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Updated March 2007
The Child and Family Services Reviews (CFSRs) were authorized by the 1994 Amendments to the Social Security Act (SSA) and are administered by the Children's Bureau, Administration for Children and Families (ACF), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Teams of Federal and State staff conduct the CFSRs, with consultant reviewers supplementing the Federal component of the team. Below is a description of the composition and responsibilities of the Onsite Review Team (see the Child and Family Services Reviews Procedures Manual for information on the Statewide Assessment and Program Improvement Plan Development Team):
Composition of the Review Team
Team Leaders
Federal National Review Team (NRT) Team Leader: A Federal agency representative who provides overall leadership for the onsite review and is a member of the NRT. The NRT comprises staff from the Federal Children's Bureau Central and Regional Offices and provides leadership to the review teams in planning and conducting the CFSRs.
Children's Bureau Regional Office Team Leader: A Children's Bureau Regional Office representative who assists in providing overall leadership for the onsite review.
State Team Leader: A State agency representative who serves as the State's lead representative for the onsite review.
Local Site Leaders
NRT Local Site Leader: Four Federal representatives from the NRT, each of whom provides leadership to a review team in one of the three local review sites (there are four onsite review teams; the review in the metropolitan site typically is conducted by two teams).
Federal Local Site Leader: Up to eight Federal representatives, as needed, who assist in providing leadership to the review team in one of the three local sites. One of the individuals filling this role at each site may be a high-performing and specially trained consultant who has served on multiple CFSRs.
State Local Site Leader: Four State agency representatives, each of whom serve as the State's lead representative for one of the four local teams. The State Local Site Leaders work closely with the NRT Local Site Leaders during the onsite review.
Reviewers: Review team members who conduct case record reviews and case-related interviews at one of the three local review sites. Reviewers comprise the following:
Federal agency representatives or specially trained consultants with skills and experience in the child welfare field
State representatives who are State child welfare agency staff or representatives of the agency's external partners in the CFSR planning process
The Federal Review Team also may include Children’s Bureau Regional Office staff from Regions other than the one responsible for the State being reviewed and State child welfare staff from States other than the State being reviewed (cross-State participants).
In addition, a Local Site Coordinator provides support to the review team of each local site by: scheduling case-related and stakeholder interviews; preparing reviewer schedules; planning and managing the logistical arrangements during the review week, such as transportation to interviews; reserving space for all onsite review activities, including meetings, case record review, debriefings, and some interviews; handling the rescheduling of interviews as necessary; and providing general support to the Onsite Review Team.