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Ohio Administrative Code › Title 5101:2 - Division of Social Services › Chapter 5101:2-47 - Title IV-E Foster Care Maintenance › Section 5101:2-47-03.1 - Qualified and disqualified alien non-citizen eligibility for Title IV-E foster care maintenance (FCM) and independent living services

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A)
								
								Foster care maintenance (FCM) reimbursements and
			 independent living services as defined in Chapter 5101:2-42 of the
			 Administrative Code may be paid on behalf of a child who meets the definition
			 of a qualified non-citizen in rule
			 5101:2-1-01
			 of the Administrative Code.
(B) A
			 child who is a qualified 
								non-citizen,  and
			  placed in foster care shall be required
			 to live in the United States for five years before there is eligibility for FCM
			 or independent living services. Pursuant to section 403(a) of the Personal
			 Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (PRWORA), a
			 child, who is in one of the following categories, is exempted from the
			 residency requirement:
(1) A child placed with
			 a foster caregiver who is a United States citizen or a qualified
			 
									non-citizen.
(2)
									
									A non-citizen admitted to the
			 United States as a refugee under section 207 of the Immigration and Nationality
			 Act (INA) (05/2005).
(3)
									
									A
			 non-citizen who is granted asylum under section 208 of the INA.
(4)
									
									A non-citizen whose deportation is
			 being withheld under the INA.
(5)
			 Cuban/Haitian entrants, as defined 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)
									A parolee allowed into the United States under section
			 212(d)(5) of the INA (as in effect October 1, 2019) for a period of at least
			 one year.
(8)
									A person granted conditional entry pursuant to section
			 203(a)(7) of the INA (as in effect prior to April 1, 1980).
(9)
									A non-citizen or
			 the child or parent of a non-citizen who has been battered or subjected to
			 extreme cruelty in the U.S.
(10)
									An Afghan or
			 Iraqi non-citizen granted special immigrant visa status under Section 8120 of
			 the December 19, 2009 Defense Appropriations Bill (
			 Pub.
			 L. No. 111-118 ) and section 101(a)(27) of the INA
			 (as in effect October 1, 2019).
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 5101:2 - Division of Social Services › Chapter 5101:2-47 - Title IV-E Foster Care Maintenance › Section 5101:2-47-04 - Intercounty and interstate case management responsibility for foster care maintenance

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) The Title IV-E agency that holds legal
			 responsibility as defined in rule
			 5101:2-47-13
			 of the Administrative Code for the care and placement/custody of the child retains responsibility for the
			 management of the foster care maintenance (FCM) case regardless of where the
			 biological family is living or where the child is placed.
(B) When legal responsibility for the care
			 and placement/custody is transferred to an agency
			 in another county, the FCM case shall be transferred to the new
			 agency.
(C)
								
								When a child who is eligible for FCM reimbursement
			 moves or is placed into a reimbursable setting in another state, Title XIX
			 medicaid services will be provided by the receiving state. The child's
			 placement must be made in accordance with the requirements of the interstate
			 compact on the placement of children (ICPC) contained in Chapter 5101:2-52 of
			 the Administrative Code.
(D) When a
			 Title IV-E agency places a  FCM
			 eligible child in another Ohio county, the child will be provided with Title XX
			 services by the county where the child is placed, in accordance with that
			 county's Title XX plan.
(E) When
			 legal responsibility for the care and placement/custody of a child is transferred from the Title IV-E
			 agency to a private child placing agency (PCPA), the child is no longer
			 eligible for FCM.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 5101:2 - Division of Social Services › Chapter 5101:2-47 - Title IV-E Foster Care Maintenance › Section 5101:2-47-05 - Title XIX medicaid coverage for Title IV-E foster care maintenance (FCM) recipients in accordance with the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA)

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) Children placed outside Ohio
(1) Within twenty business days after a Title
			 IV-E FCM eligible and reimbursable child's placement out of state, the Ohio
			 Title IV-E agency must take the following actions to transfer Title XIX
			 medicaid coverage to the Title XIX medicaid authority in the state where the
			 child has been placed:
(a) Provide written
			 notifications to the responsible Title XIX medicaid authority in the state in
			 which the child is placed of Ohio's intent to terminate the medicaid coverage.
			 Notification shall, at a minimum, include the following:
(i) The proposed effective termination date
			 of Ohio's Title XIX medicaid coverage.
(ii) A statement that the Title IV-E agency
			 will continue to receive FCM reimbursements on the child's behalf and the Title
			 XIX medicaid coverage will be provided by the state where the child is
			 placed.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 5101:2 - Division of Social Services › Chapter 5101:2-47 - Title IV-E Foster Care Maintenance › Section 5101:2-47-06 - Administrative procedure: Title XIX medical coverage for Title IV-E adoption assistance eligible children (COBRA). [Rescinded]

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
Rescinded eff 1-1-07
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 5101:2 - Division of Social Services › Chapter 5101:2-47 - Title IV-E Foster Care Maintenance › Section 5101:2-47-07 - Notice of right to a hearing for foster care maintenance

