TITLE 89: SOCIAL SERVICES
CHAPTER III: DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES
SUBCHAPTER c: FISCAL ADMINISTRATION
PART 361
REIMBURSEMENT TO COUNTIES
SECTION 361.2 DEFINITIONS
Section 361.2 Definitions
"Children adjudicated as wards of the court" as
used in this part means a minor placed under the guardianship of a probation
officer or agency pursuant to Section 5-7 of the Juvenile Court Act because the
minor has been adjudicated by the court to be a minor requiring authoritative
intervention, neglected or abused, dependent or a delinquent.
"Shelter care placement" or "shelter
care" means a placement of a minor under Section 3-3 of the Juvenile Court
Act in an unlocked, physically unrestricting facility pending the court's order
resultant from a shelter care, adjudicatory or dispositional hearing under the
Juvenile Court Act. Minors placed under Section 3-3 of the Juvenile Court Act
and returned to parent, guardian or legal custodian prior to a shelter care
hearing are also considered to have been in shelter care placement.
(Source: Amended at 8 Ill. Reg. 14255, effective August 15, 1984)
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CHAPTER III: DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES
SUBCHAPTER c: FISCAL ADMINISTRATION
PART 361
REIMBURSEMENT TO COUNTIES
SECTION 361.3 REIMBURSEMENT FOR SHELTER CARE
Section 361.3 Reimbursement
for Shelter Care
a) Illinois counties will be reimbursed by the Department for
placements made under Section 3-3 of the Juvenile Court Act (shelter care) for
a maximum of 90 days subject to the provisions of Section 361.6 below.
b) The Department will reimburse counties for shelter care
placements made by counties, in foster family homes, group homes, child care
institutions, and county shelter care facilities established under the Unified
Code of Corrections. This reimbursement is available irrespective of the
Department's licensure, or the Department's approval as meeting the standards
established for licensure of the facility.
c) The Department will not reimburse counties for shelter care
placements made in county detention homes, county or municipal jails,
physically restrictive or locked institutions or other facilities established
for the care and training of delinquent minors.
d) Reimbursement will not be made for any placement in a child
care facility outside of Illinois unless the placement has complied with the Interstate
Compact on the Placement of Children (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1979, ch. 23, par. 2601
et seq.) or, when not applicable, the appropriate Interstate office.
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CHAPTER III: DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES
SUBCHAPTER c: FISCAL ADMINISTRATION
PART 361
REIMBURSEMENT TO COUNTIES
SECTION 361.4 RULES FOR PLACEMENT UNDER SECTION 5-7 OF THE JUVENILE COURT ACT
Section 361.4 Rules for
Placement Under Section 5-7 of the Juvenile Court Act
a) Agencies and probation officers may place minors under Section
5-7 of the Juvenile Court Act only when such minors are:
1) placed in the least restrictive setting which most closely
approximates a family and in which the child's needs may be met; and
2) placed within reasonable proximity to their homes, taking into
account any special needs of the child and family and the availability of the
service resources needed for the child and family; and
3) placed with a family of the same race as the child, whenever
possible; and
4) placed, if possible, in a home that most closely approximates
the religious, ethnic and cultural background of the biological family; and
5) placed in the home of a relative when the child is familiar
with the home and when the child can benefit from the relationship between the
parent(s), the relative, and the child; and
6) placed, if a child of American Indian heritage, according to
Department of Children and Family Services Rules concerning Indian Child
Welfare Services (part 307); and
7) placed in child care facilities licensed by the Department
under the Child Act of 1969 (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1979, ch. 23, par. 2211 et seq.)
or approved by the Department as meeting the standards established for
licensing as promulgated through rulemaking Part 332, "Approval of
Relative Home Caretakers," Part 402, "Licensing Standards for Foster
Family Homes," Part 403, Licensing Standards for Group Homes, and Part
404, "Licensing Standards for Child Care Institutions and Maternity
Centers").
b) No minor shall be placed in a child care facility outside of
Illinois unless the placement has complied with the Interstate Compact on the
Placement of Children or, when not applicable, the appropriate Interstate
office.
