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Date

 Letter Number Subject Section
 
January 10, 2002 CS-01-2002 Program Improvement Plan Requirements for North Carolina's Child and Family Review
Attachment 		Children's Services
January 14, 2002 CS-03-2002 IV-E Training Children's Services
January 15, 2002 CS-02-2002 Challenge for Children 2001 End of Year Reports and Challenge for Children 2002 Renew the Commitment Children's Services
January 16, 2002 CS-04-2002 Rule Changes to Foster Home Rules Children's Services
January 16, 2002 EI-02-2002 Work First Immigrant Access to Public Benefits Economic Independence
January 23, 2002 EI-03-2002 Work First Extension Reports
Attachment 		Economic Independence
January 30, 2002 EI-01-2002 EBT Card Status Code 98 Economic Independence
January 30, 2002 EI-04-2002 New Food Stamp Data Warehouse Reports Economic Independence
January 30, 2002 EI-05-2002 2002 DOR and TOP Collection Fees
2002 DOR Interest Rate		 Economic Independence
January 30, 2002 EI-06-2002 Work First Meetings
Attachment 1
Attachment 2
Attachment 3		 Economic Independence
February 1, 2002 AFS-01-2002 "Protecting the Disabled and Elderly: Report of the Adult Protective Services Register" Adult and Family Services
February 4, 2002 CS-06-2002 State Child Fatality Review Report: SFY 00-01 Children's Services
February 5, 2002 RIM-HA-1-2002 Mailing Address for Hearings and Appeals, Division of Social Services Information and Resource Management
February 6, 2002 CS-07-2002 Partnering to Protect Children, 23rd Annual Prevent Child Abuse Conference Children's Services
February 13, 2002 CS-08-2002 Child Welfare Training Schedules for March, April, and May 2002 Children's Services
February 19, 2002 CS-09-2002 Child Welfare Assessment Training Children's Services
February 26, 2002 EI-07-2002 Work First Applicant Survey Results - November/December 2001
Attachment 1
Attachment 2
Attachment 3
Attachment 4
Attachment 5		 Economic Independence
February 28, 2002 EI-08-2002 Notification of March 2002 Work First Check Insert Economic Independence
March 1, 2002 EI-09-2002 Payment Accuracy Meetings
Attachment 1
Attachment 2
Attachment 3		 Economic Independence
March 6, 2002 EI-10-2002 North Carolina Employment & Training Association (NCETA) Annual Conference April 10-12, 2002-Asheville, NC Economic Independence
March 14, 2002 CS-10-2002 Clarification on the Use of IV-E Administrative Funds Children's Services
March 26, 2002 CS-11-2002 Change to Foster Care Payment System Children's Services
March 28, 2002 EI-11-2002 Work First Age Rule Economic Independence
April 16, 2002 CS-12-2002 Training on the Changes to the Family Foster Home and Child Placing Agency Rules Children's Services
April 19, 2002 RIM-PM-1-2002 HIPAA Compliance Assistance for Non-State Owned NC DHHS Affiliated Agencies Resource and Information Management
April 30, 2002 CS-14-2002 Information Regarding Children Entering DSS Custody for the First Time between July 1, 2000 and June 30, 2001 by Judicial District
Attachment
 Children's Services
May 6, 2002 EI-12-2002 Extension of Deadline for Pending Food Stamp Referral Backlog Economic Independence
May 13, 2002 EI-13-2002 2002 Governor's Awards for Excellence in Workforce Development
Attachment 		Economic Independence
May 17, 2002 EI-14-2002 Work First Applicant Survey June 2002
Attachment 		Economic Independence
May 20, 2002 AFS-04-2002 Refugee Assistance Program Manual Adult and Family Services
May 21, 2002 CS-15-2002 Child Welfare Training Schedules for June 2002 Children's Services
May 23, 2002 CS-16-2002 Revised Preservice Training Children's Services
May 24, 2002 CS-17-2002 Summer/Fall 2002 Pre-Service Training Schedule Children's Services
June 11, 2002 EI-15-2002 TANF Data Collection Schedule for State Fiscal Year 2002-2003 Economic Independence
June 19, 2002 RIM-HA-2-2002 County Assignments for Division of Social Services Hearing Officers Resource and Information Management
June 21, 2002 EI-16-2002 Federal Benefits Received on an EBT Card
Attachment 		Economic Independence
June 26, 2002 EI-17-2002 TANF Data Collection System for Federal Reporting Economic Independence
June 26, 2002 CS-19-2002 Summer/Fall 2002 Training Schedule Children's Services
June 28, 2002 CS-18-2002 Shared Parenting Training Children's Services
July 1, 2002 CS-20-2002 SFY 2002-2003 Facility Rates Children's Services
July 5, 2002 CS-21-2002 Revised Child and Family Services Review Instructions and Instruments
Attachment 		Children's Services
July 16, 2002 EI-20-2002 Clarification of Work First Sanctions for Non-Cooperation with Child Support Enforcement Economic Independence
