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Tennessee DCS details contracted residential case managers, seeks funding for assessment-treatment beds
Summary
At a Finance, Ways, and Means budget hearing, Department of Children’s Services Commissioner Glenn described differences between contracted case managers and newly created residential case managers, reported caseload improvements in most regions, and identified a proposed $11.3 million budget request to add 48 assessment-treatment beds.
At a Finance, Ways, and Means budget hearing, Commissioner Glenn of the Tennessee Department of Children’s Services said the agency’s budget is about $1,500,000,000 and that roughly 44% of that budget comes from the state, about 11% from the federal government and the remainder from TennCare matching, as members questioned staffing, caseloads and residential services.
Commissioner Glenn said contracted case managers “are serving our foster care families and carrying cases, which is helping us reduce the caseloads and helping us remain in compliance.” He contrasted those contractors with “specially trained residential case managers” who will “work out of the transitional homes and help us manage the behavioral issues that are going on in the transitional home.”
The distinction…
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