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) The Title IV-E
			 agency shall be afforded the same opportunity for a state hearing as any other
			 applicant/recipient of public assistance.
(B) The affected Title IV-E agency shall
			 receive notice and copies of all materials related to state hearings as do
			 other applicants/recipients of public assistance.
(C) All provisions of Chapters 5101:6-1 to
			 5101:6-9 of the Administrative Code apply to the administration of the foster
			 care maintenance program.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 5101:2 - Division of Social Services › Chapter 5101:2-47 - Title IV-E Foster Care Maintenance › Section 5101:2-47-08 - Required application/update for Title IV-D (child support) services and referrals to Title IV-A (public assistance); healthchek; third party insurance; and supplemental securityincome (SSI)

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A)
								The Title IV-E
			 agency as defined in rule
			 5101:2-1-01 of the
			 Administrative Code is to:
(1)
									Send an application, for all children, to the Title
			 IV-D agency for child support utilizing the statewide automated child welfare
			 system (SACWIS) within sixty days of legal responsibility for care and
			 placement/custody, except where parental rights have been terminated by court
			 order or permanent surrender.
(2)
									Send any court
			 orders and other verifications available to the Title IV-D agency as defined in
			 rule 5101:12-1-01 of the
			 Administrative Code in the county in which the child was removed, when the
			 Title IV-E agency obtains legal responsibility for care and placement/custody
			 of the child.
(3)
									Send any court orders upon verification of any changes
			 in the circumstances of the child or parent(s).
(4)
									Determine good
			 cause circumstances where it is in the best interest of the child to suppress
			 an application to establish an order for support to the Title IV-D agency. Good
			 cause circumstances are to be documented in (SACWIS) and include but not
			 limited to the following:
(a)
										The parent(s) would be unable to comply with the
			 permanency plan of reunification due to the financial hardship caused by paying
			 child support.
(b)
										The child is expected to be in foster care for less
			 than sixty days.
(c)
										The noncustodial parent is a potential placement
			 resource.
(d)
										The parent(s) are deceased.
(e)
										Other appropriate
			 circumstances determined by the Title IV-E agency.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 5101:2 - Division of Social Services › Chapter 5101:2-47 - Title IV-E Foster Care Maintenance › Section 5101:2-47-10 - Reimbursement for Title IV-E foster care maintenance (FCM) costs for a foster home

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A)
								A Title IV-E
			 agency, private child placing agency (PCPA), private non-custodial agency
			 (PNA), and other state of Ohio licensed non-custodial agencies are to submit a
			 JFS 02911 "Title IV-E Single Cost Report" as described in rule 5101:2-47-26.1
			 of the Administrative Code in order to be reimbursed for foster care costs when
			 a child is placed in a foster home as defined in rule
			 5101:2-1-01
			 of the Administrative Code.
(B)
								If a JFS 02911
			 cost report has been approved for children placed in a foster home, a Title
			 IV-E administration reimbursement ceiling amount will be calculated based on
			 reported and allowable Title IV-E administration costs and rounded to the
			 nearest dollar.
(C)
								Administration reimbursement to the Title IV-E agency
			 for children placed in a foster home is based on the lesser of:
(1)
									The Title IV-E
			 administration reimbursement ceiling amount established by the JFS 02911
			 multiplied by the number of care days; or
(2)
									The amount paid
			 by the Title IV-E agency for administration.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 5101:2 - Division of Social Services › Chapter 5101:2-47 - Title IV-E Foster Care Maintenance › Section 5101:2-47-11 - Reimbursement for Title IV-E foster care maintenance (FCM) costs for children's residential centers (CRC), group homes, maternity homes, residential parenting facilities, and substance use disorder (SUD) residential facilities certified prior to October 1, 2020

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A)
								In order to be
			 reimbursed for Title IV-E FCM costs when a child is placed in a CRC, group
			 home, maternity home, residential parenting facility, or with a parent in a SUD
			 residential facility as defined in rule
			 5101:2-1-01
			 of the Administrative Code a JFS 02911 "Title IV-E Single Cost Report" as
			 described in rule 5101:2-47-26.1 of the Administrative Code is to be submitted
			 to the Ohio department of job and family services annually. Agencies certified
			 prior to October 1, 2020 have until October 1, 2024 to become compliant with
			 the requirements related to meeting qualified residential treatment program
			 (QRTP) standards.
(B)
								If a JFS 02911 cost report has been approved for
			 children placed in a CRC, group home, maternity home, residential parenting
			 facility or SUD residential facility, two Title IV-E reimbursement ceiling
			 amounts are calculated and rounded to the nearest dollar.
(1)
									The FCM
			 reimbursement ceiling amount is based on reported and allowable FCM
			 costs.
(2)
									The Title IV-E administration reimbursement ceiling
			 amount is based on reported allowable Title IV-E administration
			 costs.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 5101:2 - Division of Social Services › Chapter 5101:2-47 - Title IV-E Foster Care Maintenance › Section 5101:2-47-11.1 - Reimbursement for Title IV-E foster care maintenance (FCM) costs for a qualified residential treatment program (QRTP) certified after October 1, 2020

