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County staff warn rising residential treatment rates strain out-of-home care budget
Summary
Washington County Human Services reported steep increases in child-placing agency and residential treatment daily rates over the past five years, saying county placements are down but per-bed costs have risen roughly 68% overall, pressuring budgets despite efforts to serve more youth in community settings.
Human Services staff told the county committee that, though the department has reduced the number of youth placed in residential treatment overall, sharply rising daily rates for child-placing agencies (CPAs) and residential treatment facilities have increased total out-of-home care costs.
Coral, Human Services staff, presented five-year trends for child-placing agencies and residential treatment. She said treatment-foster ("level 3") agency rates and residential rates have climbed: "rates have basically gone up about 68% in the last...five years," Coral said, and several specific residential providers have nearly…
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