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Ohio Administrative Code › Title 5101:2 - Division of Social Services › Chapter 5101:2-48 - Adoption › Section 5101:2-48-12 - Completion of the adoption homestudy

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) A public children services agency (PCSA),
			 private child placing agency (PCPA) or private noncustodial agency (PNA) that
			 acts as a representative of the Ohio department of job and family services
			 (ODJFS) shall:
(1) Inform all individuals
			 applying for adoption homestudy approval that they can also be studied for
			 foster home certification.
(2)
			 Conduct a joint homestudy pursuant to the requirements contained in Chapters
			 5101:2-5, 5101:2-7 and 5101:2-48 of the Administrative Code resulting in the
			 simultaneous approval of the applicant for:
(a) Adoption homestudy approval.
(b) Foster care placement.
(3) If the PCPA or PNA is not
			 certified to recommend foster homes for certification and place or participate
			 in the placement of children for adoption, then the agency must inform the
			 individuals that a joint homestudy could be conducted simultaneously by another
			 agency that is certified for both functions.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 5101:2 - Division of Social Services › Chapter 5101:2-48 - Adoption › Section 5101:2-48-12.1 - Adoption homestudy updates

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) All adoption homestudies shall be updated
			 every two years from the date of approval of the initial homestudy or the date
			 of approval of the most current update, whichever is more recent. If a
			 homestudy is simultaneously approved for adoption and certified for foster care
			 by the same agency, the spans shall be the same for both programs from the date
			 of the foster home certification.
(1) If an
			 approved adoptive home is subsequently certified for foster care by the same
			 agency that approved the home for adoption, the adoptive homestudy shall be
			 updated at the same time the home is initially certified for foster care so
			 that the spans will coincide.
(2)
			 If a certified foster home is subsequently approved for adoption by the same
			 agency that certified the home for foster care, the next adoption update shall
			 be completed when the current foster care certificate is recertified so that
			 the spans will coincide.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 5101:2 - Division of Social Services › Chapter 5101:2-48 - Adoption › Section 5101:2-48-12.2 - Required notification and adoption homestudy amendments

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) An approved
			 adoptive parent shall notify the recommending agency within one hour of any of
			 the following circumstances involving an adoptive child whose adoption is not
			 finalized:
(1) A serious injury or illness
			 involving medical treatment of the adoptive child.
(2) Unauthorized absence of the adoptive
			 child from the home.
(3) Removal of
			 the adoptive child from the home by any person or agency other than the placing
			 agency, or attempts at such removal.
(4) Any involvement of the adoptive child
			 with law enforcement authorities.
(5) The death of the adoptive
			 child.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 5101:2 - Division of Social Services › Chapter 5101:2-48 - Adoption › Section 5101:2-48-15 - Provision of information to a prospective adoptive parent matched with a specific child

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) Prior to placing a child with the
			 adoptive parent(s), the public children services agency (PCSA) or private child
			 placing agency (PCPA) shall provide the prospective adoptive parent(s) with
			 information about the child and any special needs of the child, identified or
			 anticipated, and available resources to assist the prospective adoptive
			 parent(s) in making an informed decision about the placement.
			 If a newborn child is placed from a hospital into an
			 adoptive home, the PCSA or PCPA is to provide the information required in this
			 rule to the adoptive parent(s) as soon as it is available, but no later than
			 thirty days after the adoptive placement.
(B) Prior to the date of adoptive placement,
			 the PCSA or PCPA shall, as applicable:
(1)
			 Provide the prospective adoptive parent(s) with the child study inventory. The
			 information disclosed to the adoptive parent(s) shall include all background
			 information available on the child in accordance with rule
			 5101:2-48-21
			 of the Administrative Code.
(2) Provide the
			 adoptive family with written information describing types of behavior that the
			 prospective adoptive parent may anticipate from children who have experienced
			 abuse and neglect, suggested interventions, and the post adoption services
			 available if the child exhibits those types of behavior after
			 adoption.
(3) Provide the
			 prospective adoptive parent(s) with information regarding any childspecific
			 financial and medical resources, known or anticipated, including subsidy
			 information.
(4) Provide the
			 prospective adoptive parent(s) with the child's lifebook.
(5) Provide the prospective adoptive
			 parent(s) with materials the biological parent(s) requested be given to the
			 adopted person or adoptive parent(s), if authorization is given on the JFS
			 01693 "Ohio Law and Adoption Materials."
(6) Provide the
			 prospective adoptive parent(s) with photographs of the biological parent(s)
			 that the birth parent requested be given to the adopted person or adoptive
			 parent(s), if authorization is given on the JFS 01693.
(7) Provide the prospective adoptive
			 parent(s) with the biological parent's first name, if authorization is given on
			 the JFS 01693.
(8) Provide the
			 prospective adoptive parent(s) with the child's social security number, if
			 applicable.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 5101:2 - Division of Social Services › Chapter 5101:2-48 - Adoption › Section 5101:2-48-16 - Adoption preplacement and placement procedures