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A)
								All residential facilities certified after October 1,
			 2020 are to submit the JFS 02911 "Title IV-E Single Cost Report" as described
			 in rule 5101:2-47-26.1 of the Administrative Code in order to be reimbursed for
			 foster care costs when a child is placed. A QRTP is defined in rule
			 5101:2-9-42
			 of the Administrative Code.
(B)
								If a JFS 02911
			 cost report has been approved for children placed in a QRTP, two Title IV-E
			 reimbursement ceiling amounts are calculated and rounded to the nearest
			 dollar.
(1)
									The
			 FCM reimbursement ceiling amount is based on reported and allowable FCM
			 costs.
(2)
									The Title IV-E administration reimbursement ceiling
			 amount is based on reported allowable Title IV-E administration
			 costs.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 5101:2 - Division of Social Services › Chapter 5101:2-47 - Title IV-E Foster Care Maintenance › Section 5101:2-47-12 - Title IV-E foster care maintenance (FCM): Initial determination of program eligibility and reimbursability

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) The FCM initial program eligibility shall
			 be determined in the statewide automated child welfare information system
			 (SACWIS) by the Title IV-E agency representative within sixty days of the time
			 the agency receives legal responsibility for the care and placement/custody of the child. If the eligibility
			 determination was made in error the FCM eligibility determination can be
			 corrected.
(B) FCM program
			 eligibility 
								remains for a child for whom the responsibility
			 for care and placement/custody has been
			 transferred from another public or private agency to the Title IV-E agency. FCM
			 program eligibility shall be determined once per
			 removal episode based on the original court order which removed the child
			 from a specified relative.
(C) A
			 child shall be considered FCM program eligible if, at the time the child enters
			 care:
(1) The Title IV-E agency has legal
			 responsibility for the care and placement/custody
			 of the child as described in rule
			 5101:2-47-13
			 of the Administrative Code; and
(2)
			 The child met the aid to dependent children (ADC)-relatedness requirements as
			 described in rule
			 5101:2-47-14
			 of the Administrative Code 
									except when:
(a)
										A child's
			 placement is with a parent in a substance use disorder (SUD) residential
			 facility, as defined in rule 5101:2-1-01 of the Administrative Code, in which
			 case ADC-relatedness is not required.
(b)
										A child who is a
			 candidate for Title IV-E prevention services as described in rule
			 5101:2-45-02
			 of the Administrative Code is in the home of a kinship caregiver, as defined in
			 section
			 5101.85
			 of the Revised Code, for more than six-months, the ADC requirement of living
			 with a specified relative within the last six months is not
			 required.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 5101:2 - Division of Social Services › Chapter 5101:2-47 - Title IV-E Foster Care Maintenance › Section 5101:2-47-13 - Title IV-E foster care maintenance (FCM) program eligibility: Legal responsibility requirements

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) "Legal responsibility" means that for the
			 care of the child under the FCM program, the Title IV-E agency has legal
			 responsibility for the care and placement/custody of the child. This can be
			 established through a court order, a JFS 01645 "Agreement for Temporary Custody
			 of Child" or a JFS 01666 "Permanent Surrender of Child."
(B) If legal responsibility is established
			 through court action, the Title IV-E agency must obtain from the appropriate
			 juvenile court an order:
(1) Removing the
			 child from the home of a specified relative as defined in rule
			 5101:2-47-14
			 of the Administrative Code; or
(2)
									Removing the child, who is a candidate for Title IV-E
			 prevention services, from a parent(s) showing the child has been living with a
			 kinship caregiver, as defined in section
			 5101.85
			 of the Revised Code, for more than six months prior to the removal.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 5101:2 - Division of Social Services › Chapter 5101:2-47 - Title IV-E Foster Care Maintenance › Section 5101:2-47-14 - Title IV-E foster care maintenance (FCM) program eligibility: ADC-relatedness

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) In order to meet FCM initial program
			 eligibility, the child must have a relatedness to the aid to dependent children
			 (ADC) program authorized under Title IV-A of the Social Security Act as of July
			 16, 1996. Each ADC eligibility criteria must be met in the month of, but prior
			 to the child's removal from the home including the date of removal. All
			 applicable ADC eligibility requirements found in the appendix to rule
			 5101:2-47-14.1 of the Administrative Code shall be applied when determining
			 eligibility for ADC. Attempts must be made to verify all Title IV-E program
			 eligibility requirements. Such attempts must be documented in the child's Title
			 IV-E case record. In situations in which no information is available,
			 eligibility cannot be established.
(B) The "eligibility month" means:
(1) The month during which a JFS 01645
			 "Agreement for Temporary Custody of Child"  is executed in accordance with rule
			 5101:2-42-06
			 of the Administrative Code.
(2) The
			 month during which a JFS 01666 "Permanent Surrender"  is executed in accordance with rule
			 5101:2-42-09
			 of the Administrative Code.
(3) The
			 month during which the public children services agency (PCSA) or a public
			 entity with whom the Ohio department of job and family services (ODJFS) has a
			 Title IV-E interagency agreement in effect:
(a) Files a petition for
			 
