55 Pa. Code § 3140.22 - Reimbursable services and reimbursement rates
(a) The Department reimburses counties at a
rate that is dependent on the type of service provided and the setting in which
the service is provided.
(b)
Beginning July 1, 1991, the Department reimburses at a 100% rate for adoption
services. Adoption services are activities designed to culminate in legal
adoption of a child, including adoptive home recruitment, study of adoptive
parent applicants, adoptive parent preparation, placement and supervision of
the child in an adoptive home, preparation and presentation of material for the
adoption hearing, help in obtaining adoption assistance when needed, and
supportive services to the adoptive family after placement.
(c) The Department reimburses at a 90% rate
for the emergency shelter care of a child in the home of a relative, in a
foster family home or in a community residential facility. Emergency shelter
service is residential care and supervision in a nonsecure setting, not to
exceed 30 consecutive days, for a child:
(1)
Whose immediate safety, protection and well-being requires removal from the
child's home.
(2) Who would present
a danger to himself or others or who would abscond if he were living at
home.
(d) The Department
reimburses at an 80% rate for adoption assistance payments as outlined in
Subchapter C (relating to adoption assistance).
(e) Up to and including June 30, 1993, the
Department will reimburse the following services at a 75% to 90% rate.
Beginning July 1, 1993, the Department reimburses the following services at an
80% rate:
(1)
Community residential
service and group home service. Twenty-four-hour per day placement of
a child in a nonsecure facility which serves no more than 25 children. Basic
services of the community, including the public school system, recreation and
employment, shall be used as a part of the facility's program.
(2)
Foster family service.
Twenty-four-hour per day residential care and supervision of a child in a
foster family home, including a foster family home operated by a court or
county juvenile probation service if the home was operational on January 1,
1978.
(3)
Supervised
independent living service. The provision or arrangement of living
quarters and social services designed to support and supervise children who are
living on their own. The child may be in the custody of the child's parents,
the county agency, or another agency or individual.
(4)
Alternative treatment
programs. Activities or services which are alternatives for
residential service, juvenile detention service or secure residential service
and do not already receive 75%, 80% or 90% reimbursement. Children and youth
programs shall be approved by the Department to receive reimbursement as an
alternative treatment program. Department approval for 80% funding is granted
to a program if it:
(i) Is provided in a
nonsecure setting.
(ii) Is designed
to return the child to the child's home or another legally assured permanent
home.
(iii) Minimizes the duration
of out-of-home placement.
(f) The Department reimburses at a 75% to 90%
rate for the following:
(1)
Child
protective services-child abuse. Activities,
functions and services provided to children reported as abused and to their
families under 23 Pa.C.S. Chapter 63 (relating to Child Protective Services
Law) and Chapter 3490 (relating to protective services).
(2)
Counseling/intervention
services. Supportive and therapeutic activities provided to a child or
a child's family and directed at preventing or alleviating conditions,
including crisis conditions, which present a risk to the safety or well-being
of the child, by improving problem-solving and coping skills, interpersonal
functioning, the stability of the family or the capacity of the family to
function independently.
(3)
Day care service. Out-of-home care for part of a 24-hour day
to children provided in day care centers, group day care homes and family day
care homes as part of a family service plan required by §§
3130.61 and
3130.67 (relating to family
service plans; and placement planning) to prevent removal of a child from his
parents' custody or as a part of the process of reestablishing a child with his
family following an out-of-home placement.
(4)
Day treatment service.
Intensive services provided to a child for part of a day. These activities are
designed to provide supervision and counseling of the child and coordination of
the range of related human services necessary to establish consistent
developmental relationships and skills to enable the child to function in the
community. They do not include the cost of juvenile probation services,
education programs, primary health care programs and programs designed to treat
the mental disabilities of a child.
(5)
Emergency shelter
service. Emergency shelter service in a residential service facility
as defined in subsection (g).
(6)
Child protective service-general. Activities
and services to protect the health and safety of children who are without
proper parental supervision or who have been neglected, exploited or injured by
the parents to an extent not sufficient to be covered by 23 Pa.C.S. Chapter
63.
(7)
Homemaker/caretaker
service. Home help, home care skills instruction and child care and
supervision provided to a child and the child's family in the child's home by a
trained homemaker or caretaker.
(8)
Information and referral service. The provision to an
individual or requested information about needed services and referral to
appropriate providers.
(9)
Life skills education. Practical education and training to the
child and other family members, either in or outside of their own homes, in
skills needed to perform the activities of daily living, including child care
and parenting education, home management and related functions.
(10)
Service planning.
County agency staff activities provided to determine what services are needed,
to develop a service plan and to arrange for provision of needed
services.
(g) The
Department reimburses for expenses incurred for administration at a 60% rate.
Administration consists of activities to manage a county children and youth
social service agency and to ensure the provision of services and the
performance of functions required by this title, including: planning;
budgeting; accounting; recordkeeping; staff development; the operation of a
volunteer program; and the proportionate costs of planning, research,
coordination and evaluation activities performed by a youth service system, a
county planning office or other human service planning body.
(h) From July 1, 1992, through June 30, 1993,
the Department will reimburse the following services at a 55% rate. Beginning
July 1, 1993, the Department reimburses the following services at a 60% rate:
(1)
Residential service.
Twenty-four-hour out-of-home care in a nonsecure facility for children not
related to the provider which does not meet the criteria for community
residential service or emergency shelter service.
(2)
Secure residential
service. Placement of adjudicated delinquent children for residential
care, supervision and rehabilitation in a secure facility.
(i) The Department reimburses juvenile
detention service at a 50% rate. Juvenile detention service consists of 24-hour
per day secure, temporary care; maintenance; and supervision in a licensed or
approved detention facility for alleged or adjudicated delinquents who would
present a danger to themselves or others or who would abscond if they remained
in their homes or were placed in emergency shelter care.
Notes
The provisions of this § 3140.22 amended under Articles II, VII, IX and X of the Public Welfare Code (62 P. S. §§ 201-211, 701-774, 901-922 and 1001-1080).
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