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Tazewell County CPMT unanimously approves funding for foster care, CPS and related services
Summary
At its July 28, 2025 meeting the Tazewell County Community Policy and Management Team unanimously approved funding to support foster care, child protective services, Cumberland services, court services and Tazewell County Schools after a closed-session review; the certification cited Code of Virginia Sections 2.2-3711 and 2.2-3712.
The Tazewell County Community Policy and Management Team voted unanimously July 28 to approve funding for foster care, child protective services (CPS), Cumberland services, court services and Tazewell County Schools tied to cases reviewed in closed session.
David Taylor, director of Tazewell County Department of Social Services, moved to approve the funding; Shanna Plaster, a member of the Tazewell County Board of Supervisors, seconded. The motion carried with a recorded vote of AYES 7, NAYS 0, ABSENT 3.
Before the vote, the CPMT convened a closed session to discuss case-specific matters and funding, then returned to open session and certified the closed meeting under the Virginia Freedom of Information Act. The certification resolution cited Code of Virginia sections 2.2-3711 and 2.2-3712, which authorize closed meetings for certain personnel and case discussions.
The approval is recorded as a funding authorization for the named service categories; the meeting minutes do not specify individual case dollar amounts or per-case allocations. Members did not indicate additional procedural steps in the minutes; the CPMT adjourned at 11:10 a.m. and scheduled its next meeting for Aug. 22, 2025, at 10:00 a.m.
