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Tazewell County CPMT approves funding for foster care and related services
Summary
At its Sept. 23 meeting, the Tazewell County Community Policy and Management Team approved funding for services related to foster care, CPS, Cumberland and court services and Tazewell County Schools after a closed-session review; it also approved routine minutes, financial reports and moved its December meeting date.
The Tazewell County Community Policy and Management Team (CPMT) met Sept. 23, 2024, in the training room of the Tazewell County Department of Social Services and approved funding for services discussed in a closed session.
Roberta Boyd, CPMT vice chair and representative of Clinch Valley Community Action, moved to approve funding for services associated with foster care, child protective services (CPS), Cumberland, Court Services and Tazewell County Schools. Jeff Brintle of Tazewell County Juvenile Court Services seconded the motion; the minutes state the motion carried unanimously.
The meeting packet included routine business that the CPMT approved without recorded opposition: the Aug. 26, 2024 meeting minutes (motion by Jeff Brintle, second by Roberta Boyd), the August FY 2024 Financial Report (motion by Robin Jackson, second by Shelby Mitchell), the August FY 2025 Financial Report (motion by Lori Gates-Addison, second by Robin Jackson), the 07-01-2024 to 06-30-2025 Encumbered WRAP funds allocation (listed as $0 in the packet; motion by Roberta Boyd, second by Daniel Osborne) and Safe & Stable Funds as of Aug. 31, 2024 (motion by David Taylor, second by Jeff Brintle). All of those motions are recorded in the minutes as "unanimously passed."
Before the closed session, the coordinator asked members to review Section IV (Training) of the Office of Children’s Services (OCS) Guidance and Self-Assessment Workbook; the coordinator said compiled responses would be typed and distributed at a future meeting. Members also reviewed an OCS Comparison Report on service placement types and demographics for fiscal 2024 and year-to-date 2025 that compared Buchanan, Russell and Tazewell counties. The coordinator reminded members of the OCS October 2024 training calendar, monthly OCS Office Hours, and an Oct. 15 pre-conference event for CSA coordinators, FAPT and CPMT members. The CPMT family representative seat remains vacant; members were asked to recruit for that opening.
The minutes record that Robin Jackson moved to enter a closed session to discuss specified cases and related funding and that the closed meeting was certified under Virginia Code sections 2.2-3711 and 2.2-3712. The minutes record a vote on the certification as "AYES 7, NAYS 0, ABSENT 2." The minutes also list absences earlier in the record that include Arlene Matney, Shanna Plaster and the Parent Representative vacancy; the transcript contains an inconsistency in absence counts (see audit).
The CPMT returned to open session on a motion by Lori Gates-Addison, seconded by Robin Jackson, and adjourned at 10:57 a.m. The next scheduled meeting is Monday, Oct. 28, 2024, at 10:00 a.m.