										the
			 legal responsiblity for care and placement/
			 custody of the child which eventually leads to a court ordered removal of
			 the child, or
(b) The month in
			 which the court orders the commitment of the child to the Title IV-E agency,
			 or
(c) The month in which the child
			 is placed in detention, whichever occurs first.
(4) The month the child enters custody is not
			 necessarily the same as the eligibility month.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 5101:2 - Division of Social Services › Chapter 5101:2-47 - Title IV-E Foster Care Maintenance › Section 5101:2-47-14.1 - Title IV-E eligibility under the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) The Personal Responsibility and Work
			 Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996,
			 P.L.
			 104-193 and the Balanced Budget Act of 1997,
			 P.L.
			 105-33 amended Title IV-E eligibility requirements
			 for the foster care maintenance (FCM) program.
(B) The term "public agency" shall mean
			 either a public children services agency (PCSA) which is either a county
			 children services board or children services unit within the county department
			 of job and family services or a public entity with whom the Ohio department of
			 job and family services (ODJFS) has a Title IV-E sub-grant agreement in effect.
(C) The public agency must
			 determine FCM eligibility in the statewide automated child welfare information
			 system (SACWIS) for each child within sixty days of the child's entry into the
			 care of and placement by the agency.
(D) All aid to dependent children
			 (ADC)-relatedness eligibility determinations for the Title IV-E program shall
			 be based upon whether the household from which the child was removed would have
			 met the ADC-relatedness eligibility requirements that were in effect on July
			 16, 1996. ADC eligibility must be met in the month of, but prior to, the
			 child's removal from the specified relative, including the date of removal.
(E)
								The
			 ADC-relatedness Administrative Code rules defining these requirements are
			 contained in appendix A to this rule.
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				view Appendix
Effective: 6/23/2018
Five Year Review
				(FYR) Dates: 3/19/2018 and
				06/23/2023
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory
				Authority: 5103.03,
				5153.16,
				5101.141
Rule
				Amplifies: 5101.141,
				5103.03,
				5153.16
Prior
				Effective Dates: 10/01/1996, 12/30/1996, 03/02/1998, 04/01/2003, 10/08/2007,
				06/01/2013
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 5101:2 - Division of Social Services › Chapter 5101:2-47 - Title IV-E Foster Care Maintenance › Section 5101:2-47-16 - Title IV-E foster care maintenance (FCM) program: Reimbursable placement settings

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) FCM reimbursements may be claimed if the
			 FCM eligible child is placed in one of the following placement settings which
			 is licensed, certified or approved, as appropriate, by the Ohio department of
			 job and family services (ODJFS) or another state agency with such licensure,
			 certification or approval authority:
(1)
			 Foster home, including a relative home licensed as a foster home or a
			 pre-adoptive licensed foster home in which the child continues to receive FCM
			 reimbursements. FCM reimbursements may be claimed from the date the foster home
			 or relative home licensed as a foster home or pre-adoptive licensed foster home
			 satisfies all of the requirements for certification to the date on which the
			 certificate is actually issued, not to exceed sixty days.
(2) Private nonprofit, private for-profit or
			 public group home. As long as the child was placed into
			 the group home was prior to October 1, 2021. Reimbursement ends upon discharge
			 after October 1, 2021. Reimbursement is available for children placed into a
			 group home after October 1, 2021 for up to fourteen days while the placement
			 setting is working towards becoming a qualified residential treatment program
			 (QRTP).
(3)
			 Private nonprofit or private for-profit children's residential center (CRC).
			 As long as the child was placed into the CRC prior to
			 October 1, 2021. Reimbursement ends upon discharge after October 1, 2021.
			 Reimbursement is available for children placed into a CRC after October 1, 2021
			 for up to fourteen days while the setting is working towards becoming a
			 QRTP.
(4) Public CRC which accommodates no more than
			 twenty-five children. As long as the child was placed
			 into the CRC prior to October 1,2021. Reimbursement ends upon discharge after
			 October 1, 2021. Reimbursement is available for children placed into a CRC
			 after October 1, 2021 for up to fourteen days while the setting is working
			 towards becoming a QRTP.
(5)
			 Private foster care from a private child placing agency (PCPA), private
			 noncustodial agency (PNA) or another public children services agency
			 (PCSA).
(6) With a parent in a substance use disorder (SUD)
			 residential facility, as defined in rule
			 5101:2-1-01
			 of the Administrative Code.
(7) Qualified
			 residential treatment program (QRTP), as defined in rule
			 5101:2-9-42
			 of the  Administrative Code. A public
			 QRTP cannot accommodate more than twenty-five children.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 5101:2 - Division of Social Services › Chapter 5101:2-47 - Title IV-E Foster Care Maintenance › Section 5101:2-47-17 - Title IV- E foster care maintenance (FCM) program reimbursability: Reimbursements for FCM and child care for public foster homes, relative homes, and pre-finalized adoptive homes

