PUBLIC LAW 102-295—MAY 28, 1992 106 STAT. 193 to the Secretary that specifies the child protective service system area or areas described in subsection (a) that the State intends to address with funds received under the grant. The plan shall describe the current system capacity of the State in the relevant area or areas from which to assess programs with grant funds and specify the manner in which funds from the State's programs will be used to make improvements. The plan required under this subsection shall contain, with respect to each area in which the State intends to usefundsfi:Y>mthe grant, the following information with respect to the State: "(1) INTAKE AND SCREENING. — "(A) STAFFING. — The number of child protective service workers responsible for the intake and screening of reports of abuse and neglect relative to the number of reports filed in the previous year. "(B) TRAINING.— The t3T6s and frequen<?y of pre-service and in-service training programs available to support direct line and supervisory personnel in report-taking, screening, decision-making, and referral for investigation. "(C) PUBLIC EDUCATION.— An assessment of the State or local agency's public education program with respect to— "(i) what is child abuse and neglect; "(ii) who is obligated to report and who may choose to report; and "(iii) how to report. "(2) INVESTIGATION OF REPORTS. — "(A) RESPONSE TIME. — The number of reports of child abuse and neglect filed in the State in the previous year where appropriate, the agen^r response time to each with respect to initial investigation, the number of substantiated and imsubstantiated reports, and where appropriate, the response time with respect to the provision of services. "(B) STAFFING.— The number of child protective service workers responsible for the investigation of child abuse and neglect reports relative to the munber of reports investigated in the previous year. "(C) INTERAGENCY COORDINATION.— A description of the extent to which interagency coordination processes exist and are available Statewide, and whether protocols or formal policies governing interagency relationships exist in the following areas— " (i) multidisciplinary investigation teams among child welfsire and law enforcement agencies; " (ii) interagency coordination for the prevention, intervention and treatment of child abuse and neglect among agencies responsible for child protective services, criminal justice, schools, health, mental health, and substance abuse; and "(iii) special interagency child fatality review panels, including a Hsting of those agencies that are involved. " (D) TRAINING.— The types and firequency of pre-service and in-service training programs available to support direct line and supervisory personnel in such areas as investigation, risk assessment, court preparation, and referral to and provision of services. 69-194 O—93 8:QLS(Ptl)
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