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CHAPTER III: DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES
SUBCHAPTER c: FISCAL ADMINISTRATION
PART 361
REIMBURSEMENT TO COUNTIES
SECTION 361.5 COUNTY CERTIFICATION THAT CHILD CARE FACILITIES NOT LICENSED BY THE DEPARTMENT MEET LICENSING STANDARDS
Section 361.5 County
Certification that Child Care Facilities Not Licensed by the Department Meet
Licensing Standards
Child Care facilities used
solely by a single circuit court for the placement of minors adjudicated as
wards of the Court under Section 5-7 of the Juvenile Court Act will be approved
by the Department following written certification to the Department by the
county that the facility meets all of the standards established by the
Department for licensing such facilities.
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CHAPTER III: DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES
SUBCHAPTER c: FISCAL ADMINISTRATION
PART 361
REIMBURSEMENT TO COUNTIES
SECTION 361.6 REIMBURSEMENT RATE
Section 361.6 Reimbursement
Rate
a) The maximum reimbursement rates to counties for children
placed in shelter care pursuant to Section 3-3 of the Juvenile Court Act and
for children adjudicated as wards of the court and placed in accordance with
Section 5-7 of the Juvenile Court Act shall be the Department's current average
daily rate, as applicable, for foster care, group home or child care
institutional care.
b) The Department's payment rates are established in accordance
with 89 Ill. Adm. Code 356 Rate Setting.
c) When foster care is purchased from a child welfare agency, the
Department will not reimburse counties for more than the amount actually paid
for care, shelter, and social services (minus support payments received from
the child's parents, legal guardian or custodian). If county staff, such as
probation officers and social work staff, directly provide social services to
the child, the Department will not include the social service rate in the
reimbursement account.
d) For placements made in group homes and child care institutions
the Department will reimburse counties for the amount actually paid for care,
but not to exceed the Department's current average daily rate for such services
as determined on June 30, of the previous fiscal year and updated as general
rate increases are granted pursuant to 89 Ill. Adm. Code 356, Rate Setting,
(minus support payments received from the child's parents, legal guardian or
custodian).
e) For placements made in shelter care facilities, the Department
will reimburse counties for the amount actually paid for care, but not to
exceed the Department's current average daily rate for group homes (minus
support payments received from the child's parents, legal guardian or
custodian).
f) The total reimbursements paid to counties is limited to 3% of
the Department's appropriation from the General Revenue Fund for that fiscal
year.
(Source: Amended at 8 Ill. Reg. 14255, effective August 15, 1984)
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CHAPTER III: DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES
SUBCHAPTER c: FISCAL ADMINISTRATION
PART 361
REIMBURSEMENT TO COUNTIES
SECTION 361.7 REIMBURSEMENT PROCESS
Section 361.7 Reimbursement
Process
Counties must submit forms
prescribed by the Department to the Department by the 20th of the month
following the month in which placement was provided to claim for reimbursement.
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CHAPTER III: DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES
SUBCHAPTER c: FISCAL ADMINISTRATION
PART 361
REIMBURSEMENT TO COUNTIES
SECTION 361.8 PAYMENT REVIEW
Section 361.8 Payment Review
When the reimbursement claiming
forms are completed correctly, the Department will immediately process the
payment to the county. However, as a condition of payment, the Department
requires that sufficient accounting and relating financial records be maintained
which fully disclose and substantiate the accuracy of the billings. The
Department reserves the right to conduct pre- and/or post-payment audits on all
billings to ensure their accuracy. Accounting and financial records must be
provided to authorized Department staff upon request.
AUTHORITY: Implementing and authorized by Section 5 of "AN ACT creating the Department of Children and Family Services, codifying its powers and duties, and repealing certain Acts and Sections herein named" (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1983, ch. 23, par. 5005); Sections 2-3, 2-4, 5-7, 7-3, 7-5 and 7-6 of the "Juvenile Court Act" (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1983, ch. 37, pars. 702-3, 702-4, 705-7, 707-3, 707-5 and 707-6); Section 3-15-2 of the Unified Code of Corrections (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1981, ch. 38, par. 1003-15-2); Section 1 of "An Act to authorize County authorities to provide for the temporary care and custody of Dependent, Delinquent, or Truant Children" (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1983, ch. 23, par. 2681); and Section 471 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 671).
SOURCE: Adopted and codified at 5 Ill. Reg. 13174, effective November 30, 1981; amended at 8 Ill. Reg. 14255, effective August 15, 1984.
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