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) Uniform statewide standards for FCM
			 minimum and maximum reimbursement amounts for public foster homes, relative
			 homes licensed as foster homes and prefinalized adoptive homes that continue to
			 receive FCM reimbursements have been established by the Ohio department of job
			 and family services (ODJFS). These amounts shall be updated annually by the
			 issuance of a "Family, Children and Adult Services Procedure Letter" and are
			 the minimum and maximum amounts that can be authorized for FCM reimbursements
			 for a child placed in the substitute care settings.
(1) If there is a difference between the
			 statewide maximum reimbursement amount and a higher Title IV-E agency payment
			 amount, the Title IV-E agency shall supplement payments without benefit of
			 federal financial participation (FFP) under Title IV-E.
(2) If there is a difference between the
			 statewide minimum reimbursement amount and a lesser Title IV-E agency payment
			 amount, the Title IV-E agency shall not claim FCM funds to support the
			 placement of the child.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 5101:2 - Division of Social Services › Chapter 5101:2-47 - Title IV-E Foster Care Maintenance › Section 5101:2-47-18 - Title IV-E foster care maintenance (FCM) program reimbursability: Reimbursements related to the difficulty of care needs of a child placed in a foster home, relative home, or pre-finalized adoptive home

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) A child with special, exceptional, or
			 intensive needs, as defined in this rule, receiving 
								FCM reimbursements may be eligible for a
			 supplemental difficulty of care reimbursement. This reimbursement shall be
			 available for a child who has been determined by the Title IV-E agency to have
			 special, exceptional or intensive needs that require special parenting
			 attention and care.
(B) Child
			 characteristics describing the child's special, exceptional or intensive
			 placement services shall be entered into the statewide automated child welfare
			 information system (SACWIS)  within thirty days of the Title IV-E agency receiving custody.
(C) Difficulty of care reimbursements shall
			 be updated annually by the issuance of a "Family, Children and Adult Services
			 Procedure Letter" and may be offered at one of the following three levels of
			 intensity depending upon the needs of the child and qualifications of the
			 substitute caregiver:
(1) Special
			 needs.
(2) Exceptional
			 needs.
(3) Intensive
			 needs.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 5101:2 - Division of Social Services › Chapter 5101:2-47 - Title IV-E Foster Care Maintenance › Section 5101:2-47-19 - Title IV-E foster care maintenance (FCM) program reimbursability: payments, reimbursements, graduation expenses and personal incidentals

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) Minimum and
			 maximum FCM reimbursement ceiling rates for foster homes, including emergency
			 placements and for supplemental special, exceptional and intensive needs per
			 diems are located in a "Family, Children and Adult Services Procedure Letter"
			 found at
http://emanuals.jfs.ohio.gov
published once a year.
(B) Minimum
			 and maximum reimbursement ceiling rates for clothing, personal incidentals and
			 graduation expenses located in a "Family, Children and Adult Services Procedure
			 Letter" found at
http://emanuals.jfs.ohio.gov
published once a year. Auxiliary payments for clothing, personal incidentals
			 and graduation expenses cannot exceed the maximum reimbursement ceiling
			 rates.
(C) Per diem reimbursement
			 for children's residential centers, group homes, , residential parenting facilities,
			 and purchased foster care homes, substance use disorder
			 (SUD) residential facility or qualified residential treatment program
			 (QRTP) is outlined in rule
			 5101:2-47-11
			 of the Administrative Code.
(D)
								Per diem reimbursement for purchased foster care homes
			 is outlined in rule
			 5101:2-47-10
			 of the Admininstrative Code.
(E) Supplemental per
			 diems related to difficulty of care are outlined in rule
			 5101:2-47-18
			 of the Administrative Code.
(F) Clothing expenses
			 include clothing purchased during the first sixty days of initial substitute
			 care placement as well as ongoing clothing needs as a result of growth,
			 seasonal changes, or attrition.
(G) Graduation
			 expenses are limited to those expenses directly related to the high school
			 graduation events including, but not limited to, class rings, pictures, cap and
			 gown cost, tuxedos, or prom gowns.
(H) Personal
			 incidentals include, but are not limited to:
(1) Items related to personal
			 hygiene.
(2) Cosmetics.
(3) Over-the-counter medications.
(4) Special dietary foods.
(5) Infant and toddler supplies (e.g., high
			 chairs, diapers).
(6) Fees related
			 to activities (e.g., boy/girl scouts, camp, sports, school trips).
(7) Special lessons (e.g., horseback riding,
			 sports, music).
(8) Graduation fees
			 (high school only).
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 5101:2 - Division of Social Services › Chapter 5101:2-47 - Title IV-E Foster Care Maintenance › Section 5101:2-47-20 - Title IV-E foster care maintenance (FCM) program reimbursability: Supplemental reimbursements for the cost of care for the child of a minor parent

