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Date

 Letter Number Subject Section
January 3, 2007 PM-PC-01-2007 Title VI Nondiscrimination Statement Performance Management-Program Compliance
January 7, 2007 FSCW-01-2007 Criminal Record Checks for Adoptive Parents
Attachment		 Family Support-Child Welfare
January 10, 2007 FAEP-01-2007 LIEAP & CIP Monitoring for FFY 2007
Attachment, List of Counties to be Monitored 		Food Assistance-Energy Programs
January 10, 2007 FAEP-02-2007 North Carolina Food Stamp Conference Announcement
Attachment 1, Tentative Agenda
Attachment 2, Participants Survey 		Food Assistance-Energy Programs
January 17, 2007 FSCW-03-2007 Challenge for Children Report Family Support-Child Welfare
January 17, 2007 FSCW-04-2007 Implementation dates for Deficit Reduction Act changes Family Support-Child Welfare
February 5, 2007 FSCW-07-2007 Work First Training Survey and Needs Assessment Family Support-Child Welfare
February 6, 2007 FSCW-08-2007 Memorandum of Agreement between the Department of Public Instruction and the Division of Social Services
Attachment		 Family Support-Child Welfare
February 6, 2007 FSCW-09-2007 Adoption Promotion and Post Adoption Support Services Grant Announcements
 Family Support-Child Welfare
February 9, 2007 FSCW-10-2007 Foster Home Licensing Family Support-Child Welfare
February 14, 2007 FAEP-03-2007 North Carolina Food Stamp Conference
Attachment1, Conference Registration Form
Attachment2, Hotel Reservation Request Form
Attachment3, Directions to Sheraton Four Seasons
Attachment4, Tentative Agenda
Attachment5, Memo Re: Door Prizes for Food Stamp Conference 		Food Assistance-Energy Programs
February 14, 2007 FSCW-12-2007 Compliance Monitoring for At Risk Case Managment Services
Attachment ARCM Monitoring Instructions
Attachment ARCM Multiple Records Monitoring Tool		 Family Support-Child Welfare
February 14, 2007 FSCW-13-2007 Guidelines for DSS Children placed in Residential Treatment Settings Family Support-Child Welfare
February 22, 2007 FSCW-14-2007 Work First Caseload and Staffing Survey
Attachment 		Family Support-Child Welfare
March 2, 2007 PM-REM-02-2007 Low Income Energy Assistance (LIEAP) Data Available in Client Services Data Warehouse (CSDW) Performance Management-Reporting and Evaluation Management
March 7, 2007 FSCW-15-2007 Central Children’s Home (B00007)
211 West Antioch Drive
Oxford, NC 27565
 Family Support-Child Welfare
March 7, 2007 FSCW-16-2007 Safe Surrender and Relinquishment Family Support-Child Welfare
March 9, 2007 FAEP-04-2007

