CHARLOTTESVILLE-ALBEMARLE COMPREHENSIVE SERVICES ACT
About the Comprehensive Services Act (CSA)
The Comprehensive Services Act for At-Risk Youth and Families is a 1993 Virginia Law that provides for the pooling of eight specific funding streams used to purchase services for high-risk youth. These funds are returned to the localities with a required state/local match and are managed by local interagency teams. The purpose of CSA is to provide high quality, child-centered, family-focused, cost-effective, community-based services to high-risk youth and their families.
About the Community Policy and Management Team (CPMT)
The Albemarle County Board of Supervisors and the Charlottesville City Council have established separate Community Policy and Management Teams in each respective locality pursuant to the Code of Virginia, Section § 2.2-5204. Albemarle County CPMT and the City of Charlottesville CPMT will meet jointly once a month to conduct business related to the Comprehensive Services Act. The CPMT is the responsible entity for all CSA policies and programs to ensure accordance with all state mandates and local CSA policies. The CPMT is responsible for the following tasks:
Establish policies and procedures that govern the provision of services to children and families in the community and access to CSA funds;
Develop and appoint members to subcommittees, including the Family Assessment and Planning Team, in order to accomplish CSA requirements;
Collect and report data to the Office of Comprehensive Services, State Executive Council, and Department of Behavioral Health & Developmental Services regarding youth and families served through CSA;
Manage and administer CSA funds for the respective locality;
Coordinate planning that ensures the development and procurement of resources and services needed by children and families in the community;
Establish quality assurance and accountability procedures for program utilization and funds management.
Albemarle CPMT Members:
- Katherine D. Ralston, Chair, Albemarle County Social Services Representative
- Lori Allshouse, County Representative
- Robert Johnson, Community Services Board Representative
- Martha Carroll, Sixteenth District Court Services Unit Representative
- Dr. Lillian Peake, Department of Health Representative
- Kevin Kirst, Albemarle County School Division Representative
- Jackie Bryant, Community Youth and Family Services Representative
- Susan Bressack, Parent Representative
Charlottesville CPMT Members:
Diane Kuknyo, Chair, City of Charlottesville Social Services Representative
Mike Murphy, Community Attention Representative
Leslie Beauregard, City Representative
Beth Baptist, City of Charlottesville School Division Representative
Jackie Bryant, Community Youth and Family Services Representative
Martha Carroll, Sixteenth District Court Services Unit Representative
Robert Johnson, Community Services Board Representative
Dr. Lillian Peake, Department of Health Representative
The City of Charlottesville CPMT and the Albemarle County CPMT meet on the third Wednesday of every month at 3:30p.m. in the CCF Conference Room at the Albemarle County Office Building - 5th Street Extended.
Meetings are open to the public.
About the Program Subcommittee
The Charlottesville-Albemarle CPMT believes that a critical component of an effective CSA system is the continued development and enhancement of high quality programs and services to address the needs of families and children in our community. The Program sub-committee is charged with being proactive and responsive to program and service issues that impact the system's ability to function at a high level. This includes being an advocate for the needs of children and families as well as for the stakeholders that serve the target populations. The Program Subcommittee is responsible for the following tasks:
- Develop a system to obtain feedback from stakeholders about service and resource gaps on an ongoing basis
- Provide analysis on the gaps identified, prioritize the gaps and develop a plan to address the gaps
- Ensure that the FAPT process is in keeping with the expectations of the OCS Family Engagement Policy
- Oversee the implementation of the Family Engagement and Community Practice models as outlined in the OCS and CPMT policy including development and deployment of related training
- Obtain regular feedback regarding the work of partner agencies to ensure family-driven and strengths based practices are in place
- Charge ad-hoc work groups as necessary to further the work of the committee
Program Subcommittee Members:
Mike Murphy, Chair, Community Attention
Neta Davis, Region Ten Community Services Board
- Phyllis Savides, Albemarle Department of Social Services
Kevin Kirst, Albemarle County Schools
Jodie Murphy, Charlottesville City Schools
- Martha Carroll, 16th District Court Services Unit
Gretchen Ellis, Commission on Children and Families
Susan Bressack, Parent Representative
Sue Moffett, Charlottesville Department of Social Services
The Program Subcommittee meets on the third Wednesday of every month at 3:00p.m. in the CCF Conference Room at the Albemarle County Office Building - 5th Street Extended.
Meetings are open to the public.