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194A.365 Annual report on committed children -- Contents.

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Page 1 of 1 194A.365 Annual report on committed children -- Contents. The cabinet shall make an annual report to the Governor, the General Assembly, and the <br>Chief Justice. The report shall be tendered not later than December 1 of each year and <br>shall include information for the previous fiscal year. The report shall include, but not be <br>limited to, the following information: <br>(1) The number of children under an order of dependent, status, public, or voluntary commitment to the cabinet, according to: permanency planning goals, current <br>placement, average number of placements, type of commitment, and the average <br>length of time children remain committed to the cabinet; (2) The number of children in the custody of the cabinet in the following types of residential placements, the average length of stay in these placements, and the <br>average number of placements experienced by these children: family foster homes, <br>private child care facilities, and placement with biological parent or person <br>exercising custodial control or supervision; (3) The number of children in the custody of the cabinet eligible for adoption, the number placed in an adoptive home, and the number ineligible for adoption and the <br>reasons therefor; (4) The cost in federal and state general funds to care for the children defined in subsections (1) and (2) of this section, including the average cost per child for each <br>type of placement, direct social worker services, operating expenses, training, and <br>administrative costs; and (5) Any other matters relating to the care of foster children that the cabinet deems appropriate and that may promote further understanding of the impediments to <br>providing permanent homes for foster children. Effective: June 20, 2005 <br>History: Repealed and reenacted 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 99, sec. 33, effective June 20, 2005. -- Created 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 426, sec. 47, effective July 15, 1998. Formerly codified as KRS 194B.360. <br>Legislative Research Commission Note (6/20/2005). KRS 194B.360 was repealed and reenacted as a new section of KRS Chapter 194A by 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 99, sec. 33, <br>and repealed by 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 99, sec. 674, and has been codified as this section <br>of KRS Chapter 194A.