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) The public children services agency
			 (PCSA) or private child placing agency (PCPA) that holds permanent custody of
			 the child shall begin services to prepare the child for adoptive placement no
			 later than the date of the permanent custody. The date of permanent custody
			 shall be either:
(1) The date of the court's
			 filing of its order of permanent commitment of the child to the PCSA or PCPA
			 pursuant to section
			 2151.353,
			 2151.354,
			 or
			 2151.414
			 of the Revised Code.
(2) The date
			 of proper execution on the JFS 01666 "Permanent Surrender of Child"
			  pursuant to section
			 5103.15
			 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 5101:2 - Division of Social Services › Chapter 5101:2-48 - Adoption › Section 5101:2-48-17 - Assessor visits and contacts with children in adoptive homes prior to finalization

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) Visits and contacts shall be conducted by
			 an assessor within the public children services agency (PCSA) or private child
			 placing agency (PCPA) that has full responsibility for case planning and case
			 management of the child's case.
(1) If the
			 assessor assigned to the child's case is unable to complete the visit, the
			 assessor from the same agency who is completing the visit shall document in the
			 child's case the reason someone other than the assigned assessor visited the
			 child.
(2) The assessor assigned to
			 the child's case shall complete the majority of the required monthly
			 visits.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 5101:2 - Division of Social Services › Chapter 5101:2-48 - Adoption › Section 5101:2-48-18 - Postfinalization services

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) For the purpose of this rule, "agency"
			 means a public children services agency (PCSA), private child placing agency
			 (PCPA) or private noncustodial agency (PNA) certified by ODJFS that places a
			 child or assists in placing a child for adoption.
(B) Each agency shall have a written policy
			 on the type and extent of postfinalization adoption services that will be
			 provided by the agency.
(C) The
			 agency shall make postfinalization adoption services available upon the request
			 of the birth parent, the adoptive parent or the adoptee. The agency may provide
			 these services either directly or by referral as described in paragraph (D) of
			 this rule.
(D) If the agency does
			 not provide direct postfinalization adoption services, the agency shall:
(1) Refer each person who requests
			 postfinalization adoption services to 
									the regional Ohio
			 kinship and adoption navigator (OhioKAN) agency, in addition to other local
			 agencies providing the services the family needs.
(2) Upon written request of a parent, legal
			 custodian, or guardian, provide consultation on adoption-related issues to
			 professionals who are working with the family.
(3) Provide information regarding the
			 procedures for releasing identifying information pursuant to rule
			 5101:2-48-20 of the
			 Administrative Code.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 5101:2 - Division of Social Services › Chapter 5101:2-48 - Adoption › Section 5101:2-48-19 - Sharing or transferring an adoptive homestudy

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) The following definitions apply for the
			 purposes of this rule:
(1) "Sharing an
			 adoptive homestudy" means forwarding an approved adoptive homestudy to a public
			 children services agency (PCSA), private child placing agency (PCPA), or
			 comparable agency in another state for consideration of potential adoption
			 matches, or receiving an approved adoptive homestudy from a PCSA, PCPA, private
			 non-custodial agency (PNA) or comparable agency in another state for the same
			 purpose.
(2) "Transferring an
			 adoptive homestudy" means releasing a copy of the approved homestudy and all
			 related materials to another agency. Upon acceptance of the receiving agency
			 and the execution of the JFS 01334 "Recommendation for Transfer of a Foster or
			 Adoptive Home"  the sending
			 agency is relieved of all responsibilities related to the approved adoptive
			 family.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 5101:2 - Division of Social Services › Chapter 5101:2-48 - Adoption › Section 5101:2-48-20 - Release of identifying and nonidentifying information

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) The assessor
			 shall inform birth parents who enter into a voluntary surrender agreement that:
(1) Birth parents will be required to
			 complete the JFS 01693, "Ohio Law and Adoption Materials"
			  which will indicate their
			 decision regarding the release of identifying information to the adopted person
			 or adoptive parent. The JFS 01693 shall be signed at least seventy-two hours
			 prior to the time the consent to the adoption is executed.
(2) Birth parents have the option, at any
			 time or for as many times as they want, to reverse their decision regarding the
			 release of identifying information by contacting the Ohio department of health
			 (ODH) and requesting a copy of a denial of release form or a copy of an
			 authorization of release form.
(3)
			 Unless the birth parents have signed the denial of release of information on
			 the JFS 01693, identifying information can be released to:
(a) The adoptive parent when the adopted
			 person is under eighteen years of age and the adoptive parent submits a request
			 to ODH.
(b) The adopted person when
			 the adopted person is at least eighteen years of age and the adopted person
			 submits a request to ODH.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 5101:2 - Division of Social Services › Chapter 5101:2-48 - Adoption › Section 5101:2-48-21 - Child study inventory

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) A child study inventory (CSI) shall be
			 developed and completed within thirty days after the public children services
			 agency (PCSA) or private child placing agency (PCPA) receives permanent custody
			 of a child.
(1)
									If
			 sufficient information is not available to complete any element of the CSI, the
			 caseworker is to document in the child's case record efforts that were made to
			 secure such information.
(2)
									The CSI is not to contain any identifying information
			 regarding the child's birth family.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 5101:2 - Division of Social Services › Chapter 5101:2-48 - Adoption › Section 5101:2-48-23 - Preservation of adoptive child case record

