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tions attended county schools. Five were from Fairfax and one each from Prince William and Frederick Counties. No data is currently available concerning below-school-age children. The school system files an annual report with the state in order to obtain state funding. Considered county residents, children from outside jurisdictions are educated at county expense. The county received approximately $51,000 in reimbursements last year.
Fairfax County
Pat Clark, public information specialist, and Kathy Froyd, a supervisor in the Fairfax County Department of Health and Human Services, Children, Youth and Family Services Division, commented on the placement system that permits children to live in one county but be administratively managed by another. Froyd also cited confidentiality laws concerning the June 12 incident.
The Fairfax staff directly supervises “regular” foster homes, explained Froyd, but children with special needs, such as those with severe emotional or behavioral problems, or medical issues, are placed in “therapeutic” foster homes. Foster parents in homes certified as “community teaching” homes undergo rigorous training to ensure that they are capable of meeting the children’s specialized needs. The foster home involved in the June 12 intident is a community teaching home. The parents have been in the program for more than 15 years.
For the high needs children, Fairfax contracts with private, nonprofit agencies to manage and monitor foster care place
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