Food Stamp E&T Program
Attachment, County Listing

 Food Assistance-Energy Programs
March 16, 2007 FSCW-18-2007 Work First Demonstration Grants
Attachment WF Demonstration Grant Proposal Outline Terms Conditions
Attachment Work First Demonstration Grant County Assignments		 Family Support-Child Welfare
March 16, 2007 FSCW-19-2007 2007 Challenge for Children Training Opportunity Mr. Kevin Campbell, Family Finding Expert
Attachment Registration Form
 Family Support-Child Welfare
March 16, 2007 FAEP-05-2007 EPICS Repayment Approach Screen Food Assistance-Energy Programs
March 19, 2007 BG-01-2007 Work First Block Grant/TANF Maintenance of Effort Budget
March 20, 2007 FSCW-20-2007 2007-2009 TANF State Plan
Attachment TANF State Plan		 Family Support-Child Welfare
March 26, 2007 FSCW-22-2007 IV-E Waiver Demonstration Project Family Support-Child Welfare
March 26, 2007 FSCW-23-2007 Adoption and Foster Care Policy Personnel Changes Family Support-Child Welfare
April 2, 2007 PM-REM-02-2007 Identity Theft Protection Act Performance Management-Reporting and Evaluation Management
April 5, 2007 FSCW-24-2007 TANF After-School Programs and Services for At Risk Children Grant
Announcements
 Family Support-Child Welfare
April 5, 2007 FSCW-25-2007 Reallocation of TANF-DV Funds
Attachment Reallocation List		 Family Support-Child Welfare
April 13, 2007 FSCW-26-2007 Training Calendar for Winter/Spring 2007, NCDSS Family Support and
Child Welfare Services
 Family Support-Child Welfare
April 13, 2007 FSCW-27-2007 2007 MRS Learning Institute – Save the Date
Attachment - Save the Date Flyer		 Family Support-Child Welfare
April 13, 2007 FSCW-28-2007 Workshop Proposals for the 2007 MRS Learning Institute
Attachment Workshop Proposal Form		 Family Support-Child Welfare
April 13, 2007 FSCW-29-2007 Family Violence Prevention and Services for Battered Women’s Shelters and Related Assistance
Attachment Budget		 Family Support-Child Welfare
April 13, 2007 FSCW-30-2007 2007 Work First Learning Institute Registration Brochure
Attachment Brochure		 Family Support-Child Welfare
April 19, 2007 FSCW-31-2007 Records Retention Schedule for Work First Family Support-Child Welfare
April 19, 2007 NCFAST-01-2007 NCFAST Program update NCFAST
April 23, 2007 FAEP-06-2007 Disaster Food Assistance Training
Attachment 1 - Directions
Attachment 2 - Agenda		 Food Assistance-Energy Programs
April 25, 2007 FSCW-32-2007 Suspension of Child and Family Services Reviews in July and August 2007 Family Support-Child Welfare
April 25, 2007 FSCW-33-2007 Foster Care Caseworker Visits Funding
Attachment 		Family Support-Child Welfare
April 25, 2007 FSCW-34-2007 Child Medical Evaluation/Child/Family Evaluation Program Survey
Attachment Questionaire		 Family Support-Child Welfare
April 25, 2007 FSCW-35-2007 Work First Training: CORNERSTONE IIIB
Attachment 1 Registration Form
Attachment 2 Description
Attachment 3 Registration Information		 Family Support-Child Welfare
May 2, 2007 FSCW-36-2007 Work First Demonstration Proposals
Attachment 1 WFDG Checklist SFY 07-08
Attachment 2 WFDG Outline for Proposals
Attachment 3 Sample Budget 		Family Support-Child Welfare
May 9, 2007 FSCW-37-2007 Central Registry Report form and Contributory Factors Family Support-Child Welfare
May 10, 2007 FAEP-07-2007 2007 Governor's Awards for Excellence in Workforce Development
Attachment Nomination Procedurs and Forms		 Food Assistance-Energy Programs
May 21, 2007 FSCW-38-2007

Court Ordered Language Requirements
Attachment, Title IV-E Foster Care Maintenance Eligibility Chart