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) The public children services agency
			 (PCSA) or private child placing agency (PCPA) which has placed a child for
			 adoption and for whom the adoption has been finalized, shall permanently
			 maintain an adoptive child case record.
(B) An adoptive child case record shall
			 contain all documentation pertaining to the adoption, including:
(1) A copy of the petition to adopt filed in
			 a probate court.
(2) A copy of the
			 child's original birth certificate.
(3) The JFS 01616 "Social and Medical
			 History"  pursuant to rule
			 5101:2-48-03 of the
			 Administrative Code.
(4) A copy of
			 the JFS 01699 "Prefinalization Adoption Assessment Report"
			  pursuant to rule
			 5101:2-48-17 of the
			 Administrative Code, and a redacted copy of the JFS 01699 pursuant to section
			 3107.12 of the Revised Code.
(5) A copy of the final decree of
			 adoption or the interlocutory order of adoption.
(6) A copy of the child's lifebook pursuant
			 to rule
			 5101:2-42-67 of the
			 Administrative Code.
(7) A copy of
			 the JFS 01689 "Documentation of the Placement Decision Making Process"
			  pursuant to rules
			 5101:2-48-13 and
			 5101:2-48-16 of the
			 Administrative Code.
(8) The JFS
			 01688 "Individualized Child Assessment"  and any reports(s) submitted by the licensed professional
			 associated with the JFS 01688, if applicable pursuant to rule
			 5101:2-48-13 of the
			 Administrative Code.
(9) A copy of
			 the JFS 01610 "Child's Permanency Planning Data Summary"
			  pursuant to rule
			 5101:2-48-16 of the
			 Administrative Code.
(10) A copy
			 of all medical or psychological evaluations, school records or other material
			 documented.
(11) A copy of the JFS
			 01690 "Documentation of the Pre-adoptive Staffing and Updates."
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 5101:2 - Division of Social Services › Chapter 5101:2-48 - Adoption › Section 5101:2-48-24 - Agency adoption review procedures

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) Each public children services agency
			 (PCSA), private child placing agency (PCPA) and private noncustodial agency
			 (PNA) shall develop and implement written procedures to review complaints from
			 adoptive applicants, prospective adoptive families and adoptive
			 families.
(B) If requested, the
			 agency review shall occur within thirty days of receipt of a request and shall
			 include a face-to-face meeting with the following individuals:
(1) The adoptive applicant, prospective
			 adoptive family or adoptive family requesting an agency review.
(2) The adoptive 
									family's
			 caseworker.
(3) The adoptive
			 child's caseworker, if applicable.
(4) The agency administrator or
			 designee.
(5) Any other individual
			 with information regarding the complaint, as deemed appropriate by the agency
			 administrator or designee.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 5101:2 - Division of Social Services › Chapter 5101:2-49 - IV-E Adoption Assistance › Section 5101:2-49-01 - Administration of the Title IV-E adoption assistance (AA)

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) The public
			 children services agency (PCSA) shall be responsible for the administration of
			 the AA program. Administrative expenditures can be claimed
			 for reimbursement only if  AA is
			 a direct responsibility of the PCSA. The PCSA shall be responsible for:
(1) Ensuring the proper administration of
			 funds, allocated or reimbursed.
(2)
			 Determining initial and continuing eligibility for AA program
			 services.
(3) Maintaining a
			 separate AA case record for each program eligible child for whom a PCSA has
			 entered into an AA agreement.
(4)
			 Service planning and increasing the opportunities for adoption of children with
			 special needs who are free for adoption by:
(a) Encouraging and increasing the
			 opportunities for adoption of children with special needs who are free for
			 adoption.
(b) Ensuring that all
			 possibilities for an adoptive home without the assistance of AA are
			 explored.
(c) AA case
			 management.
(d) Pre-finalization
			 and the provision or referral for post-finalization adoption
			 services.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 5101:2 - Division of Social Services › Chapter 5101:2-49 - IV-E Adoption Assistance › Section 5101:2-49-02 - Title IV-E adoption assistance (AA) eligibility criteria

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A)
								
			 The public children services agency (PCSA) 
								is to determine
			  a child is eligible for AA if, prior
			 to the finalization of the adoption, the PCSA finds all of the following:
(1) The adoptive
			 parent(s) has an approved homestudy in accordance with Chapter 5101:2-48 of the
			 Administrative Code. If the adoptive parent(s) resides in another state, then
			 the adoptive homestudy 
									is to be valid in the adoptive state of
			 residence.
(2) The child has been
			 matched with an adoptive parent(s) in accordance with rule
			 5101:2-48-16 of the
			 Administrative Code. If the child is placed for adoption in Ohio from another
			 state, the Ohio agency 
									is to use the other state's documentation to meet
			 the matching requirements except as specified in paragraph (C) of this
			 rule.
(3) The child meets the
			 requirements of a child with special needs as described in rule
			 5101:2-49-03 of the
			 Administrative Code.
(4) The child meets the
			 age requirement as described in rule
			 5101:2-49-04 of the
			 Administrative Code.
(5) The child
			 
									is
									 a citizen or legal resident of the
			 United States and will be adopted in the
			 United States.
(6) The agency placing
			 the child made a reasonable but unsuccessful effort to place the child with an
			 appropriate adoptive parent(s) without adoption assistance, as supported by
			 facts specified in the child's case record as described in paragraph (A)(3) of
			 rule 5101:2-49-03 of the
			 Administrative Code.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 5101:2 - Division of Social Services › Chapter 5101:2-49 - IV-E Adoption Assistance › Section 5101:2-49-04 - Requirement for Title IV-E adoption assistance (AA) past age eighteen

