225C.42 - ANNUAL EVALUATION OF PROGRAM.
225C.42 ANNUAL EVALUATION OF PROGRAM.
1. The department shall conduct an annual evaluation of the
family support subsidy program in conjunction with the comprehensive
family support council and shall submit the evaluation report with
recommendations to the governor and general assembly. The report
shall be submitted on or before October 30 and provide an evaluation
of the latest completed fiscal year.
2. The evaluation content shall include but is not limited to all
of the following items:
a. A statement of the number of children and families served
by the program during the period and the number remaining on the
waiting list at the end of the period.
b. A description of the children and family needs to which
payments were applied.
c. An analysis of the extent to which payments enabled
children to remain in their homes. The analysis shall include but is
not limited to all of the following items concerning children
affected by the payments: the number and percentage of children who
remained with their families; the number and percentage of children
who returned to their home from an out-of-home placement and the type
of placement from which the children returned; and the number of
children who received an out-of-home placement during the period and
the type of placement.
d. An analysis of parent satisfaction with the program.
e. An analysis of efforts to encourage program participation
by eligible families.
f. The results of a survey of families participating in the
program in order to assess the adequacy of subsidy payment amounts
and the degree of unmet need for services and supports.
3. The evaluation content may include any of the following items:
a. An overview of the reasons families voluntarily terminated
participation in the family support subsidy program and the
involvement of the department in offering suitable alternatives.
b. The geographic distribution of families receiving subsidy
payments.
c. An overview of problems encountered by families in
applying for the program, including obtaining documentation of
eligibility. Section History: Recent Form
88 Acts, ch 1122, §9; 91 Acts, ch 38, §5; 2004 Acts, ch 1116, §1,
2; 2005 Acts, ch 19, §36; 2006 Acts, ch 1159, §16, 28
Referred to in § 225C.36, 225C.48