Ohio Administrative Code
Title 5101:2 - Division of Social Services
Chapter 5101:2-42 - Substitute Care
Section 5101:2-42-18.2 - Kinship support program
Current through all regulations passed and filed through March 18, 2024
(A) The kinship support program (KSP) is available to eligible kinship caregivers to provide financial payments for the placement of children in the kinship caregiver's home. The Ohio department of job and family services (ODJFS) is to coordinate and administer the program pursuant to section 5101.881 of the Revised Code and provide payments in accordance with section 5101.885 of the Revised Code to the extent funds are appropriated and allocated for this purpose.
(B) "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.
(C) A kinship caregiver who is not certified as a foster caregiver in accordance with Chapters 5101:2-5 and 5101:2-7 of the Administrative Code is eligible to receive KSP payments for a child placed in the kinship caregiver's home pursuant to rule 5101:2-42-18 of the Administrative Code when:
(D) Eligible kinship caregivers are to receive KSP payments in accordance with the following timeframes:
(E) The kinship caregiver is to receive KSP payments until the earliest of the following:
(F) Prior to placing a child in a kinship home, the PCSA or other Title IV-E agency is to provide the kinship caregiver with information about the KSP.
(G) The PCSA or other Title IV-E agency is to enter the necessary data into the statewide automated child welfare information system (SACWIS) to initiate and/or terminate payments for eligible kinship caregivers in accordance with this rule.
(H) A kinship caregiver who obtains foster home certification in accordance with Chapters 5101:2-5 and 5101:2-7 of the Administrative Code is to receive foster care maintenance (FCM) payments equal to the rate the PCSA or other Title IV-E agency would pay for that child if placed in a foster home that is not kin.
(I) The eligibility for kinship caregivers and foster caregivers to receive Ohio works first (OWF) is determined pursuant to rules 5101:1-3-01, 5101:1-23-10, and 5101:1-23-20.1 of the Administrative Code.
(J) In accordance with rule 5101:2-5-18 of the Administrative Code, a recommending agency may submit a waiver request for a kinship caregiver to waive any non-safety foster home certification standards. These waiver requests will be reviewed on a case by case basis. Pursuant to section 5103.0329 of the Revised Code, a recommending agency may submit a request for a kinship caregiver to waive training hours and topic requirements contained in rule 5101:2-5-33 of the Administrative Code. Per rule 5101:2-5-18 of the Administrative Code, all waiver requests for kinship caregivers to become certified foster parents are to be completed in SACWIS and forwarded to ODJFS. Kinship caregivers who become certified foster caregivers as a result of the approval of non-safety waivers are not able to receive placement of children other than kinship children.