Commission Funding: Purposes & Restrictions
The Oregon Administrative Rules (as of May 14, 2004) that relate to the Commission's funding.Click here to view the full OARs that relate to the Commission System
Program Area: Great StartProgram Area: Child Care and Development FundProgram Area: Children, Youth and Families FundProgram Area: Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA)Program Area: Youth InvestmentProgram Area: Healthy StartProgram Area: Family Preservation and SupportProgram Area: Relief Nurseries
423-010-0024 Program Purposes and Restrictions
Activities and initiatives will have measurable outcomes and support county goals adopted in the Local Plan. These outcomes will be reported using the format and timeline prescribed by the Agency. It is the intent of the State Commission that activities and initiatives will be provided in a culturally competent and gender-specific manner that reflects the population, needs and resources of the county. The following purposes and restrictions will apply to county allocations:
(1) Program Area: Great Start.
(a) Age: Prenatal services to expectant mothers, children 0 through eight years of age and the children's families.
(b) Service Areas: Programs and services that promote outcomes identified in the Local Plan including, but not limited to, research-based early childhood programs and services in county settings that meet the needs of the community.
(2) Program Area: Child Care and Development Fund.
(a) Age: 0 up to 13 years of age, except children with special needs 0 up to 18 years of age.
(b) Service areas: Program and services that promote outcomes identified in the comprehensive plan to:
(A) Stabilize the supply of child care.
(B) Increase the availability of quality hard to find care including infant/toddler, school age, odd hours, sick care and/or care for children with special needs.
(C) Improve the quality of child care.
(D) Meet local and statewide standards for child care availability for low income working parents and/or student parents.
(c) Highest priority will be given to areas where school districts are eligible for Chapter 1 grants, areas with high concentrations of poverty, and areas of high and low population density.
(d) Emphasis should be placed on the following hard to find child care as identified in the Local Plan:
(A) School age
(B) Infant/toddler
(C) Non-traditional hour
(D) Sick child
(E) Special Needs
(e) Local Commissions can use funds to expand existing half day Head Start, Oregon Pre-Kindergarten and preschool programs to include half-day child care.
(f) Local Commissions can use Child Care and Development Fund for efforts to develop and maintain a child care system that is based on best practice, high standards and is research based.
(g) The Child Care and Development Fund can not be used for:
(A) Head Start, Oregon Pre-Kindergarten, half day preschool, respite and "drop in" child care programs.
(B) Contracted child care slots or scholarships for children from low-income families,
(C) Purchase of real estate or build new or existing facilities,
(D) Any purpose not directly related to child care supply and quality,
(E) Support of targeted populations that are already funded by or eligible to receive funds from Child Care Development Fund, which include child care for migrant and seasonal farm workers, teen parent programs and parents in alcohol or drug treatment programs.
(h) Child Care and Development Funds can not be used for community planning, community mobilization, or in duplication of services provided by other programs funded by Child Care and Development Fund, unless written authorization is obtained from the Agency.
(3) Program Area: Children, Youth and Families Fund.
(a) Age: 0-through 18 and their families.
(b) Service Area: Programs and services supported with Children, Youth and Families Funds will be used to promote outcomes identified in the local comprehensive plans. These funds must support research-based services, systems, initiatives, and programs. These funds are intended to allow maximum flexibility by counties to fund those areas of highest priority.
(4) Program Area: Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA).
(a) Age: 0 through 18 years of age.
(b) Service areas: CASA programs provide for the recruitment, training, support and supervision of CASA. See OAR 423-045-0030 through 423-045-0035.
(5) Program Area: Youth Investment.
(a) Age: Ages 13 through 18 years, although 11 and 12 year olds may be included where appropriate.
(b) Service Areas: Services to non-delinquent youth who are chronically acting out or are victims of neglect. Programs and services will promote outcomes identified in the Local Plan. Youth are considered chronically acting out when they are exhibiting school behavior problems, are out of parental control, are runaway and homeless, or are exhibiting other risk factors. Youth are non-delinquent if they have no history of, or current involvement with, the juvenile justice system, or have been diverted from the juvenile justice system. Youth who have been referred to a juvenile department for a criminal activity, or who have been placed on an informal accountability agreement are not considered to be non-delinquent for purposes of this funding. These funds must support research-based services, systems, initiatives and programs.
