Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 441 - Human Services Department › Title XIV - Grant/contract/payment Administration › Chapter 156 - Payments for Foster Care › Rule 441-156.6 - Rate of Maintenance Payment for Foster Family Care

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
(1)
Basic rate.
A monthly payment for care in a foster family home
				licensed in Iowa shall be made to the foster family based on the following
				schedule:
Age of child
Daily rate
0 through 5
$16.78
6 through 11
$17.45
12 through 15
$19.10
16 or over
$19.35
(2)
Out-of-state rate.
A monthly payment for care in a foster
				family home licensed or approved in another state shall be made to the foster
				family based on the rate schedule in effect in Iowa, except that the service
				area manager or designee may authorize a payment to the foster family at the
				rate in effect in the other state if the child's family lives in that state and
				the goal is to reunite the child with the family.
(3)
Mother and child in foster
				care.
When the child in foster care is a mother whose young child is
				in placement with her, the rate paid to the foster family shall be based on the
				daily rate for the mother according to the rate schedule in subrules 156.6(1)
				and 156.6(4) and for the child according to the rate schedule in subrule
				156.6(1). The foster parents shall provide a portion of the young child's rate
				to the mother to meet the partial maintenance needs of the young child as
				defined in the case permanency plan.
(4)
Difficulty of care
				payment.
a. For placements made
				before January 1, 2007, when foster parents provide care to a special needs
				child, the foster family shall be paid the basic maintenance rate plus $5 per
				day for extra expenses associated with the child's special needs. This rate
				shall continue for the duration of the placement.
b. When a foster family provides care to a
				sibling group of three or more children, an additional payment of $1 per day
				per child may be authorized for each nonspecial needs child in the sibling
				group.
c. When the foster family's
				responsibilities in the case permanency plan include providing transportation
				related to family or preplacement visits outside the community in which the
				foster family lives, the department caseworker may authorize an additional
				maintenance payment of $1 per day. Expenses over the monthly amount may be
				reimbursed with prior approval by the department caseworker. Eligible expenses
				shall include the actual cost of the most reasonable passenger fare or
				gas.
d. For placements made on or
				after January 1, 2007, the supervisor may approve an additional maintenance
				payment above the basic rate in subrule 156.6(1) to meet the child's special
				needs as identified by the child's score on Form 470-4401. The department
				caseworker shall complete Form 470-4401 within 30 days of the child's initial
				entry into foster care.
(1) Additional
				maintenance payments made under this paragraph shall begin no earlier than the
				first day of the month following the month in which Form 470-4401 is completed
				and shall be awarded as follows:
1. Behavioral
				needs rated at level 1 qualify for a payment of $4.81 per day.
2. Behavioral needs rated at level 2 qualify
				for a payment of $9.62 per day.
3.
				Behavioral needs rated at level 3 qualify for a payment of $14.44 per
				day.
(2) The department
				shall review the child's need for this difficulty of care maintenance payment
				using Form 470-4401:
1. Whenever the child's
				behavior changes significantly;
2.
				When the child's placement changes;
3. After termination of parental rights, in
				preparation for negotiating an adoption subsidy or pre-subsidy payment;
				and
4. Before a court hearing on
				guardianship subsidy.
e. All maintenance payments, including
				difficulty of care payments, shall be documented on Form 470-0716.