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I have a question how much do they pay special needs foster parents? i was told that it is double what the regular board payment is is this true? i don't want to ask my sw if it's not this is our first placement and the oldest is special needs but we get a reg boardpayment and i don't know who all knows she is spn because the placement worker said she had braces on her teeth and would need dentist trips well i called back and said no she has braces on her legs and just recently got rid of her wheelchair. she also has a shunt in her head and blind in one eye takes many many medications and needs help with daily living tasks. sweet little girl lots of work but i love her if she is suppost to get more is it worth the trouble to ask the the cw or not i am very new 3 weeks out?!?!?!? lots of love jean
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I know that a 2 1/2 year old that wears braces on his feet, is considered "extremely" drug-affected, speech delays, no medications and is attached to foster family is on special rates at $900.00 a month. Doesn't really compare to your case we're here in Oregon, but thought I'd add to possibilities.
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I am not sure I understand. Are you saying that the sw thought the child had braces on her teeth and they were actually on her legs? If this is the case, then you need a face-to-face meeting with the sw and show him/her the error. This child needs multiple services that foster care is obligated to finance. Ohio, at least my county, gives foster parents a schedule of payment, what children are entitled to. The more need the child has, the higher the stipend. Call someone because , if not, you and are child are being done a great injustice. lisajm54
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In NY, regular rate is about $500 per month; special rate is $1,000 and exception rate is $1,500 per month. Special rate is taking fs to psych and giving him his meds and monitoring him. Exceptional rate, which I'll get for my 11 yo is when they have to be constantly monitored. He set fire in home with birth family and DSS thinks he abused his sister.
I had 2 siblings of a 4 pack that were on 2 different cases. I got the siblings that didnt need so much. But the other 2 went to a group home (private) and the county paid them $100 per day per child. So the group home got $6000 for the other 2 kids per month. And then when they were to be adopted out the county moved them back into a normal foster home and lowered the per diem back to the regular $14 per day per each child. So even if you take in special needs unless you are a therapeudic home you might not get an increased per diem. AJ
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Each state, and county, varies when it comes to payment of special needs children. Here in NJ, the child in your care would be classified as special needs, and therefore get a higher board rate (around $1100/month). BUT your foster child would only be put into a SHP Home, special needs home, and not a regular foster home (because of the leg braces and shunt). To be a SHP Home in NJ, there is more training, more paperwork, and so much more than that of a regular foster home. It would be RARE if NJ Foster Care Unit would put a child with these medical issues into a regular foster home (rate of about $550/month). I would definitely check with your social worker, and/or her supervisor, to find out what the classifications of special needs are in your county and state. I think your child fits these parameters, but that is just my opinion. Good luck! :rolleyes:
We were just a regular foster home, when they placed , our now daughter with us. The only extra training we got was "hands on" learning from taking care of her. We recieved the special circumstance rate of about 19.00 per day, until we adopted her, then they bumped it up to 42.00 per day. Which she should have been getting all along. But NOW we're considered a SN home, only for the fact of past experience, didn't have anything to do with additional required trainning.
HI LYLAC, How are you? I also live in TN. We had our twins as foster children. They were 29 week preemies, one had open heart surgery as an infant and the other had lots of lung problems. We were at a special rate and we were receiving $20.55 per child per day. We have since adopted them, and it was decreased to $18.55 a day. However we did receive adoption assistance and will get to keep health insurance through the state. We also have a now 4 year old daughter that we adopted (placed at 2 days old) and she gets $16.// a day after we have adopted her. So we have an extra income of $1600 per month plus insurance for all thre kids. We were VERY Happy to get that. I had no idea still to this day why we got adoption asistance with our 4 year old. She did not fit any of the criteria, but I am not complaining. :) While the money does NOT make us rich, it has allowed me to be able to be a stay at home mom to my three, and it replaces any income I could bring in. yanknrebel
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Wow, it really varies by state (and country!!!) doesn't it? That's a huge difference in Canada. Here in WA, the basic rate (not special needs) is $368 a month or something around there. Level II is $576 or something. And Level III is $888/month. I was always wondering why people would do foster care "to make money", as you hear stories about with foster parents starving the kids and other horrible things. Because I thought, with only getting $368/month for basic needs, you really can't MAKE any money! But if some of you are getting over $1,000 a month, I can see where it could possibly attract the wrong type of people to be foster parents! Sorry if that sounds awful... I'm sure you know what I'm saying. :o
We Fostering A 4 Year Old Boy With Severe Autism,ADHD,Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome,And Had Overdosed On Drugs Over 10 Times With Severe Brain Damage As A Result,He Is Also Missing A Kidney (Transplant Gone Wrong) We Get Around 1,000$ A Month Which His Needs Cost More But We Do It For The Kids And Not Any Sort Of Money