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) AA is available
			 for an eligible child whose adoptive parent(s) enter into an initial AA
			 agreement prior to the child's eighteenth birthday through the end of the month
			 of the child's eighteenth birthday.
(B) AA 
								is available for a child
			 with a physical or mental disability or medical condition pursuant to rule
			 5101:2-49-03
			 of the Administrative Code who is between the age of eighteen and twenty-one
			 with an existing AA agreement if the child meets one of the requirements
			 identified in paragraphs (B)(1) to (B)(5) of this rule and the adoptive
			 parent(s) is supporting the child as identified in paragraph (D) of rule
			 5101:2-49-10
			 of the Administrative Code. The physical or mental disability or medical
			 condition is to
								 be verified annually for continued
			 eligibility. The child is considered to have a physical or mental disability or
			 medical condition if any of the following applies:
(1) A designated social security
			 administration claims representative has determined that the child meets the
			 disability criteria and is therefore eligible for one
			 of the following:
(a)
										Title XVI supplemental security income (SSI)
			 benefits.
(b)
										Social security disability benefits.
(c)
										Social security
			 benefits due to the death or disability of the biological or adoptive
			 parent(s).
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 5101:2 - Division of Social Services › Chapter 5101:2-49 - IV-E Adoption Assistance › Section 5101:2-49-06 - Title IV-E adoption assistance (AA) agreement and duration: provision for financial support and services

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) The adoptive parent(s) and the public
			 children services agency (PCSA) is to review and sign the JFS 01453 "Title IV-E
			 Adoption Assistance Agreement"  prior to the adoption finalization. The PCSA responsible for
			 determining eligibility for AA is also responsible for entering into the JFS
			 01453.
(B) The agreement
			 is to
			 list the payments to be provided and the terms under which such benefits will
			 continue to be available. The AA agreement is binding, but the payments may be
			 amended at any time in response to a request made either by the adoptive
			 parent(s) or the PCSA if the adoptive parent(s) and the PCSA agree to the
			 change.
(C) Beginning July 1, 2019,
			 the AA agreement is to be effective on the date specified on the JFS
			 01453. The agreement is to be signed, dated and in effect prior to the
			 final order of adoption when it is signed by both the adoptive parent(s) and
			 the PCSA. The AA payments and services is to not begin
			 prior to the effective date. AA agreements in effect, prior to July 1, 2019,
			 are considered effective on the date signed by the adoptive parent(s) and the
			 PCSA.
(D) The AA agreement
			 is to
			 remain in effect regardless of the state where the adoptive parent(s) resides
			 unless the agreement is terminated pursuant to rule
			 5101:2-49-13 of the
			 Administrative Code.
(E) The terms
			 of the AA agreement may be amended at any time if both parties agree to the
			 change in accordance with rule
			 5101:2-49-12 of the
			 Administrative Code.
(F) The PCSA
			 is not
			 to have a general policy limiting AA prior to the
			 child's eighteenth birthday.
(G)
			 The PCSA is
			 to give a copy of the signed agreement and all amendments to the adoptive
			 parent(s) and keep in the AA case record.
(H) The PCSA that entered into the AA
			 agreement is
			 to secure Title XIX medicaid and Title XX social services block grant
			 services if the services are not available in the state or county where the
			 child resides in accordance with rule
			 5101:2-49-23 of the
			 Administrative Code.
(I) Nothing
			 is to
			 prevent
								 the adoptive family
			 from seeking Title XX services available in the county of residence even if
			 they are not already specified in the AA agreement. The adoptive parent(s) may:
(1) Apply for the Title XX services in the
			 county where they reside.
(2) Seek
			 to amend the child's AA agreement.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 5101:2 - Division of Social Services › Chapter 5101:2-49 - IV-E Adoption Assistance › Section 5101:2-49-07 - Initial Title IV-E adoption assistance (AA) agreement only with no payment

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) The public children services agency
			 (PCSA) is
			 to enter into a JFS 01453 "Title IV-E Adoption Assistance Agreement"
			  without an AA payment if any
			 of the following apply:
(1) The adoptive
			 parent(s) and the PCSA, after considering the needs of the child and the
			 circumstances of the adoptive family, agree that the adoptive family does not
			 currently need an AA payment to incorporate the child into
			 household.
(2) The child or the
			 child's biological family has a social or medical history that establishes a
			 substantial risk of acquiring conditions, as identified in rule
			 5101:2-49-03 of the
			 Administrative Code.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 5101:2 - Division of Social Services › Chapter 5101:2-49 - IV-E Adoption Assistance › Section 5101:2-49-08 - Title IV-E adoption assistance (AA) monthly payments

