(1) In accordance with this rule the department determines whether a youth who meets the eligibility criteria may be offered a service opportunity in the program.

(2) The department considers the following factors in selecting eligible youth to evaluate for placement into an available program service opportunity:

(a) the youth resides within the geographical coverage for the available service opportunity;

(b) the youth meets the eligibility criteria of this rule;

(c) the youth is actively seeking program and other mental health services;

(d) the youth is in need of the services available through the program;

(e) the youth is likely to benefit from the services available through the program; and

(f) the youth's individual projected total cost under the preliminary plan of care is within the limits specified in ARM 37.87.1325.

(3) The department may consider the following factors in selecting which eligible youth to offer an available service opportunity:

(a) the extent and nature of the youth's mental, medical, and psychological impairments;

(b) the youth's current institutionalization or immediate risk of institutionalization in a psychiatric residential treatment facility;

(c) the youth's need for supervision;

(d) the youth's need for formal paid services;

(e) the risk of the deterioration of the youth's well-being without services;

(f) the need to support the youth's primary caregiver;

(g) the status of health and safety issues that place youth at risk;

(h) the presence and status of current services being purchased otherwise for the youth;

(i) the presence and status of informal supports; and

(j) the availability of program services that suit the person's circumstances and treatment needed.