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 114 STAT. 1270 PUBLIC LAW 106-314—OCT. 17, 2000 that is to provide services for the development, implementation, or maintenance of the system under the proposed plan will require the entity to agree to allow for replication of the services provided, the plan, and the system, and to refrain from asserting any proprietary interest in such services for purposes of allowing the plan and system to be replicated in another jurisdiction. (I) An assurance that the system established under the plan will provide data that allows for evaluation (at least on an annual basis) of the following information: (i) The total number of cases that are filed in the abuse and neglect court. (ii) The number of cases assigned to each judge who presides over the abuse and neglect court. (iii) The average length of stay of children in foster care. (iv) With respect to each child under the jurisdiction of the court— (I) the number of episodes of placement in foster care; (II) the number of days placed in foster care and the type of placement (foster family home, group home, or special residential care facility); (III) the number of days of in-home supervision; and (IV) the number of separate foster care placements. (v) The number of adoptions, guardianships, or other permanent dispositions finalized. (vi) The number of terminations of parental rights. (vii) The number of child abuse and neglect proceedings closed that had been pending for 2 or more years. (viii) With respect to each proceeding conducted by, or under the supervision of, an abuse and neglect court— (I) the timeliness of each stage of the proceeding from initial filing through legal finalization of a permanency plan (for both contested and uncontested hearings); (II) the number of adjournments, delays, and continuances occurring during the proceeding, including identification of the party requesting each adjournment, delay, or continuance and the reasons given for the request; (III) the number of courts that conduct or supervise the proceeding for the duration of the abuse and neglect case; (IV) the number of judges assigned to the proceeding for the duration of the abuse and neglect case; and (V) the number of agency attorneys, children's attorneys, parent's attorneys, guardians ad litem, and volunteers participating in a court-appointed special advocate (CASA) program assigned to the proceeding during the duration of the abuse and neglect case.

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