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1 CIS H 40165
TITLE: For Better or
Worse? An Examination of the State of the D.C.'s Child and Family Services
Receivership
CIS-NO: 2001-H401-65
SOURCE: Committee on
Government Reform. House
DOC-TYPE: Hearing Retrieve
the full text of testimony
DATE: May 5, 2000
LENGTH:
iii+233 p.
CONG-SESS: 106-2
ITEM-NO: 1016-A; 1016-B
SUDOC: Y4.G74/7:C43/14
CIS DOCUMENT ON DEMAND: 1-800-227-2477
(Full Text Reproductions)
GPO-STOCK-NO: 552-070-26897-9.
INCLUDED IN LEGISLATIVE HISTORY OF: P.L.
106-397
SUMMARY:
Committee Serial No. 106-199.
Hearing before the Subcom on D.C. to examine efforts by the D.C. Child and
Family Services Agency (CFSA), which is under Federal court receivership, to
reform the D.C. child welfare system, including the foster home care program.
CFSA was placed under Federal court receivership in 1995 for
failing to comply with court-ordered remedial actions imposed
under a modified final order (MFO) in LaShawn A. v. Williams, a class
action lawsuit brought in light of deficiencies in programs to protect
abused and neglected children in D.C.
Supplementary material (p.
145-233) includes reports.
CONTENT-NOTATION: DC child
welfare system reform efforts
DESCRIPTORS:
D.C.; GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY; CLASS
ACTION LAWSUITS; JUDGMENTS, CIVIL PROCEDURE; CASE LAW; FEDERAL DISTRICT
COURTS; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD WELFARE; FOSTER HOME CARE
01-H401-65
TESTIMONY NO: 1 May 5, 2000 p. 18-29
WITNESSES
(and witness notations):
DELAY, TOM (Rep, R-Tex)
STATEMENT AND DISCUSSION:
Merits of using
private sector resources to improve effectiveness of child welfare systems.
CONTENT NOTATION:
DC child welfare system
reform efforts
01-H401-65 TESTIMONY NO: 2
May 5, 2000 p. 30-233
WITNESSES (and witness
notations):
FAGNONI, CYNTHIA M. (Director, Education,
Workforce, and Income Security Issues, Health, Education, and Human Services
Division, GAO)
MELTZER, JUDITH W. (Deputy Director, Center
for the Study of Social Policy (CSSP))
JONES, ERNESTINE F.
(General Receiver, CFSA)
GRAHAM, CAROLYN N. (Deputy Mayor,
Children, Youth, and Families, D.C. Office of the Mayor)
LOPES, GRACE M. (Special Counsel, Receiverships and
Institutional Reform Litigation, D.C. Office of the Mayor)
SHELLMAN, KIMBERLEY (Executive Director, D.C. Children's
Advocacy Center)
STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION:
Status of CFSA receivership efforts to improve D.C. child
welfare system, in light of LaShawn MFO requirements (related chart, p. 45-48);
assessment of CFSA progress in reforming D.C. child welfare system, with
recommendations; overview of CFSA actions to comply with
LaShawn MFO mandates.
Description of D.C. government
initiatives relating to CFSA receivership; issues involved in D.C. child welfare
system reform (related materials, p. 109-117).
INSERTIONS:
a. CSSP, D.C. child welfare case record review findings,
July 15, 1999, executive summary (p. 145-168).
b. CSSP,
"LaShawn A. v. Williams: Progress Report As of Dec. 31, 1999" Mar. 7, 2000, with
tables and graphs (p. 169-233).
CONTENT NOTATION:
DC child welfare system reform efforts
TESTIMONY DESCRIPTORS:
CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF SOCIAL
POLICY; GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE; STATISTICAL DATA: PUBLIC WELFARE AND SOCIAL
SECURITY
LOAD-DATE: August 2, 2001 
