Montgomery County Children's Services Act (CSA) Evaluation

Mary Beth Dunkenberger, Liz Allen, and Laura Nelson completed an assessment of the Montgomery County, VA, Children’s Service Act (CSA) process and structure on behalf of the Montgomery County Department of Social Services. The Children's Services Act (CSA) is now the name for a law enacted in 1993, then known as the Comprehensive Services Act, that establishes a single state pool of funds to support services for eligible youth and their families. State funds, combined with local community funds, are managed by local interagency teams who plan and oversee services for youth. Montgomery County child services leadership requested the assessment to better understand how the county’s CSA process and structure operated in comparison to its peer localities.