Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 049 - Family Services, Dept. of › Sub-Agency 0013 - Workforce Development Training Fund › Chapter 4 - PLACEMENT CERTIFICATION › Section 4-1 - Funding Availability

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) The Division
				Administrator shall establish an account for private residential treatment
				facilities and group homes.
(b) In
				order to keep the costs and projected fund availability for court ordered
				placements in private group homes and residential treatment facilities in
				balance throughout each fiscal year, the rate reductions shall be carried out
				whenever the Division of Public Assistance and Social Services determines that
				the projected costs of residential treatment facilities exceed the amount
				available in the account.
(i) Rate Reduction.
				The Division of Public Assistance and Social Services shall analyze historical
				data on past court ordered placements in order to project anticipated
				placements and expenditures in the remainder of the fiscal year. The Division
				shall then compute the percentage reduction of payment rates which would be
				necessary to bring the costs and projected fund availability into approximate
				balance. The rate reduction shall apply to all current and new placements until
				rate readjustment occurs.
(ii)
				Account Monitoring and Notification. The Administrator or designee shall notify
				the private group homes and residential treatment providers having Division
				court ordered placements at that time of the percent reduction and advise them
				that they will receive thirty days notice of the termination of the present
				Division contracts. The Division will also notify all Division field offices
				and District Court Judges of the reduction.
(iii) Change of Rates. The Division field
				offices which have contracts with private group homes and residential treatment
				providers will calculate the new rates following notification by the Division
				Administrator or designee. The calculation shall be made by multiplying the
				daily rate by the percentage determined by the Division, rounded to the nearest
				whole dollar. The field offices will mail contract termination notices as well
				as new contracts to providers within five working days after receiving
				notification of the reduction percentage. The change will be effective on the
				first calendar day of the first month following the expiration of the
				thirty-day notice.
(iv) Rate
				Readjustment After a Rate Reduction. When the Division determines that
				projected fund availability has become greater than costs, the Division shall
				compute the percentage increase of payment rates necessary to bring the costs
				and projected fund availability into approximate balance. Rate readjustment
				shall not exceed the percent reduction made previously.
The Division Administrator or designee shall notify the
				  private group homes and residential treatment providers having Division court
				  ordered placements at that time of the percent increase and advise them that
				  they have thirty days following notice of the contract termination of the
				  present Division contracts. The Division will also notify all Division field
				  offices and District Court Judges of the increase. The change will be effective
				  on the first calendar day of the first month following expiration of the thirty
				  day notice.
The Division field offices which have contracts with private
				  group homes and residential treatment providers will calculate the new rates
				  following notification by the Division Administrator or designee. The
				  calculation shall be made by multiplying the daily rate by the percentage
				  determined by the Division, rounded to the nearest dollar. The field offices
				  will mail new contracts to providers within five working days after receiving
				  notification of the increase. The change will be effective on the first
				  calendar day of the first month following the expiration of the thirty-day
				  notice.