NAC432.120. Accounting for and use of disbursement for program; return of unspent portion.

     1. An agency which provides child welfare services shall account separately for money disbursed to the agency pursuant to NAC 432.110.

     2. Not less than 90 percent of the money disbursed to an agency which provides child welfare services pursuant to NAC 432.110 must be used for services provided directly:

     (a) By the agency;

     (b) By a nonprofit community organization pursuant to a contract or other agreement entered into with the agency; or

     (c) Pursuant to a contract in which the services are provided on a fee-for-service basis.

     3. The money disbursed pursuant to NAC 432.110 must be used to identify children who are likely to remain in foster care until they are 18 years of age and to assist those children to make the transition from foster care to economic self-sufficiency by providing services, which may include, without limitation, services relating to:

     (a) Obtaining skills required for daily living, including, without limitation, budgeting and financial management;

     (b) Career exploration;

     (c) Job training;

     (d) Obtaining a vocation, including, without limitation, job placement assistance;

     (e) Obtaining a high school diploma;

     (f) Preparation for postsecondary training and education;

     (g) Prevention of substance abuse;

     (h) Preventative health activities, including, without limitation, abstention from smoking, nutritional education and prevention of pregnancy;

     (i) Providing personal and emotional support through mentors and interactions with adults;

     (j) Obtaining knowledge concerning resources that are available locally, including, without limitation, human service agencies and facilities that provide medical and mental health services; and

     (k) Obtaining interpersonal skills.

     4. The money disbursed pursuant to NAC 432.110 must not be used to:

     (a) Supplant money available from other sources for current programs; or

     (b) Pay for the room and board or other housing assistance of a child in foster care who is under 18 years of age and is in the care and custody of an agency which provides child welfare services.

     5. If the agency has not spent the total amount of money disbursed to it pursuant to NAC 432.110 by the end of the fiscal year in which the money was disbursed, the agency shall remit to the Administrator the unspent portion of the money that was disbursed.

     (Added to NAC by Div. of Child & Fam. Services by R045-02, eff. 7-23-2002)