Approval of Specialized (EMP) Payments 624-05-20-10-20

(Revised 2/10/07 ML #3053)

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The "Specialized Family Foster Care/Adoption Assistance Level of Care Evaluation Form" (SFN 1865) must be completed when an excess maintenance payment (EMP) is being considered. The form is to be completed by the child's foster care case manager with the assistance of the Foster Care Child & Family team.

 

Approval of specialized level EMPs shall be made by the permanency planning committee/Foster Care Child & Family team with regional supervisor approval. Cooperation between the permanency planning committee/team members is essential to the functioning of the specialized EMP system. Professionals need to recognize the committee's effort to try to achieve fairness and uniformity in the application of the EMP for children. Each regional supervisor is responsible for determining the comparative difficulty of care that the children in their region require. It is felt that this procedure will provide regional uniformity and still provide for professional judgment. It is the responsibility of the regional foster care supervisors to maintain the standard for uniformity of payment level in the region.  Regional supervisor questions regarding appropriateness of EMP levels will be discussed with the Administrator, Foster Care Program.

 

Before EMP payment can be made for specialized family foster care, there must be:

1. A completed (SFN 1865), "Specialized Family Foster Care/Adoption Assistance Level of Care Evaluation Form, completed and signed by the case manager, county director (or designee) and regional supervisor (or designee).
2. A signed (SFN 904), "Agreement to Furnish Specialized Family Foster Care Services" signed by the foster parent, county social service board representative, and regional foster care supervisor.