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) AA monthly payments
			 is to
			 begin when there is a mutually agreed upon AA agreement and all of the
			 following have been completed:
(1) The
			 responsible public children services agency (PCSA) determines that the child
			 meets all of the eligibility requirements for AA as defined in rule
			 5101:2-49-02 of the
			 Administrative Code.
(2) The child
			 is placed for adoption.
(3) The JFS
			 01453 "Title IV-E Adoption Assistance Agreement" is completed and signed by
			 both the adoptive parent(s) and the PCSA.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 5101:2 - Division of Social Services › Chapter 5101:2-49 - IV-E Adoption Assistance › Section 5101:2-49-09 - Title IV-E adoption assistance (AA) post-finalization application

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) The adoptive
			 parent(s) of a child with special needs may apply for
			 
								AA after the adoption is finalized if the JFS
			 01451 "Title IV-E Adoption Assistance Application" (rev.
			 12/2015) was not completed prior to the finalization
			 of adoption, and the JFS 01453 "Title IV-E
			 Adoption Assistance Agreement (rev. 7/2019) was not
			 executed prior to the finalization of adoption because of one of the following:
(1) The public children services agency
			 (PCSA) or private child placing agency (PCPA) knew relevant facts regarding the
			 child and did not present the facts to the adoptive parent(s) prior to the
			 finalization of adoption.
(2) The
			 PCSA or PCPA failed to advise the adoptive parent(s) of the availability of AA.
(a) The PCSA or PCPA may meet the requirement
			 to inform the adoptive parent(s) of AA 
										pursuant to rules
			 5101:2-48-05,
			 5101:2-48-11.1 and 5101:2-48-15 of the Administrative Code.
(b) Advising an adoptive parent(s) is not
			 required if the adoptive parent(s) is not known to the PCSA or PCPA for a child
			 with special needs who is not in the custody of the PCSA or PCPA.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 5101:2 - Division of Social Services › Chapter 5101:2-49 - IV-E Adoption Assistance › Section 5101:2-49-09.1 - Title IV-E adoption assistance (AA) retroactive payment process

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) A child is
			 eligible for retroactive adoption assistance
			 (AA) payment if any one of the
			 following occur:
(1) The
			 public children services agency (PCSA) and the adoptive parent(s) mutually agree that
			 the child is eligible for a retroactive adoption assistance payment after the
			 adoption finalization, or
(2) A
			 state hearing decision or administrative appeal decision determines the child
			 is eligible for retroactive AA payment.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 5101:2 - Division of Social Services › Chapter 5101:2-49 - IV-E Adoption Assistance › Section 5101:2-49-10 - Title IV-E adoption assistance (AA) ongoing verification

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) The public
			 children services agency (PCSA) responsible for the 
								AA agreement shall provide the adoptive parent(s)
			 with the JFS 01451-B "Title IV-E Adoption Assistance annual
			 assurance of legal responsibility, school attendance and eligibility for
			 continued medicaid coverage " (rev. 12/2015)
			 annually or whenever there is a significant change in the family
			 situation.
(B) For a child who has
			 attained the minimum age for compulsory school attendance the PCSA shall assure
			 that the child's AA case record contains documentation of one of the following:
(1) A child is enrolled full-time in an institution
			 providing elementary or secondary education.
(2) A child is 
			 home schooled full-time in accordance with the
			  law of the state where the
			 parent(s) resides
									.
(3) A child
			 is in an independent study elementary or secondary education program full-time
			 in accordance with the law of the state where the program is located, which is
			 administered by the local school or school district.
(4) A child is incapable of attending school
			 on a full-time basis due to the medical condition of the child, and the
			 incapability is supported by regularly updated information in the AA case
			 record of the child.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 5101:2 - Division of Social Services › Chapter 5101:2-49 - IV-E Adoption Assistance › Section 5101:2-49-11 - Suspension of Title IV-E adoption assistance (AA) payment

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A)
								The public children services agency (PCSA) that entered
			 into the AA agreement after February 14, 2018, may suspend the AA payment when
			 all of the following are met:
(1)
									The PCSA cannot establish contact with the adoptive
			 parent(s) to determine if the adoptive parent(s) are legally responsible for
			 the support of the child.
(2)
									The PCSA can document concerted efforts that were made
			 to contact the adoptive parent(s) to determine what support is provided to the
			 child. Concerted efforts include various methods to make contact with the
			 adoptive parent(s) such as telephone calls, mailings, text, emails, and
			 face-to-face.
(3)
									The AA agreement or amended AA agreement shall include
			 the provisions of suspension.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 5101:2 - Division of Social Services › Chapter 5101:2-49 - IV-E Adoption Assistance › Section 5101:2-49-12 - Amendment of the Title IV-E adoption assistance (AA) agreement