(6) Program Area: Healthy Start.
(a) Age: Children prenatal through five and their families.
(b) Service Areas: Provide funding for voluntary family support services following the Healthy Families America model. See OAR 423-045-0005 through 423-045-0015.
(7) Program Area: Family Preservation and Support.
(a) Age: All children and their families.
(b) Service Areas:
(A) Family Preservation Services: Family preservation services refers to services for children and families designed to protect children from harm and help families (including foster, adoptive, and extended families) at risk or in crisis, including:
(i) Pre-placement preventive services programs, such as intensive family preservation programs, designed to help children at risk of foster care placement remain with their families, where possible. Examples of programs may include Intensive Family Treatment, Domestic Violence prevention programs, or other pre-placement preventative programs for families at risk of foster care placement.
(ii) Service programs designed to help children, where appropriate, return to families from which they have been removed; or be placed for adoption, with a legal guardian, or, if adoption or legal guardianship is determined not to be appropriate for a child, in some other planned, permanent living arrangement. Examples of programs may include family preservation services to assist in re-unification of families.
(iii) Service programs designed to provide follow-up care to families to whom a child has been returned after a foster care placement. Examples of programs may include family-centered service programs that provide follow-up care to families re-united with their child.
(iv) Respite care of children to provide temporary relief for parents and other caregivers (including foster parents). Example of programs may include Family Respite Care.
(v) Services designed to improve parenting skills (by reinforcing parents' confidence in their strengths, and helping them to identify where improvement is needed and to obtain assistance in improving those skills) with respect to matters such as child development, family budgeting, coping with stress, health, and nutrition. Example of programs may include Parenting Skill Building.
(vi) Case management services designed to stabilize families in crisis such as transportation, assistance with housing and utility payments, and access to adequate health care. Example of acceptable programs could include Community Safety Net.
(B) Family Support Services: Family support services means community-based services to promote the well-being of children and families designed to increase the strength and stability of families (including adoptive, foster, and extended families), to increase parents' confidence and competence in their parenting abilities, to afford children a stable and supportive family environment, and otherwise to enhance child development. Family support services may include:
(i) Services, including in-home visits, parent support groups, and other programs designed to improve parenting skills (by reinforcing parents' confidence in their strengths, and helping them to identify where improvement is needed and to obtain assistance in improving those skills) with respect to matters such as child development, family budgeting, coping with stress, health, and nutrition. Example of programs may include Parenting Classes, Parent-to-Parent Support, and In-Home Visitation classes.
(ii) Respite care of children to provide temporary relief for parents and other caregivers. Example of program may include Family Respite Care.
(iii) Structured activities involving parents and children to strengthen the parent-child relationship. Example of program may include Healthy Start.
(iv) Drop-in centers to afford families opportunities for informal interaction with other families and with program staff. Example of program may include Family Resource Centers.
(v) Transportation, information and referral services to afford families access to other community services, including child care, health care, nutrition programs, adult education literacy programs, legal services, and counseling and mentoring services. Example of programs may include Dial-a-ride, Child Care Referral, and Outreach Centers.
(vi) Early developmental screening of children to assess the needs of such children, and assistance to families in securing specific services to meet these needs. Example of programs may include Healthy Start.
(8) Program Area: Relief Nurseries.
(a) Age: Children 0 up to six at risk and their families.
(b) Service Areas: Programs to include therapeutic early childhood programs and parent education, training and support for families with children at risk for child abuse and neglect.
(c) Relief Nurseries programs are required to provide 25 percent in matching local community financial support, as part of the base operating budget.
(d) Local Commissions are not required to do a competitive process for Relief Nurseries every biennium. Local Commissions may consider a competitive or collaborative funding process when significant deficits in program operations and services are found or when changes in stability of service delivery system present new possibilities for these services.
Stat. Auth.: ORS 417.705 - 417.797, 419A.170Stats. Implemented: ORS 417.705 - 417.900, 419A.170Hist.: CCF 3-1994, f. & cert. ef. 5-18-94; CCF 1-1995, f. & cert. ef. 8-1-95; CCF 1-1997, f. 12-15-97, cert. ef. 12-19-97; OCCF 1-2002, f. & cert. ef. 1-14-02; OCCF 1-2004, f. & cert. ef. 9-15-04
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