Residential Treatment Rates SFY 05-11 (PDF file)
2011 MCCA Public Policy Agenda (Click here for PDF file)
MCCA 2011 Advocacy Agenda
Priority Public Policy Items for 2011
Approved 1-4-2011 by MCCA Board
Foster Children have the State of Missouri as their parent. It is essential to support the public/private infrastructure necessary for Missouri’s Child Welfare System to parent foster children while the child has the state as their parent.
- Maintain Accreditation of the Missouri Children’s Division.
- Support Public/Private Partnerships that build a stronger infrastructure resulting in foster children and children at risk having safe, timely, permanent families/connections.
- MCCA and its members will work with the Missouri General Assembly and the executive branch to ensure that the costs of care to provide services by the private partners are accurate and based on the actual costs of the care/services provided.
- Support implementing a designated Foster Care & Adoption Recruitment Fund in Missouri.
- Support changes that establish provider rights when a material change is made by the Children’s division to a contract with a private agency.
Retain Missouri Social Tax Credits programs for private agencies without changing the current successful formula to encourage private investment in Missouri’s children and families.
Continue to advance the work of the Youth Interdepartmental Independence Initiative (YIII) that supports older foster youth.
Participate as appropriate with other organizations in examining revenue opportunities for the state guided by a principal of “doing no harm for children and families” when revenue changes are proposed.
