Step 9: Add the New Placement


The placement screen contains data both about where the child is placed and about payments and funding.

PLACEMENT
The social worker can place a client into a home directly from the Home Placements screen. Simply key the Home Number, the date the placement began, and whether the placement is paid or not. After keying this data press the F13 key to update.

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PS3500-4 H Work with Placements 3/04/99 
CHANGE Home Placements 09:06:10 
CWS CWS 
Appl CWS 1200 Client 11 Miss Amy Louise Benson 
ONECase CWS 10016 CFC Childrens Foster Care CWS 
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S *Home *Began Pd Ended Type Comment 
_1000 ___1201999 Y _ ________________________________________ 

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Sel: H=Home, X=Maintain 
Enter F2=End Appl 
F8=Lookup* F9=Person 
F12=Previous F13=Update F14=Case F15=Cs Plan F16=Cs Act F17=Fld/Unfld 
F18=Referral F20=Notes F21=Status F24=Zip 

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PAYMENT AND REIMBURSEMENT
The ‘Home Placement Funding’ screen will appear. The ‘Home Placement Funding’ screen holds all the data about payments to the home and each payments funding source. These data control the payment to the home and reimbursement from the state so it needs to be accurate and current.

Date Placement Ended
A date expressed as MMDDYYYY to indicate when the placement ends. To end a placement, type the last night the child stayed in the home and a code indicating the reason the placement ended.

Living Arrangement
Used to store a 3 character code that represents the living arrangement of the person. Acceptable values are available by pressing the F8 Function Key for Lookup. 

Structure 1 
A code that identifies the family structure as follows: 

1 = Married Couple
2 = Unmarried Couple, 
3 = Single Female 
4 = Single Male 
5 = Unknown 




Date Placement Began 

A date expressed as MMDDYYYY to indicate when the placement begins.

Paid Placement (Y/N)
A 1 character code used to indicate if the placement is paid or not. Acceptable values are 'Y' if the placement is paid, or "N' if the placement is not paid. 

Type Placement ? P 
A code to indicate the type of placement as follows: 

'P' = Permanent Placement 
'V' = Temporary Visit 
' ' = Other 

For more information about these fields, read the PAYMENTS sections of this guide.

Supplemental Payment.
Special Rate Amount. 
Clothing Allowance. 
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