Family Support-Child Welfare
May 24, 2007 FAEP-08-2007 Disaster EBT Cards and Policy Contacts
Attachment, Delivery of Disaster EBT Cards and Disaster FA Policy Contacts Form 		Food Assistance-Energy Programs
May 31, 2007 FSCW-41-2007 Central Children’s Home (B00007)
211 West Antioch Drive
Oxford, NC 27565
 Family Support-Child Welfare
June 1, 2007 FSCW-42-2007 2007/2008 Plans for use of TANF-DV funds
Attachment - Sample Plan
Attachment - Guidelines for Temporary Assistance to Needy Families/Domestic Violence (TANF/DV) Funds		 Family Support-Child Welfare
June 18, 2007 FAEP-09-2007 Food and Nutrition Services Changes Regarding Disqualified Retailers
 Food Assistance-Energy Programs
June 22, 2007 BG-02-2007 TANF - Work First Block Grant Reallocation for SFY 06-07 Budget
June 25, 2007 FSCW-43-2007 Multiethnic Placement Act of 1994 (MEPA) as amended by the Interethnic Adoption Provision (IEP) of the Small Business Job Protection Act of l996
 Family Support-Child Welfare
June 25, 2007 FSCW-44-2007 Training Survey and Needs Assessment Results
Attachment - Chart 4
Attachment - Chart 5
Attachment - Chart 9		 Family Support-Child Welfare
June 28, 2007 FAEP-10-2007 Food Stamp Program Name Change Food Assistance-Energy Programs
June 29, 2007 FSCW-45-2007 Foster Care Caseworker Visits Family Support-Child Welfare
July 6, 2007 PR-REM-03-2007 TANF Data Collection Schedule for State Fiscal Year 2007-2008
 Performance Management-Reporting and Evaluation Management
July 10, 2007 PR-REM-04-2007 Information Security Manual Performance Management-Reporting and Evaluation Management
July 11, 2007 FSCW-46-2007 Multiple Response System Learning Institute Registration Brochure
Attachment - Brochure 		Family Support-Child Welfare
July 11, 2007 FSCW-47-2007 Additional Resources for Post Adoption Services Family Support-Child Welfare
July 16, 2007 FSCW-48-2007 Consultation with Child in Permanency Hearing Family Support-Child Welfare
July 16, 2007 FSCW-49-2007 Work First Forms Family Support-Child Welfare
July 17, 2007 BG-03-2007 SFY 07-08 Schedule of Self Assessment Reviews Budget
July 20, 2007 FAEP-11-2007 Survey Regarding LIHEAP Block Grant
Attachment - Survey		 Food Assistance-Energy Programs
July 24, 2007 FSCW-50-2007 Changes To The Structured Intake Form, DSS-1402 Family Support-Child Welfare
July 24, 2007 FSCW-51-2007 Child Medical Evaluation Program Family Support-Child Welfare
August 2, 2007 FSCW-52-2007 Automation Change to the DSS-5104a, RIL Form Family Support-Child Welfare
August 2, 2007 FSCW-58-2007 SFY 2007-2008 Faciility Rates Family Support-Child Welfare
August 9, 2007 FSCW-53-2007 Preparation for Federal IV-E Eligibility Review
Attachment - On-Site Review Instrument and Instructions 		Family Support-Child Welfare
August 9, 2007 FSCW-54-2007 2007/2008 Allocation Amounts for TANF/DV Funds
Attachment - Final 07-08 TANF Worksheet		 Family Support-Child Welfare
August 23, 2007 FSCW-56-2007 Special Children Adoption Incentive Fund Family Support-Child Welfare
August 24, 2007 FSCW-57-2007 Foster Home Licensing Rules Family Support-Child Welfare
August 27, 2007 FSCW-55-2007 Work First/Transitional Reporting Schedule for 2008 Family Support-Child Welfare
September 4, 2007 FSCW-61-2007 Request for Supplemental Adoption Assistance for HIV Positive Adopted Children Family Support-Child Welfare
September 5, 2007 FNSEP-12-2007 Notification of September 2007 Food and Nutrition Services Mass Change Notice
Attachment 1 - Notice to Food and Nutrition Services Recipients
Attachment 2 - Notification of Low Income Energy Assistance Program (LIEAP) 		Food Assistance-Energy Programs
September 5, 2007 FSCW-60-2007 IV-E Waiver Continuation Funding
Attachment - Part II - Federal, State and County Funding 		Family Support-Child Welfare
September 5, 2007 FNSEP-13-2007 Payment Accuracy Meetings
Attachment - Agenda		 Food Assistance-Energy Programs
September 13, 2007 FSCW-62-2007

