Ohio Administrative Code › Title 5101:9 - ODJFS Practices › Chapter 5101:9-6 - Allocations › Section 5101:9-6-19 - State child protective allocation (SCPA)

Current through all
			 regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) The Ohio department of job and family
			 services (ODJFS) issues the SCPA to meet expenses of the children services
			 program, including costs for the care of a child who resides with a caretaker
			 relative and other services a public children services agency (PCSA) considers
			 necessary to protect children from abuse, neglect, or dependency.
(B) This allocation consists of state funds
			 including the funding formerly known as the "Fiesel" allocation. The PCSA shall
			 deposit this allocation in the county's children services fund.
(C) ODJFS issues the SCPA for associated
			 staff costs, goods or services performed for the state fiscal year (SFY), July
			 first through June thirtieth. ODJFS communicates the funding period and
			 liquidation period through the county finance information system (CFIS). The
			 PCSA can incur services through the funding period and disburse and report
			 expenditures no later than the end of the liquidation period. The PCSA shall
			 return funds that are not fully liquidated by September thirtieth to ODJFS
			 during the allocation's grant reconciliation period.
(D) ODJFS uses the following methodology to
			 distribute available funds:
(1) ODJFS
			 allocates a base amount to each PCSA. Where a PCSA encompasses multiple
			 counties, each PCSA will receive the base amount for each county represented
			 under the PCSA.
(2) ODJFS allocates
			 the remaining balance in accordance with section
			 5101.14
			 of the Revised Code as follows:
(a) If the
			 amount of available funds is equal to the amount appropriated for the
			 immediately preceding fiscal year, each county shall receive an amount equal to
			 the amount it received in the immediately preceding fiscal year exclusive of
			 any releases from or additions to the allocation or any sanctions.
(b) If the amount of available funds is less
			 than the amount initially appropriated for the immediately preceding fiscal
			 year, each county shall receive an amount equal to the percentage of funding it
			 received in the immediately preceding fiscal year, exclusive of any releases
			 from or additions to the allocation or any sanctions.
(c) If the amount of available funds is more
			 than the amount initially appropriated for the immediately preceding fiscal
			 year, each county shall receive an amount equal to the amount it received in
			 the preceding year as a base allocation. ODJFS will allocate the amount
			 exceeding the amount initially appropriated in the immediately preceding fiscal
			 year as follows:
(i) Twelve per cent is
			 divided equally among all counties.
(ii) Forty-eight per cent is distributed
			 based on the total number of county residents under the age of eighteen as
			 compared to the total statewide residents under the age of eighteen for the
			 most recent calendar year available.
(iii) Forty per cent is distributed based on
			 the number of county residents with incomes under the federal poverty level as
			 compared to the statewide total of residents with incomes under the federal
			 poverty level for the most recent calendar year available.