Ohio Administrative Code › Title 5101:2 - Division of Social Services › Chapter 5101:2-40 - Supportive Services › Section 5101:2-40-04 - Kinship permanency incentive (KPI) program

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) The KPI program is designed to promote a
			 permanent commitment by a kinship caregiver(s) through becoming guardians and
			 custodians over minor children who would otherwise be unsafe or at risk of harm
			 if they remained in their own homes. KPI provides up to eight incentive
			 payments to families caring for their kin.
(B) The following definitions are applicable
			 to this rule and supersede any conflicting definitions contained in rule
			 5101:2-1-01 of the
			 Administrative Code.
(1) "Custodian" has the
			 same meaning as in section
			 5107.02 of the Revised Code,
			 which is an individual who has legal custody of a minor child or comparable
			 status over a minor child created by a court of competent jurisdiction in
			 another state.
(2) "Family" means a
			 kinship caregiver, spouse of the kinship caregiver, and all of the minor
			 children for whom the kinship caregiver and spouse of the kinship caregiver are
			 responsible, and who reside in the same household.
(3) "Fraudulent incentive" means incentive
			 funds provided to the kinship caregiver(s) as a result of fraud by the kinship
			 caregiver(s), including an intentional violation of the program requirements.
			 Fraudulent incentive does not include incentive payments provided due to an
			 error of the agency in processing the application.
(4) "Gross income" means income of the family
			 as defined in paragraph (B)(2) of this rule before taxes and
			 deductions.
(5) "Guardian" has the
			 same meaning as in section
			 5107.02 of the Revised Code,
			 which is an individual that is granted authority by a probate court or a court
			 of competent jurisdiction in another state, to exercise parental rights over a
			 minor child to the extent provided in the court's order and subject to residual
			 parental rights of the minor child's parents.
(6) "Kinship caregiver" has the same meaning
			 as in section 5101.85 of the Revised Code,
			 which is any of the following who is eighteen years of age or older and is
			 caring for a child in place of the child's parents.
(a) Individuals related by blood or adoption
			 to the child including:
(i) Grandparents,
			 including grandparents with the prefix "great," "great-great," or
			 "great-great-great."
(ii)
			 Siblings.
(iii) Aunts, uncles,
			 nephews, and nieces, including such relatives with the prefix "great,"
			 "great-great," "grand," or "great-grand."
(iv) First cousins and first cousins once
			 removed.
(b) Stepparents
			 and stepsiblings of the child.
(c)
			 Spouses and former spouses of individuals named in paragraphs (B)(6)(a)(i) to
			 (B)(6)(a)(iv) and (B)(6)(b) of this rule.
(d) A legal guardian of the child.
(e) A legal custodian of the child.
(f)
										Any nonrelative
			 adult that has a familiar and long-standing relationship or bond with the child
			 or the family, which relationship or bond will ensure the child's social
			 ties.
(7) "Minor
			 child" has the same meaning as in
			 45 C.F.R.
			 260.30 (2003), which is either of the
			 following:
(a) An individual who has not
			 attained age eighteen.
(b) An
			 individual who has not attained age nineteen and is a full-time student in a
			 secondary school or in the equivalent level of vocational or technical
			 training.