A10 The New Home-Based Family Care Rate Structure and the Level of Care Protocol: What is it?
Cheryl Treadwell; Daisy Avery-Braxton
The Level of Care (LOC) Matrix protocol updates the
decades-old method of determining a rate based on a child’s age. The new
protocol is designed to match the daily care and supervision needs of a child
or youth based on level of intensity and the abilities of the resource family;
which translates to a rate. Come hear the basics; updates and how some counties
and providers are implementing the new protocol.