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DHHS - DIVISION OF SOCIAL SERVICES CONTRACT WITH YOUTH UNLIMITED (RESIDENTIAL FOSTER CARE AND THERAPEUTIC SERVICES)
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SPONSOR
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Heather Skeens
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BACKGROUND
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Annual Room and Board Contract to provide residential foster care and therapeutic services to children in foster care that complies with the Child and Family Services Reviews, safety, permanency and wellbeing standards. This is price only contract for up to $400,000.00 Term rates are as follows:
Maternity rate for Smith House
Child age Standard Board Rate
6-12 $4,437.00
13-up $4,516.00
Therapeutic foster care rate (various foster care location)
Child age Standard Board Rate
0-5 $475.00
6-12 $581.00
13-up $634.00
Traditional foster care rate (various foster care location)
Child age Maintenance Portion Administrative Portion Total Max Rate
0-5 $475.00 $958.00 $1,433.00
6-12 $581.00 $983.00 $1,564.00
13-up $634.00 $1004.00 $1,638.00
When children are in the custody of DSS we have a legal obligation to provide the most appropriate placement for the child. This placement must be able to address social, well-being, emotional and behavior needs of the children. Since agencies have the authority to accept children based on availability of beds, whether a child will fit into their current population and/or their needs, we need an adequate pool of resources to address our ongoing placement needs. A contract with this facility is a...
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