(a) Monthly allotment.  Specialized community home (SCH) contractors are reimbursed at an annual fixed rate of reimbursement, paid in 12 equal monthly allotments.  The SCH contractor submits a monthly claim for the monthly allotment on Form  04CB002E, CFSD Claim for Purchase of Residential Care, to Children and Family Services Division (CFSD) Administrative Services Unit on the first day of each month.

(b) Boarding home reimbursement.  In addition to monthly allotment reimbursement, the SCH contractor is reimbursed at the daily OKDHS foster care reimbursement rate, per actual number of days in each month, according to the child's age.  The SCH contractor signs the Fixed Rate Foster Home Contract for Specialized Community Homes at the same time the SCH contract is initiated, and on a yearly basis thereafter.  If the new SCH contractor is already an OKDHS approved foster home, the Fixed Rate Foster Home Contract is cancelled and a new Fixed Rate Foster Home Contract for Specialized Community Homes is initiated with the same effective date of the SCH contract.  • 1 & 2

• (1) SCH contractors are reimbursed for up to a total of ten calendar days for planned treatment leave per child, per child placement year, for example, for pre‑placement visitation or family reunification.
• (2) A child's placement year begins on the date a child is placed in the home and terminates 12 months later or on the date of discharge within that 12-month period.  If a child is discharged, then readmitted to the same or another facility, a new child placement year begins.
• (3) SCH contractors are reimbursed for a child who is absent without leave (AWOL) a total of five calendar days per child, per child placement year, when there is reasonable expectation the child will return to the SCH from AWOL status.
• (4) SCH contractors are reimbursed if a child is hospitalized for a period not to exceed ten calendar days if the contractor maintains daily contact with the child and the child returns to the SCH upon discharge.
• (5) The SCH contract liaison and supervisor approves all reimbursement for planned leave, hospital leave, or AWOL status.
• (6) SCH contractors are not eligible for difficulty of care payments for children in SCH placements.