What is the Children’s Services Act (CSA) for at-risk youth and families?
The Children’s Services Act is a 1993 Virginia Law that provided for the pooling of 8 specific-funding streams used to purchase services for high-risk youth. These funds are returned to the localities with a required local match and are managed by local interagency teams. The purpose of the act is to provide high-quality, child-centered, family-focused, cost-effective, community-based services to high-risk youth and their families.

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1. What is the Children’s Services Act (CSA) for at-risk youth and families?
2. How did the Children’s Services Act get started?
3. Who manages the money at the local level?
4. Who participates on the local teams?
5. Which children may be served by the teams?
6. Are these the only children who may be served?
7. How do children and families access the teams?