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.~i ' Attachment A B North Carolina Division of Social Services Request for Proposals ~.-- for Family Preservation Services Programs ~ I. Purpose Statement: ~B NanY families are in crisis and are experiencing ever increasing and more difficult problems. In recent years county departments of social services in North Carolina have been receiving and responding to dramatic increases in ~' reports of child abuse and neglect. In FY-91, a total of 65,617 reports of "· suspected abuse and neglect were made and 15s519 were confit~ned. These numbers represent families where there is a risk of out-of-home placement for one or more children. Based on program experience, approximately 51 of the confirmed reports will involve a very high risk of further abuse and neglect and approxi- mately 20I involve children ac moderate risk of further abuse and neglect. Thus 25Z of the children and their families with con£irmed reports of abuse or iI neglect are in need of very intensive, family preset~.ation The Division of Social Services embraces the philosophy of keeping families Itogether whenever possible and is moving to develop Family Preservation Services Programs in county departments of social services. The Division has purchased these services from private agencies for several years. A recent appropriation 1 from the General Assembly has made funds available that wiI1 enable county departments of social services to develop the capacity to provide family preser- vation services. II. Grants to Counties: Grants for up to $95,000.00 will be awarded to two project sites repre- I senting the following Faaily Preservation Services Program models: (1) A single county with at least two staff providing family preset-ration (2) A multi-county area vith at least two staff providing family preservation services for these counties. I I!I. Family Preservation Services Pro,ram Guidelines: Cuidelines for the ~rovision of family preservation services are set forth I in Senate Bill 141 - Family Preservation Act. All family preservation viii be provided in accordance with these guidelines. The guidelines are set : forth in Sections IV and V belov. IV.Eli$ibile Families I Families eligible for services under the Family Preservation Program are --.~hosevi:h children ages 0-17 years vho are at risk of t=~lnent placement.