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Child Welfare and Youth Services
State and local child welfare organizations face a wide range of important tasks in the areas of child abuse, child poverty, foster care, adoption, and welfare reform. PCG Human Services™ child welfare experts offer a number of consulting service – from Title IV-E eligibility determination to Supplemental Security Income (SSI) advocacy – to ensure the efficient operation of these agencies and their programs in order to meet the critical needs of children under their care.
PCG Human Services™ also helps state and local juvenile justice and youth probation agencies around the country to improve operations, increase revenue, and improve service to youths under their care.
Child Welfare and Youth Services include:
Child Welfare Claiming
PCG Human Services™ is ready to assist your state with claiming of federal reimbursement for state child welfare services. PCG Human Services™ has developed automated systems for all aspects of claim production, including, most recently, the random moment time study (RMTS).
Cost Allocation Plans (CAP)
PCG Human Services™ can maximize the recovery of funds and assess structural and fiscal issues that impede your agency or county’s ability to maximize its revenue. We can also help ensure your agency’s practices are compliant with all federal and state regulations, including Office of Management and Budget (OMB) A-87 (2 CFR Part 225).
Fiscal Monitoring
Local, county and state agencies are experiencing unprecedented reductions in public dollars across the country, while not being relieved of federally mandated requirements to provide services that ensure the safety, well-being, and permanency of all children under purview.
Medicaid Rehabilitation
PCG Human Services™ has successfully guided and supported state agencies to manage and maximize reimbursements for Medicaid Rehabilitative Services provided to various populations, including adults in residential and out-patient programs, children in foster care, children in juvenile justice programs, and children in school-based programs.
Medicaid Targeted Case Management
PCG Human Services™ has successfully guided and supported agencies through the implementation of Medicaid Targeted Case Management (TCM) service billing. We have also reviewed rate setting methodologies and existing programs.
Outsourced Operations
PCG Human Services™ is a proven vendor for outsourced operations of state child welfare agencies.
Quality Assurance
PCG Human Services™ is a proven quality assurance vendor. Several of our child welfare contracts hold us accountable with accuracy performance standards that we regularly achieve.
Random Moment Time Studies (RMTS)
Public Consulting Group (PCG) is a national leader in the review, development, and administration of Random Moment Time Studies (RMTS). We can help you maximize the recovery of funds and ensure compliance with federal and state regulations regarding the operation of time studies.
Rate Setting
PCG Human Services™ has significant experience with allowability of specific costs composing the per diem rate. We understand the mixture of expenses a state must incur for the payment of services in out-of-home placement as well as some services that might be included in a per diem for in-home services.
State Plan Development
PCG Human Services™ understands the unique requirements of each federal fund source, and understands how using the funds collectively maximizes benefits of the funds and enhances and strengthens the services to the intended clients.
Title IV-E Case Reviews
PCG Human Services™ is a national expert in Title IV-E regulation and eligibility determination guidelines. We have extensive experience in helping states navigate ongoing eligibility determination processes. We can help you ensure federal compliance with your case reviews and help enhance your title IV-E revenue.
Waiver Design and Management
PCG Human Services™ helps states to obtain waivers and to design, develop, and implement innovative programs that will improve access, continuity, and quality of care, improve consumer satisfaction, and maintain compliance with Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) requirements for cost-effectiveness and budget neutrality.
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