The decision for placement not being provided, per the mother's request, was influenced by the agency's threshold for placement not being met.  The development of this threshold was shaped by local and state policy and guidance that supports and encourages least restrictive interventions prior to placement.  The agency's threshold for placement was also affected by the shortage of residential beds and lack of funding for placement services.  In addition, there has been an increase in parents calling to request placement opposed to exhausting least restrictive interventions first.  Contributing factors that further supported the agency's threshold for placement not being met in this case included the fact that the child was not actively suicidal and a hospital was not recommending placement at the time of the request.  Furthermore, the agency believed the child's needs were being met through his engagement with other service providers.