Human Services/ CSA

Mission:   To provide high quality services in an efficient, effective, accountable manner.

Goals:    

1.  Empower children and families to maximize success in their 

     home, school, and community.

2.  Prepare students for life through learning in the least restrictive 

     environment.

3.  Manage fiscal resources prudently to achieve favorable outcomes for

     the children and families served.

Program Performance Measures:
1.  The number of children in foster care who achieve permanency.

2.  The number of students funded through CSA who graduate on time.

3.  CSA expenditures at or below budgeted projections.

Children's Services Act (CSA)

The primary purpose of Human Services office is to administer the Children's Services Act. The Children's Services Act provides funding for child-centered, family-focused services designed to meet the needs of the following targeted populations:

1.  Children placed for the purpose of special education in approved private school education programs through an Individual Education Plan (IEP).

2  Children for whom foster care services are being provided to children committed to local social service agencies by the court, entrusted to social services by their parent or guardian, or placed through parental agreements for the purpose of placement in suitable family homes, child-caring institutions, residential facilities, or independent living arrangements.

3. “Children in need of services” as defined in COV § 16.1-228.