NORTH DAKOTA DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES
BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA
October 24, 2007
	PI-07-14

TO:		Directors, County Social Services
		Regional Supervisors of County Social Services
		County Eligibility Specialists
		County Social Workers
		Tribal Social Services
		PATH of North Dakota
		Division of Juvenile Services

FROM:	Don Snyder, Administrator, Foster Care Program

SUBJECT:	PATH of North Dakota – Maintenance Payment Change

PROGRAM:	Foster Care Maintenance Payments, 623-05-20-35

Effective October 1, 2007, the foster care maintenance rates for children placed in a PATH home have changed.   

•	A rate of $77.58/day will be paid for all children who are receiving services through the following PATH programs:  SFC, FACE, CBT & regular therapeutic family foster care. *
•	A rate of $47.50/day will be paid for all children in the PATH regular foster care (PATH provides case management) and step-down programs. *  
•	The county age appropriate foster care rate will be paid in situations where siblings are placed in the same PATH foster home and one of the siblings does not need a therapeutic level of care. In this case the child’s case manager will provide case management and supervise the placement.

PATH billing statements will reflect the above changes.  Payments to PATH should not be authorized unless you have a billing statement for the appropriate month.

A group/therapeutic approval is still required for any PATH placement.  If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Deb Petry at (701)328-3581, or Paulette Westrum at 1-800-429-8829.  Thank you.

(*This amount is separate from treatment costs which are directly billed to Medicaid by PATH.)