Exceptions to Sliding Fee

Families of children with a need as documented by the Department for protection from abuse and/or neglect, may have fees assessed or waived on a case by case basis. Teen parents enrolled in services for teen parents and their children may have fees waived for the first year at the discretion of the provider, and subsequent years, if they have no income. In lieu of fees, a work contribution must be documented. Children placed in foster care and children living with relatives not legally responsible for them are exempt from the sliding fee requirements of 110 CMR 7.070 through 7.076.