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) For purposes of this rule, a
			 minor parent in substitute care who is program
			 reimbursable for FCM will be referred to as the "parent," and the child(ren) of
			 this parent will be referred to as the "child."
(B) A Title IV-E agency need not assume
			 custody of the child of a 
			 parent solely for the purpose of receipt of FCM funds to provide for the
			 child's cost of care.
(C) The cost
			 of care for 
			 a child residing with 
								a parent in a foster home,
								 residential
			 parenting facility or qualified residential treatment
			 program (QRTP) as described in rule
			 5101:2-47-11
			 of the Administrative Code must be included as a supplemental payment to
			 the FCM reimbursement made on behalf of  the parent.
			 The child is also eligible for medical services under Title XIX and social
			 services under Title XX.
(D) If the
			 parent and child no longer reside together in the same foster home,
								 residential
			 parenting facility or QRTP as described in rule
			 5101:2-47-11
			 of the Administrative Code, the cost of care of the child can no longer
			 be included as a supplemental payment to the FCM reimbursement made on behalf
			 of his/her parent.
(E) For the
			 child to remain in a foster home, the Title IV-E agency must take action to
			 remove the child from the parent. The child's FCM eligibility must be
			 determined based on removal from the parent and his/her parent's current
			 circumstances.
(F) A child whose
			 cost of care is included as a supplemental payment to the FCM reimbursement
			 made on behalf of  the parent based on paragraph (C) of this rule, shall
			 not be included in the count of children in substitute care reported on the
			 04281 "Children Services Quarterly Statistical Report" in the statewide
			 automated child welfare information system (SACWIS). The child shall be
			 included in the occupancy limitations specified in rules
			 5101:2-1-01
			 and
			 5101:2-5-32
			 of the Administrative Code.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 5101:2 - Division of Social Services › Chapter 5101:2-47 - Title IV-E Foster Care Maintenance › Section 5101:2-47-21 - Title IV-E foster care maintenance (FCM) reimbursement for a child placed into a qualified residential treatment program (QRTP)

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) FCM reimbursement begins the actual date
			 of the child's placement in a QRTP, if the child meets all program eligibility
			 and reimbursement criteria in the same month. If the eligibility requirements
			 are not met in the same month, FCM reimbursement may go back to the first day
			 of the month when all eligibility requirements are met.
(B) FCM reimbursement is contingent upon
			 satisfaction of all of the following:
(1) The
			 Title IV-E agency has legal responsibility for the care and placement/custody
			 of the child as described in rule
			 5101:2-47-13
			 of the Administrative Code.
(2)
			 Meet the reasonable efforts requirement that a judicial determination for a
			 court-ordered removal as described in rule
			 5101:2-47-22
			 of the Administrative Code, has been obtained.
(3) The child meets the ADC-relatedness
			 requirements as described in rule
			 5101:2-47-14
			 of the Administrative Code.
(4) The
			 facility meets the QRTP requirements as described in rule 5101:2-9-42 of the
			 Administrative Code.
(5) A
			 qualified individual, who is a trained professional or licensed clinician and
			 meets the requirements in rule 5101:2-42-12 of the Administrative Code is to
			 assess a child 
									for each placement in a QRTP
			 
									no earlier
			 than thirty-days 
									prior to the start of each placement
			 or no later than thirty-days from the first day of
			 placement
									.
(6) The requirements in rules
			 5101:2-47-11
			 and 5101:2-47-11.1 of the Administrative Code, as applicable. Any child placed
			 prior to October 1, 2021 in a residential facility that is not certified as a
			 QRTP is reimbursable until the child is discharged through October 1,
			 2024.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 5101:2 - Division of Social Services › Chapter 5101:2-47 - Title IV-E Foster Care Maintenance › Section 5101:2-47-22 - Reasonable efforts requirements for Title IV-E foster care maintenance

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) The Title IV-E
			 agency must obtain a judicial determination by a juvenile court of competent
			 jurisdiction documenting one of the following:
(1) Reasonable efforts were made prior to the
			 removal of the child to prevent the placement.
(a) The child was known to be at risk prior
			 to any petition for removal of the child.
(b) There was some opportunity to work with
			 the family to prevent the removal of the child.
(c) Attempts were made to provide services to
			 reduce the risk to the child, or to improve the family situation so as to
			 prevent the need to remove the child.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 5101:2 - Division of Social Services › Chapter 5101:2-47 - Title IV-E Foster Care Maintenance › Section 5101:2-47-23 - Beginning date of reimbursability for the Title IV-E foster care maintenance (FCM)

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) The beginning date of reimbursability for
			 FCM shall be no earlier than the date of the foster care placement.
			 Reimbursement may begin the actual date of the child's placement, if the child
			 meets all program eligibility and reimbursement criteria. Reimbursability may
			 go back to the first day of the month that all eligibility requirements are
			 met, if they were not met in the month that the child is initially placed.
			 Reimbursement is contingent upon satisfaction of all of the following:
(1) The Title IV-E agency has legal
			 responsibility for the care and placement/custody
			 of the child as described in rule
			 5101:2-47-13
			 of the Administrative Code.
(2) The
			 child meets the ADC-relatedness requirements as described in rule
			 5101:2-47-14
			 of the Administrative Code unless the child is placed with a parent in a
			 substance use disorder (SUD) residential facility, as defined in rule
			 5101:2-1-01
			 of the Administrative Code or the child is a candidate
			 for Title IV-E family first prevention services (FFPS) and was residing with a
			 kinship caregiver as described in rule
			 5101:2-47-12
			 of the Administrative Code.
(3) Reasonable efforts judicial determination
			 for a  court-ordered removal as described in rule
			 5101:2-47-22
			 of the Administrative Code, has been obtained. Program reimbursability may go
			 back to the first day of the month in which the reasonable efforts judicial
			 determination was obtained as long as all other requirements of Chapter
			 5101:2-47 of the Administrative Code are met.
(4) The child continues to meet the age
			 requirement as described in rule
			 5101:2-47-14
			 of the Administrative Code.
(5) The
			 child is placed in a reimbursable placement facility as described in rule
			 5101:2-47-16
			 of the Administrative Code.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 5101:2 - Division of Social Services › Chapter 5101:2-47 - Title IV-E Foster Care Maintenance › Section 5101:2-47-23.1 - Title IV-E agency contracting and contract monitoring

