Wednesday, November 15, 2023

Paying for hotels in emergency situations

 11/15/2023

We have needed to pay for hotels for adults, youth and families in emergency situations. How are other counties handling this?  Are you using credit card for the stay?  Do you rent out hotel rooms on an annual basis? Apartments?  How did you handle this legally?  What about the incidentals?  What if the family gets kicked out? Destroys the room? Purchases something to the room they should not?

 

Thanks,

 

Tracey Hansen | FISCAL SUPERVISOR

Blue Earth County

Human Services

Desk: 507-304-4293| Main Line: 507-304-4222

410 S 5th Street | PO Box 3526 | Mankato, MN

www.blueearthcountymn.gov


4 comments:

  1. We have agreements with a couple local hotels to bill us if a SW has to get a room for a client. We haven't used it often. We make it clear that we only pay for the stay, no incidentals.

    Mille Lacs.

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  2. We use a credit card for this type of purchase. The social worker makes a verbal agreement with the hotel and client as to what we will cover. I have never had a situation where there was damage or other charges made.

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  3. The Children's Division works with a travel agent to book hotel rooms, plane tickets, etc. The travel agent sends a bill that is paid thru SSIS.
    St. Louis

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  4. Lavelle Kroontje-CassDecember 13, 2023 at 10:35 AM

    We have agreements with some local hotels to bill us, and use an agency credit card. We did have a client that destroyed the room, and we worked with the hotel to fix it, but yes, it cost us more money.

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