Placement maintenance may include the reasonable cost of administration and operation necessary to provide the allowable cost items for eligible children in residential child care facilities listed in § 3140.131 (relating to allowable costs). A reasonable cost is no more than the customary cost for performing similar functions in similar facilities, that is, similar in numbers and type of children served.
55 Pa. Code § 3140.132
The provisions of this §3140.132 amended under Articles II, VII, IX and X of the Public Welfare Code (62 P. S. §§ 201-211, 701-774, 901-922 and 1001-1080).