CRP Payment Memo - February 2023

To: Superintendent of Schools or State Aid Designees           February 24, 2023
From: Robert J. Wojtkiewicz Jr., Education Finance Specialist 2
Subject: Children’s Residential Project (CRP) payments 2021-22 Enrollment Year plus Tuition Aid Backup for CRP Tuition Rate Changes for the 2019-20 and/or 2020-21 Enrollment Years pdf file

Effective July 1, 2006, certain private schools began billing school districts directly for tuition costs associated with students enrolled in Children’s Residential Project (CRP) Programs. To date, those private schools include:

List of Current Children’s Residential Project Providers

SED Code Provider Name
310200998065 BIRCH FAMILY SERVICES, INC
280515996550 BROOKVILLE CENTER FOR CHILDREN'S SERVICES
591401997802 CENTER FOR DISCOVERY, INC
580801997261 DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES INSTITUTE
131701999086 DEVEREUX IN NY
332000996520 HEARTSHARE SCHOOL
260803996521 KESSLER CENTER-EASTER SEALS NY
342800999245 SCO FAMILY OF SERVICES/T PAPLIN SCHOOL
580410997795 UCP-ASSOC GREATER SUFFOLK INC
412300999379 UPSTATE CEREBRAL PALSY INC

List of Recent Children’s Residential Project Providers That No Longer Have CRP Beds

Provider Name Until
MARYHAVEN CENTER OF HOPE 10/21/2020
WRAPAROUND SERVICES OF THE HUDSON VALLEY INC
dba UNITED CEREBRAL PALSY OF ULSTER COUNTY
10/02/2020

Approved Payment Reports for 2021-22 APR 01 and 2020-21 APR 02 are now available through the STAC Online (EFRT) System – DQPAY screen. Instructions how to navigate the DQPAY screen is available on the STAC webpage under “Training Materials” then “Instructional Guides for help in entering and amending approvals and navigating throughout EFRT's online screens” or type the following into your browser: https://www.oms.nysed.gov/stac/stac_online_system/online_instructions/guide_DQPAY.html

Approved Payment Reports for 2019-20 enrollment year are also available, however these will be distributed through a paper mailing. STAC will only mail out reports to school districts that contain a tuition rate change (whether positive or negative). If the DQPAY screen shows an amount on the “Adjust Amt” line, this represents the positive (or negative) total of tuition rate adjustments processed for prior enrollment years.

State Aid records payments for CRP students as if they are Chapter 721 Aid 100% payments and are recorded under the ST-3 Revenue Code A3104. The actual payments can be found on the State Aid website under the 2022-23 School Year Certificate section by referring to the 2022-23 STAC Chapter Tuition Aid Cert page.

For inquiries regarding the filing of STAC records for CRP students into the STAC Online (EFRT) System, please contact Nicholas Thayer – Nicholas.Thayer@nysed.gov

For inquiries regarding CRP tuition reimbursement, please contact Robert Wojtkiewicz – Robert.Wojtkiewicz@nysed.gov

Last Updated: February 24, 2023