How does my child receive funding for residential placement?
Funding for residential placement is complicated and confusing, and any attempt to develop a simple explanation is an act in futility! Suffice it to say that the funding for a child’s room and board typically comes from one of three sources: • State of Illinois Department of Human Services (DHS) • State of Illinois Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) • Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE). On rare occasions, a child’s room and board may be paid through an out-of state or private funding source. While room and board funding is complicated, educational funding (tuition) is relatively simple. Tuition is paid by the child’s home school district (the district in which the parent resides).
