NORTH DAKOTA DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES
BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA
July 2, 2009
	PI-09-15

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:	Dean Sturn, Administrator, Foster Care Program

SUBJECT:	PATH of North Dakota – Maintenance Payment Change

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

Effective July 1, 2009, the foster care maintenance rates for children placed in a PATH home have changed.   
•	A rate of $86.35/day will be paid for all children who are receiving services through PATH therapeutic programs.
•	A rate of $52.87/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 (flow through 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 and PATH is not providing case management services to that youth. It will also be paid in the case of a minor parent/infant 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.