HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESOLUTIONS - 09132004 - 71-605 IN THE BOARD CE SUPERVISORS
OF
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, STATE OF CALIFORNIA
In the �%tter of
Fixing Rates for } 'RESOLUTION CUMBER 71AO5
Foster Home Care.
WHEREAS Section 900 of the Welfare and Institutions
Code of the State of California authorizes the Board of Super-
visors to establish maximum amounts which the juvenile court
may Order the county to pay for the support and maintenance of
wards or dependent children of the juvenile court or of minor
persons concerning whom a petition has been filed in accordance
with the nrovision of the Welfare and Institutions Code; and.
WHEREAS the Board of Supervisors wishes to establish
the maximum amounts which the juvenile court may order the
county to pay for such care; and
WHEREAS the Board of Supervisors wishes to establish
the maximum amount authorized for the payment of care of
children placed in foster homes licensed by the Contra Costa
County Social Service Department and by the State Department of
Mental Hygiene and also to fix the maximum payment for children
placed in hoes under the authority of the juvenile court law;
and
WHEREAS the Final Budget for the 1971-1972 fiscal
year provides for an increase of 5 par month in the rates
established by Board Resolution No. 70/'585;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT BY THIS BOARD RESOLVED that the
following maximum rues for faster home care shall apply
effective September 1, '1971 except for the special rates fixed
by the Board of Supervisors for specific children:
1. '105 per month for children through age b,
2. $110 per month for children age 7 through 11,
3. $125 per month for children age 12 to 21; and
BE IT BY THE BOAR? FURTHER RESOLVED that the rates
specified in Subparagraphs 1, 2 and 3 above may be increased by
the amount of 10 per month on the recomiendation of case workers
with the approval of immediate supervisors when foster parents
are required to incur reoccurring extra expenses or to assume
supervision responsibilities beyond those normally expected of
faster parents, such as children with severe behavior problems,
or children who are extremely emotionally upset, or children
having medi.oal conditions requiring special diets, or children
with long-term problems involving unusual transportation
demands, or children with long-terra special needs, and
RESOLUTION NUT-1BER 71Ao5
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the maximum rate of
foster care for children placed in homes licensed by the
State Department of Mental Hygiene is $200 per month', and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the rates specified
in this resolution shall be interpreted to be maximum amourts
to be paid with lower or going rates to be paid wherever
feasible; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the maximum rates
specified in this resolution are applicable to all placements
of children under the jurisdiction of the county departments
except that:
1. A maximum foster home rate of $150
for the care of children with crippling
medical problems requiring amusing care
on the part of foster parents may be
authorized by special approval of the
Board in each case;
2. Other special rates may be authorized
under extraordinary circumstances by
special approval of the Board in each
case.
PASSED and ADOPTED this 14th day of September, 1971,
by the following vote of the Board:
AYES: Supervisors A. M. Dias, J. E. Moriarty,
W. N. Boggess, E. A. Linscheid,
J. P. Kenny.
NOES: None.
ABSENT: None.
RESOLUTION NO. 71/605