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) Each Title IV-E
			 agency, as defined in rule
			 5101:2-1-01 of the
			 Administrative Code, 
								is to use the statewide "agreement for Title IV-E
			 agencies and providers for the provision of child placement," hereinafter
			 referred to as the "agreement," and establish a system of contract monitoring
			 for children being placed into substitute care with a private agency.
(B) Each Title IV-E agency
			 
								is to
			 complete the "agreement," including the "Title IV-E schedule A rate information
			 (schedule A)" in the Ohio statewide automated
			 child welfare information system (Ohio SACWIS) to
			 be able to enter a foster care placement with a:
(1)
									Private child placing agency (PCPA).
(2)
									Private
			 non-custodial agency (PNA).
(3)
									Qualified
			 residential treatment program (QRTP).
(4)
									Licensed
			 family-based residential treatment facility for substance use disorder (SUD) on
			 behalf of a child placed with a parent.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 5101:2 - Division of Social Services › Chapter 5101:2-47 - Title IV-E Foster Care Maintenance › Section 5101:2-47-25 - Foster care maintenance reimbursement ceiling amounts: Allowable costs for use in completing the JFS 02909 Residential Child Care Facility Cost Report and the JFS 02910 Purchased Foster Care Cost Report. [Rescinded]

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
Rescinded eff 7-1-04
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 5101:2 - Division of Social Services › Chapter 5101:2-47 - Title IV-E Foster Care Maintenance › Section 5101:2-47-26 - Title IV-E agencies, private child placing agencies (PCPA), private noncustodial agencies (PNA), qualified residential treatment programs (QRTP), residential care facilities, substance use disorder (SUD) residential facilities: penalties for failure to comply with fiscal accountability procedures

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) A Title IV-E
			 agency, PCPA, PNA, QRTP, residential care
			 facility, or SUD residential facility, as defined in rule
			 5101:2-1-01
			 of the Administrative Code, shall comply with the Ohio department of job and
			 family services (ODJFS) fiscal accountability procedures set forth in Chapter
			 5101:2-47 of the Administrative Code.
(1) For
			 an initial failure to comply, a corrective action plan shall be developed to
			 correct the areas determined to be in noncompliance. The corrective action plan
			 shall:
(a) Identify the areas of
			 noncompliance.
(b) Identify the
			 action steps required to correct the noncompliance.
(c) Identify a completion date for each of
			 the action steps.
(d) Be completed
			 within a time period negotiated with ODJFS.
(e) Be submitted to ODJFS within thirty days
			 of the receipt of a written finding of noncompliance.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 5101:2 - Division of Social Services › Chapter 5101:2-47 - Title IV-E Foster Care Maintenance › Section 5101:2-47-26.1 - Title IV-E agencies, private child placing agencies (PCPA), private noncustodial agencies (PNA), residential care facilities, substance use disorder (SUD) residential facilities and a qualified residential treatment program (QRTP): Title IV-E cost report filing requirements, record retention requirements and related party disclosure requirements

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) As a condition for receiving a Title IV-E
			 foster care reimbursement ceiling amount, each 
								Title IV-E
			 agency, PCPA, PNA, residential care facility,  SUD residential facility, as defined in rule
			 5101:2-1-01
			 of the Administrative Code and a QRTP as defined in
			 rule
			 5101:2-9-42
			 of the Administrative Code, shall file a Title IV-E JFS 02911 "Title IV-E
			 Single Cost Report"  including
			 supplements and attachments as outlined in rule 5101:2-47.26.2 of the
			 Administrative Code.
(B) To
			 complete a JFS 02911 single cost report:
(1) A
			 PCPA, PNA, QRTP, residential care facility, and
			 SUD residential facility shall adhere to:
(a)
			 The allowable and unallowable cost principles contained in the office of
			 management and budget 2 C.F.R. Part 200 (2014) (
www.gpo.gov/fdsys/granule/CFR-2014-title2-vo11/CFR-2014-title2-vo11-part200/content-detail.html
).
(b) Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue
			 Code for non-profit organizations (
www.irs.gov/publications/index
).
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 5101:2 - Division of Social Services › Chapter 5101:2-47 - Title IV-E Foster Care Maintenance › Section 5101:2-47-27 - Foster care maintenance and administration reimbursement ceiling amounts: Out-of-state residential care facilities. [Rescinded]

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
Rescinded eff 7-1-04
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 5101:2 - Division of Social Services › Chapter 5101:2-47 - Title IV-E Foster Care Maintenance › Section 5101:2-47-36 - Adoption assistance payment eligibility: Adoption assistance agreement and duration; provision for financial support and services. [Rescinded]

