For the purpose of developing a more efficient, effective, and equitable Aid to Families With Dependent Children-Foster Care program, the department shall develop:
- (a) A management information database providing expenditure and caseload characteristics information, such as method of entry into AFDC-FC, average cost of placement, type of facility used for placement, and average length of stay in placement.
- (b) A quality control system for AFDC-FC, and recommendations to the Legislature regarding resources required for implementation of the system by October 1, 1980.
(c) Recommendations to the Legislature regarding the following:
- (1) A system or systems for establishing payment levels for children eligible to the AFDC-FC program.
- (2) Plans and resources required for implementation of the selected system or systems by July 1, 1981.
- (d) Recommendations to the Legislature regarding defining that segment of the population to be served by the AFDC-FC program, and impact of such definition on the current AFDC-FC population.