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Proposal
(This document is for discussion purposes and
represent the best thinking to this point in time.)
Fulton
County Procedural Plan - October 12, 2002
Guaranteed
24/7 Placement Slots - Approximately 130 are needed.
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A Fulton County 24/7
guaranteed placement
provider will be agencies that guarantee a 24/7 Fulton County bed.
Providers will designate emergency placement beds on a 24 hours / 7 seven
day a week basis, and with a no reject eject feature.
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Agencies will declare their highest and
lowest levels of care that they will accommodate on a emergency placement
basis as defined by the LOC Indicator Manual . The assigned LOC rate will
not be lower than the lowest LOC rate of the agency's lowest declared
emergency placement parameter.
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These providers will be paid 1/2 their
highest LOC parameter when the bed is empty.
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No reject means: no child will
be denied placement who meets the declared service parameters and LOC of
the agency.
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No eject means: no child will be
removed from the care of an agency as long as the child's care is within
the declared parameters of an agency or the child is not a threat to the
health or safety to self and others. Additional services will be supplied
for at risk children.
Procedures
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A child will be brought to the
Family Resource Center.
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The child will be initially
assessed as to LOC.
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The child will be placed in the most
appropriate placement as indicated by the LOC.
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Appropriateness of care and permanency
will be priorities of placement.
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Once in placement, the child will be
reassessed within three days, and assigned a LOC according to the LOC
Indicator Manual by the treatment unit of DFCS.
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The child will be reassessed
periodically to determine if the LOC services are appropriate.
Guaranteed Placement
Slots - Approximately 76 slots are needed
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Providers will provide permanent
placement beds with a no reject eject feature within their declared
parameters of services.
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Agencies will declare their highest and
lowest levels of care parameter as defined by the LOC Indicator Manual .
The assigned LOC rate will be paid retroactive to the placement date. The
assigned LOC will not be lower than the lowest LOC of the agency's lowest
declared LOC parameter.
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No reject means: no child will be
denied placement who meets the declared service parameters and LOC of the
agency. An agency will agree to take a child within their parameters of
care on a space available basis.
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No eject means: no child will be
removed from the care of an agency as long as the child's care is within
the declared parameters of an agency or the child is not a threat to the
health or safety to self and others.
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