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
Rescinded eff 1-1-07
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 5101:2 - Division of Social Services › Chapter 5101:2-47 - Title IV-E Foster Care Maintenance › Section 5101:2-47-44 - Adoption assistance: Reimbursement of nonrecurring adoption expenses. For a child with special needs. [Rescinded]

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
Rescinded eff 1-1-07
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 5101:2 - Division of Social Services › Chapter 5101:2-48 - Adoption › Section 5101:2-48-02 - Putative father registry

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) The Ohio putative father registry (OPFR),
			 as defined in rule
			 5101:2-1-01 of the
			 Administrative Code, is designed to:
(1)
			 Facilitate the registration of putative fathers who want to be notified in the
			 event that their child may be placed for adoption.
(2) Facilitate interested parties' efforts to
			 identify a putative father through submission of a request for a search to be
			 conducted on the OPFR.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 5101:2 - Division of Social Services › Chapter 5101:2-48 - Adoption › Section 5101:2-48-03 - Requirement of "Social and Medical History"

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) The public children services agency
			 (PCSA), private child placing agency (PCPA) or private noncustodial (PNA) shall
			 obtain information for the social and medical histories of the biological
			 parents from the following sources:
(1)
			 Written information and interviews with the biological parents of the
			 child.
(2) Written information and
			 interviews with other persons having knowledge of the biological parents and
			 their ancestors.
(3) Any available
			 records, if the biological parents or the legal guardian of the biological
			 parents consents to release of information contained in the record.
(4) Results of a medical examination that the
			 PCSA, PCPA or PNA may have requested for the biological parent. In the event
			 the biological parents refuse to consent to a medical examination, this shall
			 be noted on the JFS 01616 "Social and Medical History."
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 5101:2 - Division of Social Services › Chapter 5101:2-48 - Adoption › Section 5101:2-48-06 - Assessor roles and responsibilities for foster care and adoption

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) A public
			 children services agency (PCSA), private child placing agency (PCPA), private
			 noncustodial agency (PNA) or court that engages in the provision of foster care
			 or adoption services shall employ or have under contract assessors who are
			 responsible for, but not limited to, performing the following duties:
(1) Works with parents, guardians or persons
			 having custody of a child who express the intent to surrender their child for
			 adoption.
(2) Works with people
			 seeking to adopt or provide foster care for a child, including but not limited
			 to the following duties:
(a) Completing home
			 study assessments for foster care and adoptive applicants.
(b) Completing adoption amendments and
			 updates.
(c) Completing foster care
			 recertifications.
(d) Completing
			 prefinalization adoption assessments.
(3) Works with the child in the permanent
			 custody of an agency to prepare the child for adoption.
(4) Initiates and/or supervises the foster
			 care or adoptive placement.
(5)
			 Completes the JFS 01616 "Social and Medical History" which shall be filed with
			 the court.
(6) Completes the JFS
			 01673 "Assessment for Child Placement."
(7) Completes the JFS 01385 "Assessment for
			 Child Placement Update."
(8)
			 Completes the JFS 01692 "Application for Adoption of a Foster Child."
(9) Completes the JFS 01530
			 "Multiple Children/Large Family Assessment."
(10) Completes the JFS 01699 "ODJFS
			 Prefinalization Adoption Assessment Form."
(11) Completes the JFS 01673-A "Child
			 Characteristics Checklist For Foster Care and/or Adoption."
(12) Completes the JFS 01698 "Step-Parent
			 Adoption Homestudy."
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 5101:2 - Division of Social Services › Chapter 5101:2-48 - Adoption › Section 5101:2-48-08 - Adoption inquiry

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) The public children services agency
			 (PCSA), private child placing agency (PCPA) and private noncustodial agency
			 (PNA) shall maintain a log of inquiries from persons interested in being
			 adoptive parents. The agency shall document in the log any followup for each
			 inquiry.
(B) If the inquirer
			 resides in Ohio, the PCSA, PCPA or PNA shall provide the following to the
			 inquirer within seven business days of the inquiry:
(1) A copy of the JFS 01675 "Ohio Adoption
			 Guide: Handbook for Prospective Adoptive Families" or the link to access the
			 guide electronically. The link for the state foster care and adoption website,
www.FosterAndAdopt.jfs.ohio.gov
.
(2) Instructions on how to get an application
			 for adoption.
(3) A copy of the
			 PCSA, PCPA or PNA adoption policy, or summary of the policy, prepared pursuant
			 to rule
			 5101:2-48-05
			 of the Administrative Code.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 5101:2 - Division of Social Services › Chapter 5101:2-48 - Adoption › Section 5101:2-48-09 - Application process and preservice training

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) in recommending foster homes for certification or participates in the
			 placement of children in foster homes and for adoption shall:
(1) Inform all individuals applying for
			 approval for adoptive placement that they can also be studied for foster home
			 certification.
(2) Conduct a joint
			 homestudy pursuant to the requirements contained in rule
			 5101:2-5-20
			 of the Administrative Code which can result in the simultaneous approval of the
			 applicant for:
(a) Adoptive
			 placement.
(b) Foster care
			 placement.