NORTH DAKOTA DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES
BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA
June 29, 2010
	PI 10-14

TO:		Directors, County Social Services
		Regional Supervisors of County Social Services
		County Eligibility Specialists
		County Social Workers
		Tribal Social Services
		North Homes, Inc.
		Division of Juvenile Services

FROM:	Dean Sturn, Administrator, Foster Care Program

SUBJECT:	North Homes, Inc.  – Maintenance Payment Change

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

Effective July 1, 2010, the foster care maintenance rate paid to North Homes, Inc. for therapeutic family foster care is $82.02 per day.   The county appropriate rate will be accepted for children who do not meet the therapeutic level of care but are placed with his or her sibling in a North Homes, Inc. foster home.

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

A group/therapeutic approval is still required for any North Homes, Inc. 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.