howto: Maintain Placement Controls


Use the “Placement Controls” option on Menu 58 to view the current settings.
The values set up by Cox & Company are probably all you need.

You describe the placement environment in your agency by maintaining values in the Placement Controls table. There is only one record in the table. Note that, in addition to the Placement Controls table, there is also a control table for the entire ONECase system. It is called the ONECase Controls table and should already be set up.

Use the "Placement Controls" option located on Menu 58 to define the control settings for your county. Unlike the ‘ONECase Controls’ option, the user who maintains the table need not be the ‘G400SEC’ user. 

Any user authorized by the “Authorize ID Procedures” on menu 18 can maintain the table.

County Information
County Number, County DSS Name, County DSS Address. 

Default Services
Provider (Home) - Provider for Workers that work with Placement Homes.
Service (Home) - Service for Workers that work with Placement Homes.
Provider (Placement) - Provider for Workers that work with Placements.
Service (Placement) - Service for Workers that work with Placements.

Multiple Placements Active
Indicate wheter or not a person may be active in more than 1 placement at a time. "Y" indicates YES, while "N" indicates NO. 

Find Rates for Exact Age
"Y" indicates that you will enter a Placement Rate for each individual age year. "N" indicates that you will enter a Placement Rate for an age group. 

Accounts Payable Interface
Indicates whether or not you want the Placement Module to create a file of "Vouchered" amounts to be fed into your county's Accounts Payable System. If "Y" for YES, then the Next Batch will contain the next Batch Number to be assigned to the interface batch of records. 

Vouchers
Contains the next Voucher Number to be assigned when a "Voucher Procedure" is run (MENU PSMN56, Option 3). 

Next Batch Number
Contains the Next Batch Number to be assigned when a "Voucher Procedure" is run (MENU PSMN56, Option 3). 

Override Beginning Date for Fee Calculation
Contains the date to begin fee calculation. The Placement Module recalculates all placement fees each month and creates charges or credits for the amount still outstanding (to be paid). The Override Date is the beginning date for that calculation. That is, no charges will be calculated for any placement prior to the Override Date. 

Next Placement Services Application Number
Contains the next application number to be assigned when a new application is created.