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GAO-03-397 1 (2003-04-21)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabzjz0001 and id is 1 raw text is: I Accountability * Integrity * Reliability United States General Accounting Office Washington, DC 20548 August 11, 2003 ERRATA CHILD WELFARE AND JUVENILE JUSTICE: Federal Agencies Could Play a Stronger Role in Helping States Reduce the Number of Children Placed Solely to Obtain Mental Health Services (GAO-03-397, April 21, 2003) Page 3, paragraph 1, third sentence should read: Child welfare directors in 6 other states and the District of Columbia advised us that their states do not allow parents to place children voluntarily with child welfare agencies to access such services. Page 3, footnote 6 should read: The 6 states are Florida, Hawaii, Missouri, Montana, New Hampshire, and Texas, based on information received in response to our survey concerning placements in fiscal year 2001. However, New Hampshire indicated that the state introduced voluntary services in state fiscal year 2002 and that it anticipates that some parents will seek placement for their children. Page 14, footnote 14 should read: Nineteen states provided estimates. Eleven states could not provide the data requested, 6 states and the District of Columbia said the practice was either not legal in their states or that the state generally did not allow parents to place their children solely to receive mental health services, and 10 states could not provide the data requested but indicated that voluntary placement happens. Four states did not respond to the survey. Page 15, Table 2, the following states should have only the following table notes: Georgia b Kansas b Montana c Page 16, Table 2, table note 'c' should read: 'The practice of voluntary placement or relinquishment is either not legal in the state or the state generally does not allow parents to place their children solely to receive mental health services.

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