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Sunday, December 06, 2009
Ind. Gov't. - "Foster care payments cut by 10 percent"
So reported Niki Kelly yesterday in the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette:
INDIANAPOLIS – State officials on Friday announced 10 percent cuts in foster care per-diem rates and adoption assistance, a move that will save $17.5 million over the biennium.The Indiana Department of Child Services has been given the task by Gov. Mitch Daniels to reduce their agency’s spending, and the foster care and adoption payments are the first significant element of those cuts.
The reduction begins Jan. 1. * * *
The maximum monthly adoption payments are tied to the foster care per-diem rates and will also see a 10 percent reduction.
This week, DCS announced cut to other programs and services contracted through the agency. The Healthy Families Program, Youth Services Bureau, Project Safe Place, Residential Services, and Child Welfare Services will see reductions in their rates beginning Jan. 1.
Posted by Marcia Oddi on December 6, 2009 04:44 PM
Posted to Indiana Government