Children Service's Act Office (CSA)
The CSA has the following functions
- To provide support to the Community Policy & Management Team (CPMT).
- To act as liaison for the CPMT and the Family Assessment & Planning Team (FAPT).
- To manage the contracts with private providers serving Russell County youth and families.
- To conduct utilization reviews and management of all services through the CSA.
- To authorize and process payments to service providers.
- To collaborate with all local agencies to ensure children and families are linked to services meeting their needs in the least restrictive environment possible.
Community and Policy Management Team
Purpose
The purpose of the Russell County Community & Policy Management Team (CPMT) is to oversee the design, implementation, and on-going management of a collaborative system of care that is child-centered, family-focused and maximizes the use of community resources when addressing the strengths and needs of troubled at-risk youth and their families, in accordance with the Code of Virginia, Section §2.2-5200.
Appointment
The Russell County Board of Supervisors appoints a Community Policy and Management Team (CPMT) that has the responsibility for the implementation of the Children’s Services Act (CSA) for At-Risk Youth and Families, establishment of local policy for the administration of the Children’s Services Act and for the monitoring of expenditures of funds appropriated by federal, state and local sources.
Membership
Membership
The Russell County CPMT includes representatives from all key agencies serving children in the city in accordance with the Code of Virginia, Section §2.2-5205.
The local agency director or a designee from the following:
- Cumberland Mountain Community Services Board
- Russell County Department of Social Services
- Russell County Public Schools
- 29th District Department of Juvenile Justice Court Services Unit
- Virginia Department of Health
- A Local Government Representative
- A Parent Representative
- A representative of a private organization serving children and families in Russell County
Philosophy
The Russell County CPMT is committed to providing a quality system of care that empowers at-risk youth and their families to strengthen their well-being and family system. Cooperative and comprehensive planning, interagency collaboration and the ongoing evaluation of programs are essential to the effective and efficient provision of services. The well-being of our future citizens is of concern, not only to parents, service providers, and local governments, but to the community at-large. The process of identifying needs and developing and delivering services for children and youth identified as having or at risk of developing behavioral or emotional problems is improved by community and family engagement. Families should be fully involved in the assessment, planning, delivery, and evaluation of services to their children, and should assume the maximum possible responsibility and authority in the process of service delivery.
Major Principles and Values
The Russell County CPMT is committed to the identification, development and provision of resources and services needed by the children and families in the City of Richmond. Together, with families, we will identify and build on family strengths and provide them with opportunities to participate in all decisions affecting the family. We will provide families with resources through supportive networks of relatives, resource families, neighbors and community services. To that end, the Russell CPMT adopts the following values:
- Every child deserves a stable and nurturing family.
- Children and families are best served by a collaborative system of care that focuses on prevention, builds on family strengths, and provides an integrated continuum of care in the communities where families reside.
- Children that cannot be protected in their home must be placed in the most family like setting which meets their needs.
- Children and families should be freely involved and share their needs, wants and strengths in developing inclusive plans towards reaching permanency.
- Children and families should have access to services tailored to meet their unique strengths and changing needs. Services are to be sensitive and responsive to cultural differences, meet special requirements and demonstrate positive outcomes for the child and family.
- Strong communities help support families by widening the infrastructure of accessible services designed to assist children and families.
Meetings
CPMT meets monthly on the third Tuesday of every month at 9:00 a.m. at Russell County Department of Social Services.
Family Assessment and Planning Teams
Purpose
The purpose of the Russell County Family Assessment & Planning Team (FAPT) as mandated in the Code of Virginia, Section §2.2-5208, is to assess the strengths and needs of troubled youths and families who are approved for referral to the team and identify and determine the complement of services required to meet these unique needs.
Membership
The Russell County CPMT is required by Section §2.2-5207, of the Code of Virginia to "establish and appoint one or more family assessment and planning teams as the needs of the community require." The code requires that the following agencies appoint a representative to FAPT:
- 29th District Department of Juvenile Justice Court Services Unit
- Russell County Department of Social Services
- Russell County Public Schools
- A Parent Representative
- A representative of a private organization serving children and families in Russell County
Contact
For More Information regarding Russell County CSA, CPMT or FAPT, please contact:
Pamela Hendrickson-Wimmer
at 276-883-5229 or [email protected]
Find out more information about Virginia Office of Children’s Services, OCS, at Virginia Office of Children's Services.