Current through all regulations passed and filed through September 16, 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.
(B)
A child may be on
a temporary leave from a foster home to another foster home without
constituting a move, when all of the following are met:
(1)
The foster home
is licensed at the same level of care as the current foster
home.
(2)
The temporary leave is more than twenty-four hours but
for no more than fourteen days.
(3)
The child returns
to the original foster home by the end of the fourteenth day.
(4)
The child may be
in only one temporary leave type during a fourteen day period to be
reimbursable without returning to the original foster home before beginning
another temporary leave.
(5)
A child on leave longer than fourteen days will
constitute as a placement move.
(C) FCM reimbursement
may be claimed for payments made to the provider to hold a bed if the following
are met:
(1) The child shall be physically
placed into the setting prior to the leave.
(2) The bed shall be available while being
held for the child's return.
(3)
The leave does not exceed fourteen calendar days.
(4) The child returns to the same placement
as he or she was placed into prior to the leave.
(5) The child shall be in one of the
following types of leave:
(a) Absence without
leave (AWOL).
(b)
Hospital.
(c) Trial home visit (for the purpose of reunification).
(d) Parental, relative or non-relative visit
.
(e) Camp (eg. boy/girl scout camp, 4H camp,
band camp, church camp, sports camp).
(f) Vacation (child only).
(D) Reimbursable placement facilities located outside
of Ohio are limited to the types of homes and a QRTP
described in paragraph (A) of this rule which are licensed, certified or
approved by the agency responsible for the licensing, certification or approval
of such facilities in the state where the placement facility is located.
Placements outside of Ohio must be made in accordance with rules contained in
Chapter 5101:2-52 of the Administrative Code.
(E) Children who are
otherwise FCM program eligible are not program reimbursable during their period
of residence in the following placement settings or placement categories:
(1) Court-ordered placements with a specific
foster care provider. This does not include a court-ordered placement where the
Title IV-E court has legal responsibility for the care and placement of the
child or a court-ordered placement where the court followed or considered the
recommendation of the Title IV-E agency for placement and was so noted in the
court order.
(2) Detention
facilities, forestry camps, training schools, or other locked facilities
operated primarily for the detention of children who are determined to be
delinquent.
(3) AWOL, hospital or
leave except as described in paragraph (B) of this rule.
(4) A home or facility including a
pre-adoptive home not licensed, approved or certified or a pre- adoptive home
licensed as a foster home in which the child does not continue to receive Title
IV-E FCM payments.
(5) A relative
home neither licensed, certified or approved nor in the process of licensure,
certification or approval as a foster home.