July 17, 2002 CS-22-2002 Summer/Fall 2002 Training Schedule Children's Services
July 23, 2002 EI-21-2002 2002-2003 Low Income Home Energy Assistance Plan Economic Independence
August 6, 2002 EI-22-2002 Automated Food Stamps Economic Independence
August 19, 2002 EI-24-2002 Participation Rates from the Data Warehouse Economic Independence
August 20, 2002 RIM-PM-2-2002 County DSS HIPAA Impact Assessment Survey Resource Information Management
August 23, 2002 AFS-05-2002 Adult Protective Services Basic Skills Training Adult and Family Services
August 23, 2002 AFS-08-2002 Adult Services Training Schedule for FY 02-03
Attachment 		Adult and Family Services
August 29, 2002 EI-25-2002 Notification of September 2002 Food Stamp Notice
 Economic Independence
August 30, 2002 EI-26-2002 Work First Performance Goals 2002-2003
Attachment 		Economic Independence
September 3, 2002 AFS-07-2002 Assessing an Adult's Capacity to Consent Adult and Family Services
September 3, 2002 AFS-09-2002 Guardianship Training for Supervisors, Social Workers, Case Managers and Others Providing Guardianship Services Adult and Family Services
September 4, 2002 CS-23-2002 LINKS Plan for 2002-03 Data Collection on Services Children's Services
September 5, 2002 AFS-10-2002 Training for Disinterested Public Agent Guardians Adult and Family Services
September 5, 2002 AFS-11-2002 An Introduction to Aging: Knowledge and Skills for Working With Older Adults and Their Families
Attachment 		Adult and Family Services
September 5, 2002 AFS-12-2002 Effective Social Work Practice in Adult Services: A Core Curriculum
Attachment 		Adult and Family Services
September 5, 2002 AFS-13-2002 Effective Counseling in Adult Services
Attachment 		Adult and Family Services
September 6, 2002 AFS-06-2002 Training on the Dynamics of Mistreatment Among Elderly and Disabled Adults Adult and Family Services
September 11, 2002 CS-24-2002 Summer/Fall 2002 Training Schedule Children's Services
September 27, 2002 EI-29-2002 Work First Applicant Survey Results June 2002
Attachment 1
Attachment 2		 Economic Independence
September 30, 2002 AFS-14-2002 Working With Clients Who Have Serious Mental Illness: The DSS Perspective
Attachment 		Adult and Family Services
October 8, 2002 CS-25-2002 New County Assignments for Children's Programs Representatives
Attachment 		Children's Services
October 10, 2002 HA-02-2002 Handbook on Public Assistance Appeals for County Departments of Social Services Hearings & Appeals
October 21, 2002 CS-26-2002 Central Registry Data in the Data Warehouse Children's Services
October 24, 2002 EI-31-2002 Work First Applicant Survey November 2002
Attachment 		Economic Independence
October 25, 2002 RIM-PM-3-2002 County DSS HIPAA Readiness Resource and Information Management
October 25, 2002 AFS-17-2002 Current Maximum Rate for Special Assistance Adult and Family Services
October 25, 2002 CS-27-2002 Child Welfare Program Code Changes
Attachment 1
Attachment 2		 Children's Services
October 28, 2002 AFS-15-2002 Effective Supervision and Management in Adult Services: Module 6, Module 4, Module 3, Module 2 Adult and Family Services
October 28, 2002 AFS-16-2002 Geriatric Mental Health Training
Attachment 		Adult and Family Services
October 29, 2002 CS-28-2002 Adoption Awareness Month Children's Services
November 13, 2002 AFS-18-2002 Strengthening North Carolina's Adult Protective Services Program Adult and Family Services
November 14, 2002 EI-32-2002 Quarterly Listings of Economic Independence Terminal Messages (January-March 2002, April-June 2002, July-September 2002)
Attachment 		Economic Independence
November 21, 2002 EI-33-2002 Notification of January 2003 Mass Change
Attachment 		Economic Independence
November 25, 2002 CS-31-2002 Funding Options for CPS Case Planning and Case Management (215) and Foster Care Case Management Services (109); Special Immigrant Juvenile Status for Children Under Juvenile Court Jurisdiction Children's Services
November 26, 2002 CS-32-2002 Model Approach to Partnerships in Parenting - Group Preparation and Selection (MAPP-GPS) Leader Certification for Foster and Adoptive Parents Children's Services
November 27, 2002 EI-34-2002 Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) Economic Independence
December 9, 2002 CS-34-2002 Challenge for Children, 2003 - Time to Make a Commitment Children's Services
December 16, 2002 AFS-19-2002 Training for Public Agent Guardians Adult and Family Services
December 17, 2002 CS-35-2002 Child Welfare Training Schedules for March and April, 2003 Children's Services