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MISSION STATEMENT
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| The State Foster Care Review Board’s mission is to ensure the best interests of children
in out-of-home care are being met through external citizen review, monitoring facilities
that house children and youth, maintaining up-to-date data on a statewide tracking
system, and disseminating data and recommendations through an Annual Report.
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The Board accomplishes this by:
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- Reviewing the plans, services, and placements of children in out-of-home care whether in
out-of-home care through the Department of Health and Human Services, or through private
placement, by trained citizen volunteers;
- Making findings based on the review and the specific rationale for these findings;
- Sharing the findings with all the legal parties to the case;
- Collecting data on children in out-of-home care, updating data on these children, evaluating
judicial and administrative data collected on foster care;
- Disseminating data and findings through means such as an Annual Report, community meetings,
and legislative hearings;
- Visiting facilities for children in out-of-home care;
- When deemed appropriate by the state board, requesting appearance in further court proceedings
through limited legal standing by petitioning the court at disposition to present evidence on
behalf of specific children in out-of-home care and their families;
- Advocating for children and their families through individual case review, legislation, and
pressing for policy reform;
- Organizing, sponsoring, and participating in educational programs.
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