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House Journal: Page 2016: Tuesday, April 30, 1996

8.  A portion of the funds appropriated in this section may be
used for emergency family assistance to provide other resources
required for a family participating in a family preservation or
reunification project to stay together or to be reunified.
9.  Notwithstanding section 234.35, subsection 1, for the fiscal
year beginning July 1, 1996, state funding for shelter care paid
pursuant to section 234.35, subsection 1, paragraph "h", shall
be limited to $3,223,732.  The department shall develop a
formula in consultation with the shelter care committee created
by the department to allocate shelter care funds to the
department's regions.  The formula shall be based on the
region's proportion of the state population of children and
historical usage.  The department may adopt emergency rules to
implement the provisions of this subsection.
10.  Of the funds appropriated in this section, not more than
$527,137 may be used to develop and maintain the state's
implementation of the national adoption and foster care
information system pursuant to the requirements of Pub. L. No.
99-509.  The department may transfer funds as necessary from the
appropriations in this Act for field operations and general
administration to implement this subsection.  Moneys allocated
in accordance with this subsection shall be considered
encumbered for the purposes of section 8.33.
11.  Of the funds appropriated in this section, up to $619,433
may be used as determined by the department for any of the
following purposes:
a.  For general administration of the department to improve
staff training efforts.
b.  For oversight of termination of parental rights and
permanency planning efforts on a statewide basis.
c.  For personnel, assigned by the attorney general, to provide
additional services relating to termination of parental rights
and child in need of assistance cases.
d.  For specialized permanency planning field operations staff.
12.  The department may adopt administrative rules following
consultation with child welfare services providers to implement
outcome-based child welfare services pilot projects.  The rules
may include, but are not limited to, the development of program
descriptions, provider licensing and certification standards,
reimbursement and payment amounts, contract requirements,
assessment and service necessity requirements, eligibility
criteria, claims submission procedures, and accountability
standards.
13.  Of the funds appropriated in this section, up to $125,340
may be used to develop, in cooperation with providers of
children and family services, a performance-based monitoring
program to evaluate and improve outcomes for children and
families.  The department may adopt administrative rules to
implement this subsection.
14.  The department may develop, within the funds available, a
pilot kinship care project to enhance family involvement in the
development of the permanency plan required under chapter 232
for children who are removed from their homes.  The project
components may include family involvement before and after
removal of the child and shall stress safety for the child.

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