NAC432.270. Administration of program: Establishment and duties of oversight committee.

     1. In addition to the requirements set forth in NAC 432.260, an agency which provides child welfare services that wishes to provide a self-sufficiency program must establish an oversight committee that consists of at least:

     (a) One child in foster care;

     (b) One former foster youth;

     (c) One foster parent who provides care to older children in foster care; and

     (d) One caseworker who provides child welfare services to older children in foster care.

     2. The oversight committee shall:

     (a) Develop a plan for the self-sufficiency program that is consistent with the state plan submitted to the Secretary of Health and Human Services pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 677;

     (b) Update the plan developed pursuant to paragraph (a) on or before April 1 of each year; and

     (c) Meet at least two times a year to review the progress of the self-sufficiency program.

     3. The plan developed pursuant to subsection 2 must include a description of:

     (a) The manner in which the needs of former foster youth will be assessed;

     (b) A procedure to be used to involve former foster youth in designing the activities of the self-sufficiency program;

     (c) The manner in which former foster youth will access goods and services; and

     (d) The goals and objectives of the self-sufficiency program.

     (Added to NAC by Div. of Child & Fam. Services by R045-02, eff. 7-23-2002)—(Substituted in revision for NAC 423.110)