2007 Challenge for Children

 Family Support-Child Welfare
September 27, 2007 PM-REM-07-2007 LONGSCAN Project
Attachment 1 - LONGSCAN Program Overview
Attachment 2 - LONGSCAN Consent Form		 Performance Management-Reporting and Evaluation Management
September 28, 2007 PR-REM-06-2007 Local Network Security Performance Management-Reporting and Evaluation Management
September 28, 2007 FSCW-63-2007 Special Children Adoption Fund
Attachment 1 - Baseline for Participation in the Special Children Adoption Fund SFY 0708
Attachment 2 - Revised DSS-1571 Part IV		 Family Support-Child Welfare
September 28, 2007 FSCW-64-2007 Special Children Adoption Incentive Fund (SCAIF) Family Support-Child Welfare
September 28, 2007 FSCW-65-2007 Angie Stephenson, Child Welfare Attorney Family Support-Child Welfare
September 28, 2007 FSCW-66-2007 Verification of names on the Responsible Individuals List Family Support-Child Welfare
October 1, 2007 PM-REM-05-2007 Enterprise Program Integrity Control System (EPICS) Phase II Data Available in Client Services Data Warehouse (CSDW) Performance Management-Reporting and Evaluation Management
October 10, 2007 FSCW-67-2007 Results of 2007 Federal Child and Family Services Review Family Support-Child Welfare
October 10, 2007 FSCW-68-2007 Foster Home Recruitment and Retention Project Family Support-Child Welfare
October 10, 2007 PM-REM-08-2007 Client Services Data Warehouse (CSDW) XI Migration Upgrade Performance Management-Reporting and Evaluation Management
October 10, 2007 FSCW-69-2007 The Central Registry Users Manual Family Support-Child Welfare
October 18, 2007 PM-REM-09-2007 Client Services Data Warehouse-XI (CSDW) 2007 Training Sessions
Attachment - Training Schedule		 Performance Management-Reporting and Evaluation Management
October 18, 2007 FSCW-71-2007 Remove Barriers to Adoption for Residents of Other States (HB 865) Family Support-Child Welfare
October 19, 2007 FSCW-72-2007 Federal Requirements Regarding Foster Care Caseworker Visits Family Support-Child Welfare
October 22, 2007 FSCW-70-2007 SFY 2006 - 2007 Child Welfare Funding Survey
Attachment - Survey 		Family Support-Child Welfare
October 23, 2007 FNSEP-14-2007 2007 HRD-Career Start Training Academy
Attachment 1 - Schedule
Attachment 2 - Registration Form 		Food Assistance-Energy Programs
October 24, 2007 FSCW-73-2007 Access to the Civil Case Processing System (VCAP)
Attachment - VCAP User Manual		 Family Support-Child Welfare
October 25, 2007 PM-REM-10-2007 Entering Visits with Foster Children in MRS database for cases where the 210 CPS Assessment occurred pre-MRS and transfers from other counties. Performance Management-Reporting and Evaluation Management
October 30, 2007 FSCW-86-2007 System Availability for 2008 Family Support-Child Welfare
October 31, 2007 FSCW-74-2007 Foster Home Licensing Question and Answer Document Family Support-Child Welfare
November 1, 2007 PM-REM-11-2007 Multiple Response System Data Available in Data Warehouse Performance Management-Reporting and Evaluation Management
November 7, 2007 PM-REM-12-2007 Work First Performance Goals
SFY 2008
Attachment - Goals Explanation
Attachment - Work First Goals		 Performance Management-Reporting and Evaluation Management
November 16, 2007 FNSEP-15-2007 SNAP Applications and Telephone Survey for SNAP Evaluation
Attachment - Notice to Medicaid Recipients 		Food Assistance-Energy Programs
November 20, 2007 FNSEP-16-2007 FSIS and SSA Match Reports Food Assistance-Energy Programs
November 30, 2007 FNSEP-17-2007

Food and Nutrition Services Application Processing Time Standards and Notice of Adverse Action Time Standards Charts
Attachment 1 - FNS Time Standards 2008
Attachment 2 - NOAA Chart 2008

Food Assistance-Energy Programs
November 30, 2007 FNSEP-17-2007
 Notification of February 2008 Social Security/Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Cost-of-Living Adjustment (COLA) Mass Change
Attachment - Notice to FNS Recipients		 Food Assistance-Energy Programs
December 4, 2007 FSCW-75-2007 Placement of Children in Group Care Family Support-Child Welfare
December 4, 2007 FSCW-76-2007 2008 Work First Skill-building Learning Institute Save The Date
Attachment - Flyer		 Family Support-Child Welfare
December 4, 2007 FSCW-77-2007 Clarification for Adoption Confidential Intermediary and Question and Answer Document Family Support-Child Welfare
December 10, 2007 FSCW-78-2007 Therapeutic Foster Care
Attachment - EPSDT Policy Instructions Update 		Family Support-Child Welfare
December 14, 2007 FSCW-79-2007 Fire Inspection Form
Attachment - DSS-1515, Foster Home Fire Inspection Safety Report 		Family Support-Child Welfare
December 17, 2007 NCFAST-02-2007 NCFAST Point of Contact (POC) and Back-up POC NCFAST
December 18, 2007 FNSEP-19-2007 Food and Nutrition Services Participation Rates
 Food Assistance-Energy Programs
December 19, 2007 FSCW-80-2007 Annual Child Welfare Caseload Survey
Attachment - Survey Instrument		 Family Support-Child Welfare
December 19, 2007 FSCW-81-2007 Criminal Record Checks for Foster and Adoptive Parents Family Support-Child Welfare
December 21, 2007 FNSEP-20-2007 2008 TOP and DOR Collection Fees Food Assistance-Energy Programs
December 21, 2007 FNSEP-21-2007 Announcement of 2008 Food and Nutrition Services Conference Food Assistance-Energy Programs
December 21, 2007 FSCW-82-2007 Therapeutic Foster Care Family Support-Child Welfare
December 21, 2007 FSCW-83-2007 Foster Care Rates and Reimbursement Process Change Family Support-Child Welfare