Absences from Placement 623-05-20-30

(Revised 4/25/16 ML #3469)

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If a child is out of a placement for 14 days or less under a plan which meets the approval of the custodian, and the intention is for the child to return to that same provider, there will be no reduction in the standard maintenance payment. Placement must be ended on the date it is determined that the child will not or is unable to return to the same primary provider. Foster care payments cannot be made to the primary provider for any days exceeding the 14 days in which the child was absent from the placement.

 

An absence that extends past the 14th day will require a change in placement. For example; a child has a primary placement in a foster home, they become hospitalized. The case manager will enter a secondary placement of hospitalization. Once the 14th day passes, the primary and secondary placements must be closed and the “Non-foster care” hospitalization will become the primary placement.