Biennial improvement plan: Agency which provides child welfare services required to submit; solicitation of input; contents; submission of annual data related to plan

1. Each agency which provides child welfare services shall submit an improvement plan to the Division of Child and Family Services on or before January 1 of each odd-numbered year. 2. Before submitting an improvement plan pursuant to subsection 1, the agency must solicit public input regarding the proposed improvement plan. The agency which provides child welfare services shall submit with the improvement plan an explanation of the manner in which the agency solicited such public input and a summary of any input received. 3. The improvement plan must cover a period of 2 years and include, without limitation: (a) Specific performance targets for improving the safety, permanency and well-being of the children in the care of the agency which provides child welfare services; and (b) The approach that the agency which provides child welfare services will take to achieve the specific performance targets, including, without limitation, specific strategies that will be used. 4. On or before December 31 of each year, the agency which provides child welfare services must submit to the Division of Child and Family Services data demonstrating the progress that the agency which provides child welfare services has made towards meeting the specific performance targets set forth in the improvement plan submitted pursuant to subsection 1.