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) Prior to the
			 expiration date of the JFS 01453 "Title IV-E
			 Adoption Assistance Agreement" (rev. 7/2019), the
			 adoptive parent(s) and the public children services agency (PCSA) may by mutual
			 agreement amend the JFS 01453. The amended agreement shall meet all other
			 requirements of rule
			 5101:2-49-06
			 of the Administrative Code.
(B) Any
			 request for an amendment to the AA agreement shall contain
			 newly documented special needs of the child or
			 circumstances of the adoptive parent(s) that were not previously subject to the
			 current agreement.
(C) At any time
			 while the JFS 01453 is in effect, the adoptive parent(s) and the PCSA may agree
			 to amend the payment amount or provision for services. If an amendment is
			 requested:
(1) The JFS 01453 shall be entered
			 into by mutual agreement between the adoptive parent(s) and the PCSA
			 pursuant to rule
			 5101:2-49-05
			 of the Administrative Code.
(2) The PCSA and adoptive parent(s) shall
			 sign the amended agreement.
(3) The
			 agreement shall meet all requirements of rule
			 5101:2-49-10
			 of the Administrative Code.
(4) The
			 PCSA shall give a copy of the amended agreement to the adoptive parent(s) and
			 retain a copy in the child's case record.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 5101:2 - Division of Social Services › Chapter 5101:2-49 - IV-E Adoption Assistance › Section 5101:2-49-13 - Termination of Title IV-E adoption assistance (AA)

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) The public
			 children services agency (PCSA) that entered into the agreement shall terminate
			 the AA in any of the following circumstances:
(1) At the end of the month of the child's
			 eighteenth birthday; or at the end of the month of the child's twenty-first
			 birthday, if the child meets the criteria as set forth in paragraph (B) of rule
			 5101:2-49-04
			 of the Administrative Code.
(2) If
			 the child is no longer receiving any support from the adoptive parent(s) as
			 defined in paragraph (B) of this rule.
(3) If the adoptive parent(s) is no longer
			 legally responsible for supporting the child as defined in paragraph (C) of
			 this rule.
(4) If a court of
			 competent jurisdiction has terminated the parental rights of the adoptive
			 parent(s) or the adoptive parent(s) has voluntarily surrendered his or her
			 parental rights.
(5) If the
			 adoptive parent(s) requests termination of the AA benefits.
(6) If the adoptive placement disrupts prior
			 to finalization.
(7) If the
			 adoptive parent(s) dies.
(8) If the
			 child dies.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 5101:2 - Division of Social Services › Chapter 5101:2-49 - IV-E Adoption Assistance › Section 5101:2-49-19 - Title XIX medicaid coverage for Title IV-E adoption assistance (AA) eligible children (COBRA)

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) A child eligible for AA, is eligible for
			 Title XIX medicaid coverage beginning with the effective date of the JFS 01453
			 "Title IV-E Adoption Assistance Agreement."
(B) The public children services agency
			 (PCSA) is
			 to inform the adoptive parent(s) that he or she
			 is to
			 notify the PCSA within fifteen calendar days after moving to another county or
			 state.
(C) The parent(s)
			 is to
			 cooperate with the PCSA to assure that a move out-of-state complies with any
			 applicable interstate requirements. Failure to notify the PCSA may result in
			 the interruption of Title XIX medical coverage.
(D) For a child with an AA agreement in
			 effect who moves or resides out-of-state, the following
			 is to
			 apply:
(1) Within seven business days after
			 the PCSA is notified by the adoptive parent(s) that the AA eligible child is
			 moving to or residing in another state, the PCSA is to transfer
			 Title XIX medical coverage to the state of residence by:
(a) Completing and forwarding the current
			 signed and dated JFS 01453 to the Ohio department of job and family services
			 (ODJFS) interstate compact on adoption and medical assistance (ICAMA) state
			 administrator pursuant to rule
			 5101:2-44-05.2 of the
			 Administrative Code.
(b) Providing
			 written notification to the adoptive parent(s) of Ohio's intent to terminate
			 the Title XIX medical coverage. Notification is to, at a
			 minimum, include all of the following:
(i) The
			 effective termination date of Ohio's Title XIX medical coverage.
(ii) A completed JFS 04065 "Prior Notice of
			 Right To A State Hearing."
(iii) A statement that the child will
			 continue to receive AA payments from Ohio or, if no payments are being made, a
			 statement that the JFS 01453 remains in effect and Title XIX medical coverage
			 will be provided by the state in which the child resides.
(c) Terminating the medical coverage in the
			 Ohio statewide automated child welfare
			 information system (SACWIS).
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 5101:2 - Division of Social Services › Chapter 5101:2-49 - IV-E Adoption Assistance › Section 5101:2-49-21 - Reimbursement of Title IV-E nonrecurring adoption expenses for a child with special needs

