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i6 033- State Funds for County Departments of Social Services' Child Protective Services Staff. Criteria for Use of Funds The 1985 North Carolina General Assembly appropriatdd $1,000,000 In state funds each year of the bianntum for 50' additional child protective services workers in county departments of social services. Qbjective: To strengthen the capacity of local departments of social services to make a ptolmpt and thorough investigation of reports of child abuse and neglect.. Method: Fund additional child protective services workers In county dsswe to carry out the investigative component of CPS.(See back of page) Local Match Required: Counties may use these funds as match for SSBG or local funds. Allowable Costs: Child protective services staff costs only (salaries, fringes, and related staff costs such as travel, registrations, tuitions, etc.). Only time spent conducting CPS investigations or carrying on-going cases as. described below is reimbursable. Unallowable Costs: Any costs other than those cited above. Required 1. When reimbursement is claimed from•this source for worker. Criteria time spent on CPS investigations, the worker must have -a for Use of limited caseload. A funded worker's caseload will consist Allocation: of no more than 18 reports under investigation at any given time. A report means an allegation of abuse or neglect about one or more children in a given situation. Wheii the number of reports In a county do rot warrant a full time staff person assigned to investigation, the worker may also carry on--going child protective services cases that meet the definition of a Preventive Services Case provided no more than 12 such cases are assigned at any given time and provided the combined caseload of reports under investigation, and on-going services cases does not exceed 16. 2. Each CPS worker funded by these special funds must receive at- least one hour of individual supervision in each week. 3. The county will institute procedures to ensure that no one person is solely responsible for deciding whether a child is abused or neglected (ie: a team approach to decision making- will be used, the team to consist at least of the worker and a supervisor). 4. The county will assure that all staff funded with this allocation participate in training and staff development provided directly or arranged by the State Division of Social * Services. Recomended All social worker staff funded should meet education and Criteria: experience requirements for S.W. II classification.