United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 2004-09-24 monographic deposited born digital 67 p. GA 1.13:GAO-04-1017 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-1017 P0b002ee180393d2b f:d041017 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-23 GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-1017 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-1017 GAO-04-1017 Appropriated funds Budgets Children Families Federal funds Foster children Mental health care services Welfare benefits Welfare recipients Other Written Product A12767 The District of Columbia's Child and Family Services Agency (CFSA) is responsible for ensuring the safety and well being of about 3,000 children in its care and ensuring that services are provided to them and their families. In fiscal year 2003, CFSA's total budget was about $200 million. Concerns have been raised about CFSA's supply of caseworkers, the foster care and adoptive homes, and the quality and timeliness of mental health services for foster care children. To help address these issues, the Congress appropriated $14 million in fiscal year 2004 to CFSA, the Department of Mental Health (DMH), and the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments (COG) specifically for foster care improvement. GAO examined CFSA's (1) strategies for recruiting, retaining, and managing its caseworkers; (2) efforts to license an adequate supply of safe foster and adoptive homes; and (3) efforts to collaborate with DMH and the Family Court to provide timely mental health services to foster care children. GAO also reviewed plans for and use of the federal foster care improvement funds. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-1017/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-1017.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-1017/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-1017.pdf GAO-04-1017 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-1017 Other Written Product GAO-04-1017; D.C. Child And Family Services Agency: More Focus Needed on Human Capital Management Issues for Caseworkers and Foster Parent Recruitment and Retention; Appropriated funds Budgets Children Families Federal funds Foster children Mental health care services Welfare benefits Welfare recipients Volume 115 Page 929 Volume 115 Page 2100 115 Stat. 929 115 Stat. 2100 Volume 118 Page 3 118 Stat. 3 Public Law 108-199