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) The following definitions are applicable
			 to this rule and supersede any definition contained in rule
			 5101:2-1-01
			 of the Administrative Code.
(1) "Nonrecurring
			 adoption expenses" are reasonable and necessary adoption fees, court costs,
			 attorney fees, and in accordance with paragraph (A)(2) of this rule, other
			 expenses directly related to the legal adoption of a child with special needs,
			 as defined in rule
			 5101:2-49-03
			 of the Administrative Code. These expenses cannot be incurred in violation of
			 state or federal law and cannot be reimbursed from other sources or
			 funds.
(2) "Nonrecurring other
			 expenses directly related to the legal adoption of a child with special needs"
			 as specified in paragraph (A)(1) of this rule refers to the cost of the
			 adoption incurred by or on behalf of the adoptive parent(s) and for which the
			 adoptive parent(s) carries the ultimate liability for payment. These expenses
			 include costs related to:
(a) The adoption
			 homestudy.
(b) Health and
			 psychological examinations.
(c)
			 Supervision of the placement prior to the adoption finalization.
(d) Reasonable cost of transportation,
			 lodging, and food for the child and/or adoptive parent(s) when necessary to
			 complete the placement or adoption process.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 5101:2 - Division of Social Services › Chapter 5101:2-49 - IV-E Adoption Assistance › Section 5101:2-49-23 - Title IV-E adoption assistance (AA) intercounty and interstate case management responsibility

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) AA intercounty and interstate case
			 management changes is to be handled as follows:
(1) The JFS 01453 "Title IV-E Adoption
			 Assistance Agreement" remains
			 in effect even though the adoptive parent(s) and the adopted child move to
			 another county or state. The responsibility for management of the AA case
			 remains with the Ohio public children services agency (PCSA) that entered into
			 the agreement prior to the move.
(2) If the adoptive parent(s) and the adopted
			 child for whom an Ohio-executed JFS 01453 is in effect reside in or move to
			 another state, the child is to be provided Title XIX (medicaid) and Title XX
			 (social service block grant) services by the state in which the child resides.
			 If any of the Title XX services specified in the AA agreement are not available
			 in the state where the child resides or has moved, the PCSA that entered into
			 the agreement is to be responsible for providing or securing those
			 services.
(3) If the adoptive
			 parent(s) and the adopted child for whom an JFS 01453 is in effect reside in or
			 move to another Ohio county, the child is to be
			 provided with Title XX services, as specified in the JFS 01453 by the county
			 where the child resides. If any of the Title XX services specified in the AA
			 agreement are not available in the Title XX plan in the county where the child
			 resides or has moved, the PCSA which entered into the agreement
			 is to be
			 responsible for providing or securing those services.
(4) Nothing is to
									prevent the adoptive parent(s) of a child for whom an
			 AA agreement is in effect from seeking Title XX services available in the Title
			 XX social service plan in the county of residence, even if the services are not
			 already specified in the AA agreement. The adoptive parent(s) may:
(a) Apply for the Title XX services in the
			 county where the adoptive parent(s) resides;
(b) Seek to amend the child's JFS
			 01453.
(5) At the
			 request of the PCSA that is the Title IV-E AA case management agency, the PCSA
			 in the county of residence is to assist both the Title IV-E case management
			 agency and the adoptive parent(s) in completing the JFS 01451-B " Title IV-E
			 Adoption Assistance Annual Assurance of Legal Responsibility, School Attendance
			 and Eligibility for Continued Medicaid Coverage"  and/or the JFS 01453.
(6) In the event that the adoptive parent(s)
			 and the adopted child move out of state, the PCSA with the case management
			 responsibility is to comply with any interstate compact on adoption
			 and medical assistance (ICAMA) requirements. The PCSA may ask the children
			 services agency (CSA) in the new state to document the present situation of the
			 adoptive parent(s) and to assist the adoptive parent(s) in completing all
			 required forms.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 5101:2 - Division of Social Services › Chapter 5101:2-49 - IV-E Adoption Assistance › Section 5101:2-49-25 - Qualified and disqualified alien eligibility for Title IV-E adoption assistance (AA)

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) A child who is a qualified alien,
			 entering the United States on or after August 22, 1996, and who is placed for
			 adoption shall be required to live in the United States for five years before
			 there is eligibility for AA. Pursuant to section 403(b) of the Personal
			 Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (PRWORA), a
			 child, who is in one of the following accepted categories, is exempted from the
			 residency requirement.
(1) A child placed
			 with an adoptive parent who is a United States citizen or a qualified
			 alien.
(2) A child who is a
			 qualified alien receiving AA pursuant to a JFS 01453 "Title IV-E Adoption Assistance Agreement" (rev.
			 
									7/2019) signed prior to August 22, 1996, who continues
			 to be eligible for the AA.
(3) An
			 alien admitted to the United States as a refugee under the Immigration and
			 Nationality Act (INA) of 8 U.S.C., 1157,
									(5/2005).
(4) An alien whose deportation is being
			 withheld under the INA.
(5)
			 Cuban/Haitian entrants, as provided in Section 501 (e) of the Refugee Education
			 Assistance Act of 1980, Pub. L. No. 96-422.
(6) Amerasian immigrants admitted to the
			 United States pursuant to section 584 of the Foreign Operations, Export
			 Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act of 1988, Pub. L. No.
			 100-202.
(7)
									An alien or the child or parent(s) of an alien who has
			 been battered or subjected to extreme cruelty in the United States.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 5101:2 - Division of Social Services › Chapter 5101:2-50 - Bridges › Section 5101:2-50-01 - Bridges definitions

