The following payment rates are effective September 1, 2023.

24-Hour Residential Child Care Rates

Service Level Type of Care Payment Rate
Basic Child Placing Agency $57.71
General Residential Operation (excluding Emergency Shelters) $52.65
Moderate Child Placing Agency $101.77
General Residential Operation (excluding Emergency Shelters) $126.03
Specialized Child Placing Agency $126.62
General Residential Operation (excluding Emergency Shelters) $227.34
Intense Child Placing Agency $218.11
General Residential Operation (excluding Emergency Shelters) $324.52
Intense Plus General Residential Operation/Residential Treatment Center (GRO/RTC) $480.86
Other General Residential Operation/Emergency Care Services (GRO/ECS) $153.09
Intensive Psychiatric Transition Program (IPTP) $449.20
Treatment Foster Family Care - Agency $318.98
Temporary Emergency Placement (TEP) $480.86

Minimum Daily Reimbursement to a Foster Family

Service Level Payment Rate
Basic $27.07
Moderate $47.37
Specialized $57.86
Intense $92.43
Treatment Foster Family Care $137.52

The amounts above are the minimum amounts that a child-placing agency must reimburse its foster families for clients receiving services under a contract with the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services.

Supervised Independent Living (SIL)

Service Level Type of Care Payment Rate
Host Home Setting Young Adult Only $35.21
Young Adult plus one (1) Child $47.29
Enhanced Case Management* $47.54
Non-College Dorm Setting Young Adult Only $45.17
Young Adult plus one (1) Child $57.25
Enhanced Case Management* $47.54
College Dorm Setting Young Adult Only $43.56
Young Adult plus one (1) Child $51.82
Apartment or Shared Housing Setting Young Adult Only $45.17
Young Adult plus one (1) Child $57.25
Enhanced Case Management* $47.54

* Enhanced Case Management (ECM) services are not provided in college dorm settings.

Community-Based Care (CBC) Rates

Catchment Area Blended Rate Exceptional Care Rate
Catchment Area 1 $99.43 $511.80
Catchment Area 2 $104.13 $511.80
Catchment Area 3W $100.84 $511.80
Catchment Area 3E $101.61 $511.80
Catchment Area 4 $101.69 $511.80
Catchment Area 5 $98.23 $511.80
Catchment Area 8b $102.67 $511.80

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