210.002. 1. The department of social services, the department of health and senior services, the department of mental health, the department of elementary and secondary education, the division of youth services, and the division of family services shall cooperate with the children's service commission to prepare a detailed, comprehensive "Year 2000 Plan" to provide the preventive services described in subsection 2 of this section.
2. The "Year 2000 Plan" shall provide recommendations for the development and implementation of coordinated social and health services which:
(1) Identify early problems experienced by children and their families and the services which are adequate in availability, appropriate to the situation, and effective;
(2) Seek to bring about meaningful change before family situations become irreversibly destructive and before disturbed psychological behavioral patterns and health problems become severe or permanent;
(3) Serve children and families in their own homes thus preventing unnecessary out-of-home placement or institutionalization;
(4) Focus resources on social and health problems as they begin to manifest themselves rather than waiting for chronic and severe patterns of illness, criminality, and dependency to develop which require long-term treatment, maintenance, or custody;
(5) Reduce duplication of and gaps in service delivery;
(6) Improve planning, budgeting, and communication among these state agencies serving children and families; and
(7) Develop outcome standards for measuring the effectiveness of social and health services for children and families.
3. Each such department or division shall cooperate with the commission to develop a specific plan which shall be made available to the governor and the members of the general assembly by December 1, 1988.
(L. 1987 S.B. 244 § 2)
Missouri General Assembly