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
This rule contains the definitions of terms used in Chapter
				5101:2-50 of the Administrative Code.
(A) "Bridges applicant" is an individual
			 applying for bridges.
(B) "Bridges
			 liaison" is an individual acting on behalf of a bridges regional grantee to
			 provide case management to, and advocacy for, a bridges participant.
(C) "Bridges participant" is an emancipated
			 young adult approved for and actively receiving bridges services.
(D) "Bridges regional grantee" is the agency
			 or consortium selected by ODJFS as a result of the procurement process that
			 will be providing services to emancipated young adults in a region or regions
			 of the state.
(E) "Bridges
			 representative" is an individual acting on behalf of a bridges regional
			 grantee.
(F) "Business day" is any
			 day, Monday through Friday, excluding  federal holidays.
(G)
			 "Calendar day" is any day in the month including weekends and
			 holidays.
(H) "Designee" means a
			 person designated by the governing body of an agency who is responsible for the
			 management and administration of a program on behalf of the agency.
(I) "Emancipation" 
								is the legal process of
			 custody termination from a Title IV-E agency on or after a youth attains the
			 age of eighteen.
(J) "Foster
			 care maintenance" is an individual entitlement for financial assistance for
			 board and care of 
								young adults who meet the eligibility
			 requirements as outlined in rule
			 5101:2-50-04 of the
			 Administrative Code, who are in the care and placement of a Title IV-E agency
			 and are in an approved substitute care placement.
(K) "Issued," when used in reference to
			 notices, decisions, and other documents, means the date the document is sent by
			 U.S. mail or hand delivered, whichever is earlier.
(L) "Qualified practitioner," for the
			 purposes of bridges, is a licensed professional qualified to diagnose an
			 individual with a physical, mental, or developmental medical
			 condition.
(M) "Statewide Automated
			 Child Welfare Information System (Ohio SACWIS),"
			 as established and maintained in accordance with the requirements of
			 42 U.S.C.
			 674(a)(3)(C) (10/2008), is a
			 comprehensive automated case management tool that supports child protective and
			 family preservation services.
(N)
			 "Supervised setting" means any setting in which a bridges participant resides
			 that is approved and visited by a bridges
			 liaison, at a minimum, once 
								every thirty days.
(O) "Voluntary Participation Agreement (VPA)"
			 is a written agreement, binding on the parties to the agreement, between ODJFS
			 and a young adult which specifies, at a minimum, the legal status of the young
			 adult and the rights and obligations of the young adult and ODJFS while the
			 young adult is involved in bridges.
(P) "Young adult" means a person who has
			 attained the age of eighteen .
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 5101:2 - Division of Social Services › Chapter 5101:2-50 - Bridges › Section 5101:2-50-02 - Requirements for bridges eligibility

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
Pursuant to section
				5101.1414 of the Revised Code,
				bridges is a voluntary benefits program with the intended outcome of an
				eligible emancipated young adult gaining skills to self-sufficiency. Bridges
				provides an eligible emancipated young adult assistance with stable housing,
				support to complete educational goals, employment resources, and access to
				community resources.
(A) A bridges
			 representative must be contacted to apply for services.
(B)
								
								To be eligible for
			 bridges, an applicant is to meet all of the
			 following :
(1)
									Attained the age
			 of eighteen but not attained the age of twenty-one; and
(2)
									Emancipated from one of the following:
(a)
										The custody of an
			 Ohio public children services agency (PCSA),
(b)
										The care and
			 placement responsibility of an Ohio Title IV-E juvenile court,
			 or
(c)
										The care and placement of the Ohio department of youth
			 services (DYS) and was in a placement that qualifies for Title IV-E maintenance
			 reimbursement, excluding juvenile correctional facilities, upon turning the age
			 of eighteen.
(3)
									
									Satisfies at least one of the following
			 eligibility criteria as outlined in the JFS 01627
			 "Bridges Eligibility Acknowledgement Form":
(a) Completing a secondary education or a
			 program leading to an equivalent credential;
(b) Enrolled in an institution that provides
			 post-secondary or vocational education;
(c) Participating in a program or activity
			 designed to promote, or remove barriers to, employment;
(d) Employed for at least eighty hours per
			 month;
(e) Incapable of doing any
			 of the activities as described in paragraphs (B)(3)(a)
										 to (B)(3)(d)
										 of this rule due to a diagnosed physical
			 or mental health condition.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 5101:2 - Division of Social Services › Chapter 5101:2-50 - Bridges › Section 5101:2-50-03 - Bridges termination and reentry

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) Bridges participants shall be terminated
			 from bridges when any of the following occurs:
(1) Participant no longer meets bridges
			 eligibility requirements as outlined in rule
			 5101:2-50-02 of the
			 Administrative Code; or
(2)
			 Participant fails to be in face to face contact with bridges representative for
			 more than sixty calendar days; or
(3) Participant is incarcerated for more than
			 sixty calendar days; or
(4)
			 Participant voluntarily withdraws from bridges; or
(5) Participant reaches the age of
			 twenty-one; or
(6) Death of the
			 participant; or
(7) ODJFS
			 discretionary action to terminate as described in paragraph (I) of this
			 rule.