been a hallmark of supporting families for a healthy child.
As established through the Appropriation Act, funding services to children and families under the Children's Services Act is a shared responsibility of state and local government. The State Executive Council for Children's Services, together with the Office of Children's Services, are the administrative bodies at the state level that set the local match rate for each locality; Hampton's local match is set at 32.23%. However, historically, Hampton has never been required to p...
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