Category 30 - Emergency Placements 623-05-30-15

(Revised 5/1/21 ML #3617)

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A family foster care provider that incurs additional expenses at the time of placement or provides initial placement specialized care of a foster child with medical, mental health, or special needs, may be eligible for additional compensation for the first 15 days of the child’s placement in foster care. The additional expenses cannot be covered under any other irregular payment category or under the daily standard maintenance payment. The emergency rate is not an entitlement or a required supplement for initial placement into a family home.

 

The foster care case manager is responsible to identify the needs of the child and foster parents. Foster care case managers will submit the SFN 1042 for the CFS Eligibility Unit to process the irregular payment and authorize reimbursement to the licensed provider.

 

Code under Category 30

31 – Emergency Foster Care Placement:

The emergency payment will increase the daily foster care maintenance rate for a maximum of $38 per day to meet the additional extenuating expenditures as a result of the child’s emergency placement. This irregular payment is calculated by subtracting the age-appropriate standard maintenance rate from $38.00. The difference will be paid as an irregular payment, code 31, for no more than 15 days. If foster care placement extends beyond 15 days, the age appropriate standard maintenance rate will apply beginning with the 16th day of placement. If a child within the first 15 days of placement is moved from one family foster home to another, the irregular payment must be approved and can be paid if the emergency need has not been resolved and 15 days of foster care placement have not lapsed. If a child is on a trial home visit and is in need of emergency placement during that time, code 31 may be considered later in the life of the foster care episode if placement is required back into a foster home.