EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN SPECIAL FUNDING PROGRAMS Tracy A. Riddle, Special Projects Consultant Behavioral Support & Special Programs Section Exceptional Children

EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN SPECIAL FUNDING

PROGRAMS

Tracy A. Riddle, Special Projects Consultant

Behavioral Support & Special Programs SectionExceptional Children Division

Exceptional Children Special Funding Programs

• Special State Reserve (SSRF) – PRC 63 & PRC 36

• Risk Pool Funding (RP) – PRC 114

• Out-of District Placement (OOD) – PRC 60

• Developmental Day Center (DDC) – PRC 63

• Community Residential Center (CRC) – PRC 63

• Group /Foster Home (GFH) – PRC 60 & PRC 32

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Special State Reserve Funds PRC 63 and PRC 36


• For students with disabilities who are newly enrolled in an LEA with high needs

• These funds are intended to assist LEAs and charter schools with unexpected situations

• Any student that received Average Daily Membership (ADM), Federal IDEA, Part B, 611/619 or State Exceptional Children Funds the previous school year is not eligible to receive Special State Reserve Funds


• These funds are student specific and any unused funds must be returned to DPI - Unused funds cannot be used on other students

• An End-of-Year Update is required from all LEAs receiving Special State Reserve funding


As of June 30, 2013• Total Special State Reserve Fund allotments

• Total number of students served

• Total number of LEAs served

$3,944,586.00

166

71


As of June 30, 2013• Total Special State Reserve Fund allotments for

Charter Schools

• Total number of children served


22

$ 947,590.00

40


As of November 1, 2013• Total Special State Reserve Fund allotments for

Charter Schools

• Total number of children served


31

$1, 046,917.00

45

Risk Pool Funds – PRC 114

Risk Pool Funds – PRC 114• Risk Pool funds were created to provide

assistance to children with disabilities with extraordinary needs

• Funds are often requested for medically fragile children and children in need of additional staff to provide 1:1 assistance for activities of daily living

• Reasonable requests for equipment/materials needed for activities of daily living or assistive technology may also be included


• LEAs can apply for Risk Pool funds for a specific student for up to five (5) years

• The deadline to receive applications for Risk Pool Funds is September 15

• To be eligible for funding consideration, a child must have special education and related services costs that exceed $25,308 a year and have a minimum rubric score of eight (8)

• An End-of-Year Update is required from all LEAs receiving Risk Pool Funding


As of June 30, 2013

• Total Risk Pool allotments



$9,804,391.78

290

74


As of June 30, 2013

• Total Risk Pool allotments for Charter Schools



$ 258,333.03

8

7


As of November 1, 2013

• Total Risk Pool allotments for Charter Schools



$ 375,285.08

14

11

Out-of-District Funds(OOD) PRC 60

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• Serves children 3 through 21 requiring alternative special education placements in school districts other than the local education agency where parents have legal residence

• Funds special education and related services (i.e., teaching positions, O.T., P.T., Speech)

• Funds the excess cost of placement of a child in a program not operated by the LEA


• The per child reimbursement is based on half of the cost of the education placement including residential and extended school year services plus deductions for average daily membership, state aid for exceptional children and federal aid for exceptional children

• Applications are due 30 days after the placement has occurred


As of June 30, 2013• Total Out-of-District projected allocations



$262,380.50

5

4

Development Day FundsPRC 063

Developmental Day Center (DDC) PRC 63

• Serves children 3 through 21 in a Developmental Day Center (DDC) approved by North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS)/Division of Child Development Early Education(DCDEE) (As of July 1, 2011)


• $50.00/year may be used for educational supplies, materials and equipment

• No more than 10% of the approved state rate may be used by the DDC for administrative purposes (i.e., office personnel, supplies, and materials)

Developmental Day Center (DDC) PRC 63

As of June 30, 2013• Total Developmental Day allotments



$19,998,653.00

2110

55

Community Residential Center PRC 063

Community Residential Center (CRC) PRC 63

• Serves children 3 through 21 in an approved Community Residential Center (CRC) place through the Local Management Entity (LME)/Managed Care Organization (MCO)


• Funds are provided for the ten-month school year and two-month extended school year

LEAs that Contract With Community Residential Centers

• Buncombe County Schools• Craven County Schools• Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools • Gaston County Schools• Lenoir County Schools• Charlotte-Mecklenburg County Schools• Pitt County Schools• Wake County Schools• Wayne County Schools

Community Residential Centers (CRC) PRC 63

As of June 30, 2013• Total Community Residential Center allotments



$2,880,042.00

182

9

Group Home/Foster Home (GFH) PRC 60 and PRC 32


• Serves children 3 through 21 placed in a Group/Foster Home (GFH) licensed by NCDHHS


• Funds are provided for initial year of placement only

• Child count funds - may be used on other children after the child that generated the funds has been served


As of June 30, 2013• Total Group Home/Foster Home allotments



$2,147,408.40

244

30

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Contact Information

Tracy A. Riddle, Special Projects ConsultantBehavioral Support & Special Programs

SectionExceptional Children Division

[email protected] 919-807-3995 (voice)919-807-3243 (fax)

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