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CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, STATE OF CALIFORNIA
In the Matter of )
Fixing Rates for } RESOLUTION NUMBER 68/719
Foster Rome Care. }
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WHEREAS Section 900 of the Welfare and Institutions Code
of the State of California authorizes the Board of Supervisors to
establish maximum amounts which the juvenile court may order the
counter 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 provision of the
Welfare and Institutions Code; and
WHEREAS the Board of Supervisors wishes to establish the
maxims 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 Stats Department of Mental Hygiene
and also to fix the maxims payment for children placed in homes
under the authority of the juvenile court law; and
WHEREAS the Final Budget for the 1968-1969 fiscal year
provides for an increase of $5 per month in the rates established
by Board Resolution No. 67/661;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT BY THIS BOARD RESOLVED that the
following maximum rates for foster home care shall apply effective
November 1, 1968 except for the special rates fixed by the Board
of Supervisors for specifics children.
1. $94 per month for children through age 6,
2. $95 per month for children age 7 through 11, and
3. $114 per month for children age 12 to 21; and
BE IT BY THE BOARD FURTHER RESOLVED that the rates
specified in Subparagraphs 1, 2 and 3 above may be increased by
the amount of $la per month can the recommendation of case workers
with the approval of immediate supervisors when foster parents are
required to incur extra expenses and to assume supervision respen-
ibilities beyond those normally anticipated: in cases of children
with severe behavior problems, or children who are extremely
emotionally upset, or children having medical conditions requiring
special diets, or children with long-term problems involving
unusual transportation demands, or children with long-term special
needs; and
RESOLUTION NUMBER 68,/719
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the maxims 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 amounts 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 problem
requiring nursing care on the part of foster
parents mai- be authorized by special approval
of the Beard in each case, and
2. Other special rates may be authorized under
extraordinary circumstances by special approval
of the Board in each case; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that Resolution No. 67/b61 is
HEREBY RESCINDED.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this lath day of October, 1968, by
the following vote of the `Board
AYES. } Coll*
E.
P. Kenny, J. E. Moriarty,
T. J. a11, E. A. Linscheidr A. M. Dias ,
NOES None.
.ABSENT: None.
RESOLUTION NUMBER 68/719