Ohio Administrative Code › Title 5101:2 - Division of Social Services › Chapter 5101:2-44 - State Adoption Subsidy Program › Section 5101:2-44-13.1 - Eligibility and application process for the post adoption special services subsidy (PASSS) program

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A)
								Post adoption
			 special services subsidy (PASSS) is a state-funded program designed to assist
			 eligible adoptive families, after adoption finalization, to receive services
			 consistent with paragraphs (G) to (P) of this rule.
(B)
								PASSS funding is
			 based on a state fiscal year (SFY), July first through June thirtieth. Once the
			 application is approved the family is eligible from the first day of the month
			 in which the completed application is approved, however the family may submit
			 the invoice from the initial assessment or evaluation required as part of the
			 application process. Applicants may only request funding for services rendered
			 during the SFY in which the JFS 01050 "Application for a Post Adoption Special
			 Services Subsidy" is made. A new JFS 01050 is to be submitted if additional
			 services are requested during the same SFY or any subsequent SFY. The new
			 application is to contain updated information, if applicable, as outlined in
			 paragraph (F) of this rule, including updated financial
			 information.
(C)
								Pursuant to section 5101.1418 of the Revised Code
			 administration of PASSS will transition to the Ohio department of job and
			 family services effective July 1, 2022. All invoices for services approved for
			 SFY 2022, are to be paid by the PCSA and entered into Ohio SACWIS for
			 reimbursement by the PCSA by September 30, 2022. The public children services
			 agencies are not to accept PASSS applications for services that start after
			 June 30, 2022. The PCSAs are to forward any applications for services that will
			 start on or after July 1, 2022 to OhioKAN or ODJFS within fifteen calendar days
			 of receiving the application.
(D)
								All of the
			 following requirements are to be met to be eligible for PASSS:
(1)
									The child resides
			 in Ohio and the home of the adoptive parent(s) in which the application is
			 made.
(2)
									The child has been adopted by someone other than a step
			 parent.
(3)
									The child has a physical or developmental disability or
			 mental or emotional condition that either:
(a)
										 Existed before
			 the adoption petition was filed.
(b)
										Developed after
			 the adoption petition was filed and can be directly attributed to factors in
			 the child's preadoption background or medical history, or biological family's
			 background or medical history.
(4)
									The child meets
			 either of the following requirements:
(a)
										The child is
			 under the age of eighteen.
(b)
										The child is at
			 least eighteen years of age and less than twenty-one years of age and has been
			 diagnosed with one of the disabilities defined in this paragraph:
(i)
											Mental or
			 emotional disability is a mental illness or emotional disturbance that impairs
			 the ability to meet activities of daily living.
(ii)
											Developmental
			 disability is a developmental delay or intellectual disability that limits
			 functioning.
(iii)
											Physical disability is a vision, speech or hearing
			 impairment; congenital orthopedic impairment, orthopedic impairment caused by
			 disease, or orthopedic impairment from other causes (e.g., amputation);
			 impairment caused by chronic or acute health problems (e.g., rheumatic fever);
			 or a concomitant of the aforementioned.
(5)
									Other sources of
			 assistance are inadequate or are unavailable to meet the child's immediate
			 needs.