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STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA FFY 2024 STATE PLAN FOR TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE FOR NEEDY FAMILIES
● The provider/agency has a policy and procedure regarding the expectations of the families being served. The importance of keeping scheduled appointments, notifying the provider when an appointment needs to be canceled and the means in which the DoHS will be notified if appointments are not kept are reviewed with the client(s).
● The provider/agency has a policy and procedure about notifying the Department regarding youth/family’s non-compliance with established scheduled appointments.
● There is documentation of the visit being scheduled within the case record.
Transportation-related to visitation with parents when the child is in the car. Those eligible for this service must be documented in the visitation plan completed by the DoHS worker and visitation must be explicitly documented on the DoHS child/family’s service plan. The least costly means available must be utilized. This service covers actual miles traveled using the shortest practical route to the traveler’s destination. This rate is intended to cover all operating costs of the vehicle (including fuel, maintenance, depreciation, insurance, etc.).
Transportation for the purpose of the identified child attending visitation with pre-adoptive parents or adoption-related activities explicitly documented on the DoHS child’s service plan. The least costly means available must be utilized. This service covers actual miles traveled using the shortest practical route to the traveler’s destination. This rate is intended to cover all operating costs of the vehicle (including fuel, maintenance, depreciation, insurance, etc.).
● Pre-Reunification Support - This service is for children who are still placed in foster care settings but are beginning transitional overnight visits to the home from which they were removed. The purpose is to observe the interactions of the family as they adjust to being reunited in their own home and report to the DoHS worker and/or court regarding the family dynamics and give recommendations regarding the children being reunified. These observations are to be scheduled as well as random as determined by the MDT.
● MDT Attendance - Reimbursement for an agency/independent provider participating in the quarterly individual Multi-Disciplinary Team Meeting in person to present written reports of progress, Page 29