Only 19 States & the District of Columbia Implement Automated Reporting Systems to Document Foster Care Visitations for 2003

OPEN MINDS, The Behavioral Health & Social Service Industry Analyst

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Only 19 states and the District of Columbia were able to create computer-based reports that detailed foster care visitation frequencies in 2003. Nineteen of the reports were created with federally-sponsored systems, such as Statewide Automated Child Welfare Information System, while the other report was the result of a state administrative review process. The remaining 31 states were unable to provide detailed automated visitation frequency records due to reliance on paper case files, insufficient automated system capacity, insufficient . . .