HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESOLUTIONS - 01011967 - 67-661 IN TEE BOARD OFER ISOR;
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CONTRA COSTA CUUNTY, STATE O C_LIFORFIA
In the Matter of Nixing �
Rates for Foster HCT9 RESOLUTION io r 67/661 1
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WHEREAS Section. 900 of the Welfare and institutions Code of
the Mate of California authorizes the Board of Supervisors to estab-
lish maximum amounts which the juvenile court may order the count' to
pay for the support and maintenance of ,cards or dependent children of
the juvenile court or of minor persons concerning; whom a petition has
been filed in accordance with the �rovis�on of the Welfarefare a*�d
institutions Code;
WHEREAS the Board of Supervisors wishes to establish the
maximum amounts which the juvenile court mai. order the county to pay
for such care; and
WHEREAS the Board of Supervisors wishes to establish the
maxinru amount authorized for the payment of care of children placed;
in
foster
tsmer ho? es licensed by the Contra Costa County Social Sa
rTic
Department and by the State Department of Mental. Hygiene and also to
fix the maximum payment for chil,dren placed in homes under the
authority oma° the juvenile court law; and
1HE S AS the Administration and Finance CaTmnt.ttee of the
-soar' of Supervisors has recommended an increase in the rates for
faster home care after considering the recommendations of a Poster
Parents Steering Committee; and
WHEREAS the budget recommendations of the Administration
and Finance Committee for the Final Budget, for the 1967-1968 fiscal
year provide for a rate increase of Q per north. for children
through apse six, and for w10 per nonth for children over age s i M
effective September 10 1967;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE rT BY THIS !..+,..%w1.RD RESOLVED that the
following maximum rates for faster home care shall apply effective,
September 10 x.967 except for the special rates fixed y the Board
of Supervisors for specific children:
1. $8-15 per month for children through age 6
2* 90 per mo.nth for children age 7 through 11, and
3. $105 per month for children age 12 to 21 and
rA IT
BY 1i B VA T FIRYH:R, RESOLVED that t
to rates speCified
in: paragraphs 1, 2, and. 3 above may be incincreasedbg$y. the amount of1,0110
permonthor the �°eco1�,,�'�.in au::,oan of case workers 9a7 J?� he approval of
immediate supervisor8 when foster parents are required to incur extra
expenses and to assume supervision responsibilities beyond those
normally anticipated in cases of children with severe behavior
problems, or children who are extremely emotionally upset, or
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children dre n avpi33.g medical cona, tions requiring special diets s or
children with 1;ong-team problems involving unusual transpoWation
de• andas or children withspecial needs; and
BE IT FURTHER R E13S I.G.[V:.wD that he maximum rate of
foster
S':r e
for children placed in homes licensed by the Estate Department of
Mental Hygiene is 200 per month; and,
.:._k IT FURTHER RESOLVED ha`sa the
rates specified in rhi s
resolution shall be interpreted to be maximum amounts to be _.aid with
lower or going rates to be paid wherever feasible ;S and
B-.0 IT _PbMTE1 Z RESOLVED that the maximum rates specified in
this resolution are applica le to all placementsof children under
he jurisdiction o3. the county .Sep ^'t t except
that :
1. A maximum foster home rite o $l50 for the care
of children with crippling medical problems
requiring nursing care on the part of foster
parents may be aubaorize'i by special approval of
the BoaTd in each case; and
2. Other special rates may be authorized under extra-
ordinary
{", ra-•ordinary cir;..umstance by special approval of the
Board in each case; and.
E 1T FURTHER RESOLVED ED than Resolution No. 3209 and
Resolution tion No. 3238 are hereby RESCINDED.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this l th dad= of September, 1967, b
the following este of the Board:
AYES: Supervisors James P. ze`:i„ny, Thomas Joh Colij
Edmund A. .9.,f,fin s c s i l o
NOES: None.
B h N T , Supervisors Alfred X. Dias, Jamey E. Meriarty.
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