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CPMT flags high foster-care spending, approves cases in closed session
Summary
Tazewell County CPMT members said foster-care expenditures are high because of the county caseload and noted multiple cases in appeal for adoption; the CPMT entered closed session to discuss cases and approved the funding and cases on return.
Tazewell County CPMT members reported that the county’s Children's Services Act expenditures for children in foster care are high and discussed case-level drivers at the CPMT’s April 25 meeting. The team then entered a closed session to review specific cases and voted to approve the recommended funding for those cases.
Sherri Hale, Foster Care Supervisor for Edwinna Crawford at the Tazewell County Department of Social Services, told the CPMT that Tazewell’s expenditures are elevated because of the number of children in foster care and that a fair number of those cases were currently in appeal for adoption. Members compared Tazewell’s expenditures with nearby counties Buchanan and Russell; the team scheduled the next quarterly CQI dashboard review for July 25, 2022.
Lori Gates-Addison moved that the CPMT go into closed session to discuss foster-care, CPS, Cumberland, Court Services and school-related cases and funding; Roberta Boyd seconded and the motion carried. The CPMT certified the closed meeting under Va. Code §§ 2.2-3711 and 2.2-3712; the certification vote was recorded as AYES 7, NAYS 0, ABSENT 3. Following closed session, Melinda Smith moved to approve the discussed cases and funding; Roberta Boyd seconded and the motion passed.
After returning to open session, Roberta Boyd asked whether certain reviewed cases would be eligible for WRAP funds because those children had Individualized Education Programs (IEPs); Melinda Smith said she would review the two cases. Chair Jeff Brintle also raised that certain IV-E funding for Independent Living Program cases might not come before FAPT/CPMT when CSA funds are not used; Sherri Hale explained that whether IV-E funds are presented depends on the funding type and CSA involvement.
The actions in closed session resulted in approval of case funding as recorded in the meeting minutes. The CPMT adjourned at 10:48 a.m. The next meeting is set for May 23, 2022 at 10:00 a.m.
