(a) Each child care agency shall make an annual report of its work to the department on a form as the department prescribes by rule.
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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 37-5-518

  • agency: means the person or entity that provides child care, regardless of whether such person or entity is licensed. See Tennessee Code 37-5-501
  • Child: means :
    (i) A person under eighteen (18) years of age. See Tennessee Code 37-5-103
  • Child care: means the provision of supervision, protection and the basic needs of a child for twenty-four (24) hours a day including the provision of such temporary services to a child awaiting placement in permanent care. See Tennessee Code 37-5-501
  • child care agency: includes "child abuse agency" "child caring institution" "child placing agency" "detention center" "family boarding home or foster home" "group care home" "maternity home" or "temporary holding resource" as defined in subsection (b). See Tennessee Code 37-5-501
  • children: means a person or persons under eighteen (18) years of age. See Tennessee Code 37-5-501
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Department: means the department of children's services. See Tennessee Code 37-5-501
  • Record: means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in a perceivable form. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Residential child care: means the provision of supervision or protection, and meeting the basic needs of a child for twenty-four (24) hours per day. See Tennessee Code 37-5-501
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
(b) The department shall prepare and supply to all child care agencies the necessary printed forms to record the requested information.
(c) An agency that provides residential child care shall include, at a minimum, in its annual report to the department:

(1) The number of children who have been under the agency’s care during the license period;
(2) The disposition of children for whom care has been transferred to an individual or entity during the license period, including, but not limited to:

(A) The number of children for whom care has been transferred;
(B) The state and county where each child was adopted or transferred; and
(C) The reason for the transfer, including whether the child was placed in foster care or with a family member; and
(3) Any contracts or agreements with third parties, including contract or agreement amendments, through which the child care agency has agreed to provide placement, housing, or care services for children.
(d) Each nontraditional child care agency shall include in its annual report to the department:

(1) The number of children who have been under the agency’s care during the license period;
(2) The number of children adopted or for whom care has been transferred to an individual or entity during the license period;
(3) The state and county where the children were adopted or transferred;
(4) The average length of stay of the children with the agency; and
(5) The amount in grants and public funds received by the agency from federal, state, and local governments.
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