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Page 8 <br /> <br />PLACEMENT AND PAYMENT PROCEDURES <br /> <br /> 1. Referrals of delinquent, undisciplined, or at risk males ages 10 - 17 from <br />Cabarrus County may be made by Court Counselors, Social Workers, school officials, <br />or Mental Health professionals according to Uwharrie Homes, Inc. written referral <br />procedures. <br /> <br /> 2. Decisions concerning admissions are made by an admissions committee. <br />This committee consists of representatives from juvenile services, DSS, mental health, <br />city and county schools and Uwharrie Home staff. Admissions of children to the group <br />home will be made according to the written admissions procedures. <br /> <br /> 3. Children approved for placement will either enter the treatment program <br />immediately, or be placed on a waiting list pending an opening. Treatment at Uwharrie <br />Homes is up to one year, but averages around 6-8 months. <br /> <br />4. Cost of placement (contracted services) will be: <br /> a, $360 per month per child if the child receives services at the group <br /> home for at least 24 days during a given month. <br /> <br />b. $12 per day if a child receives services at the group home for less <br />than 24 days during the month. <br /> <br /> 5. Uwharrie Homes, Inc. will bill Cabarrus County on a monthly basis. Payments <br />will be in lieu of parents payments. Parents/guardians will be billed only if the total <br />amount of CBA funds has been used and a child is still in need of placement. <br /> <br /> 6. The amount of CBA funds requested could fund approximately 24 months of <br />placement at Uwharrie Homes, Inc. ($6646 CBA and $1994 Cabarrus County match). <br /> <br />J~-Earnlar~, Execrative Director <br /> <br /> <br />