difference in stipend rates between regular foster care and therapeutic foster care

In IL traditional rate varies with age but is around 400-475 (less if younger more if older) This includes a clothing and personal allowance which also varies by age but is about 75 of the board payment. Specialized payments vary with agency (some slightly less and reimburse mileage others pay a flat fee no mileage). Spec rates are 1250- 1400 per month. A huge difference. We only got it for two of the nine months we had a specialized child but it paid for the broken windows, the professional cleaning, the professional car cleaning, special paint, special therapy supplies and we had planned to hire a college student to help out with fd for a few hours a week.

In Texas it is:$21.44 a day for basic ($643 a month)$37.52 a day for moderate ($1125 a month)$48.24 a day for specialized ($1447 a month)$85.76 a day for intense ($2572 a month)

In our area, take avg. traditional placement and add $15.00 per day, then add a 1/4 ly allowance of about $125/child.

This shows that different areas in the same state can be different. We too are therapeutic FPs, with an agency. Our kids were Level 1 ($20/day) and Level 2 ($25/day). No ABC charts. No stipend for clothes (1st time in care only, about $125 per child). We have to give $1 per day for allowance (or put in savings).

In my agency the 2nd level is around $14 a day higher than the lowest level, the 3rd level is $6 more than the 2nd level and the 4th level is $10 more than the 3rd(this level is pretty much used for kids who have felonies, from my understanding). So there is a $20 a day difference between the lowest and highest rate. According to one of the agencies brochures, anyways, assuming the brochure is up to date.

In CT - DCF pays $25 a night, Therapeutic gets $55 a night

With my medically fragile son, I got an extra $20/day so it went from ~14/day to ~34/day

Is that something you receive until he's 18?

In AZ, It's around $600/month for a regular foster kid. We have a "medically fragile" child at the moment and we get $1100/month for her. There are different levels: Regular, Special Needs 1, 2, and 3, and Medically Fragile. That is for what are called Family Foster Homes. I know that the rates for AZ are available on the Dept of Economic Security site: [url]www.azdes.gov[/url]. Maybe for your state, if you look up foster care rates you can find a chart? Good luck!

I don't know if this helps but this is CT's rate chart: [URL="http://www.ct.gov/dcf/lib/dcf/foster_care/pdf/foster_care_rates.pdf"]http://www.ct.gov/dcf/lib/dcf/foster_care/pdf/foster_care_rates.pdf[/URL] It says regular foster care is $25.73-$28.24, medically complex is $46.63, and regular therapeutic foster care is $91.07. That is all per day.

Here in NC the rates are pretty low. $475 for children ages 0 - 5 Օ$581 for children ages 6 - 12 $634 for children ages 13 and over I cannot find a link to Therapeutic....anyone happen to know the rates for NC? I know they are much higher for HIV exposed and HIV positive but I dont know the other "intensive care" rates. We do not plan to foster Therapeudic so I never asked, but you never know what your child may actually be!

I see flyers recruiting therapeutic foster care providers through a local private foster care agency. They reimburse more than twice what I get working as a foster parent through the Massachusetts DCF. Now I understand why many DCF foster parents jump ship to these agencies.Therapeutic and/or specialized care is not something I can train or license for through DCF, although there is sometimes "extra money" for certain cases. I did respite for twins and got paid almost twice the normal rate. My current baby came to me with "feeding problems" and 7 doses of 4 medications each day, and there was "extra" money provided for the hours I spent each week dealing with these issues. I also did respite care for twins whose foster parents were getting "extra" money by virtue of them being twin infants, one of whom had significant medical needs.Money is never a big deal to me, but I find it interesting that private agencies (paid by the state!) pay so much more. It seems like a very inefficient system.

I am trying to switch from DCYF to a therapeutic agency but it is child specific. One of my fs's needs more services and I need more training to help me deal with him. I am getting no help from the state so I asked for a transfer. I will find out this week if its approved. He is also a minority so he would qualify for an adoption subsidy after he's adopted, until he's 18. However I just read online that children though a private agency don't get subsidy's once they are adopted. Is this true?

some treatment or therapeutic agencies are one flat rate. Let's say you get a sibling group of 3. -jameron is 6 and is partially deaf , has leg braces and in various therapies multiple times a week. -susie was born at 34 weeks, is 7 weeks now and is going through severe methadone withdrawl . no other issues. -jo-jo is 9 , on-track and has no issues. At some agencies, you'd get a flat rate of , say $38 per child, regardless of the age or "needs" (or lack thereof). For this sibling group, you'd simply get $114/day. Some agencies add on a 1/4ly allowance above that, but might not pay for mileage, special school supplies, b-day presents, etc......nor would the agency do any transporting.

Wow AL really is behind!!Basic rates for my age groups start at 0-2...$423 up to about $456 the older they get. Medically fragile/therapeutic rate is about $1080/mo. There are no clothing allowances anymore unless they're in group home. State gives automatic childcare payment and we pay co-pay each week. Medicaid-No Fee healthcare. If we beg, they may pay registration for daycare and school.I don't have any desire to do therapeutic or medically fragile.