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Wayne County committee told state sets juvenile-placement rates; county has limited input
Summary
County juvenile services staff told commissioners the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services sets per‑bed rates for state placements and the county cannot change those rates; commissioners requested five‑year trends and current counts of Wayne County youth awaiting state placement.
Wayne County juvenile services staff told the Human Services Committee that the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services sets per‑bed rates for state placements and the county has no direct input on those rates.
"We don't have a direct input whatsoever as to what that rate will be," said Nathaniel McQueen, chief program officer of the Juvenile & Youth Services Department, explaining the state establishes the per‑bed rate and distributes it to counties.
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