Table 1.

Multi-Dimensional Treatment Foster Care Non-Personnel Program Costs and Hours Involved between Conditions

				Individual (IND)			Community Development Team (CDT)

					Hours			Hours

	Stages		Description	Cost/Fees	County	Site	Cost/Fees	County	Site
PRE-IMPLEMENTATION	Stage 1		Engagement
		1_1	Interest Indicated
		1_2	Agreed to Consider Implementation		2 hrs			2 hrs
	Stage 2		Consideration of Feasibility
		2_1	1st County Response to 1st Planning Contact
		2_2	Feasibility Assessment/CDT Meeting #1 Held	$1,500^a	3 hrs		$1,200^b per county	6 hrs
		2_3	MTFC Feasibility Questionnaire Completed
	Stage 3		Readiness Planning
		3_1	Cost Calculator / Funding Plan Review			5 hrs
		3_2	Staff Sequence, Timeline, Hire Plan Review		N/A	5 hrs
		3_3	FP Recruitment Review		N/A	100 hrs
		3_4	Referral Criteria & Liaison Review		12 hrs	20 hrs
		3_5	Communication Plan Review		2 hrs	2 hrs
		3_6	Stakeholder's Meeting / CDT Meeting # 2 Held	$2,500^a	4 hrs	4 hrs	$1,200^b per county	6 hrs	6 hrs
		3_7	Written Implementation Plan Completed		N/A	42 hrs		25 hrs	25–240 hrs^*
		3_8	MTFC Service Provider Selected		5 hrs	5 hrs	$7,500^c	5 hrs	5 hrs
IMPLEMENTATION	Stage 4		Staff Hired and Trained
		4_1	Agency Checklist / Questionnaire Completed
		4_2	1st MTFC Staff Hired	$18,870^d a month		15 hrs	$21,171^d a month		15 hrs
		4_3	Program Supervisor Trained
		4_4	Clinical Training Held (CDT Meeting #3)	$6, 950^a & $5,250^b		1 week	$6,950^a & $5,250^b		1 week
		4_5	Foster Parent Training held (CDT meeting #4)	$5,630^a		1 day	$5,630^a		1 day
		4_6	Site Consultant Assigned to Site
	Stage 5		Fidelity monitoring processes in place
		5_1	Parent Daily Report Training Held	$3,600^a		2 days	$3,600^a		2 days
		5_2	1st "Developer"/Program Admin Call			1 hr/month			2 hrs/month
	Stage 6		Services and Consultation Begin
		6_1	1st Placement	$2,200^d a month			$2,200^d a month
		6_2	1st Consult Call	$1,500^a a month		1 hr/week	$1,500^a a month		1 hr/week
		6_3	1st Clinical Meeting Video Review			2 hrs/week			2 hrs/week
		6_4	1st Foster Parent Meeting Video Review			2 hrs/week			2 hrs/week
SUSTAINABILITY	Stage 7		Ongoing Services, consultation, fidelity monitoring, and feedback
		7_1	Site Visit #1	$2,640^a		2–3 days	$2,640^a		2–3 days
		7_2	Site Visit #2	$2,640^a		2–3 days	$2,640^a		2–3 days
		7_3	Site Visit #3	$2,640^a		2–3 days	$2,640^a		2–3 days
		7_4	Implementation Review #1	$1,020^a			$1,020^a
		7_5	Implementation Review #2	$1,020^a			$1,020^a
		7_6	Implementation Review #3	$1,020^a			$1,020^a
		7_7	Program Assessment #1	$1,840^a		3–4 hrs	$1,840^a		3–4 hrs
	Stage 8		Competency
		8_1	Certification Application			40–80 hrs			40–80 hrs
		8_2	Certified	$2,050^a			$2,050^a

Abbreviation: MTFC, Multi-Dimensional Foster Care; IND, Individual (Control); CDT, Community Development Team (Treatment).

median point (107.5) in the range was used for calculations of hours for this activity

IND Fee

Travel and Lodging

CDT Fee

Cost represents average CA site costs