Current through all regulations passed and filed through September 16, 2024
(A) An agency shall place a foster child in a
foster home only when the agency and the foster caregiver are in compliance
with the provisions of Chapters 5101:2-5 and 5101:2-7 of the Administrative
Code.
(B) Specific circumstances
and limitations for the capacity of a foster home:
(1) To determine the total number of children
in the home, the agency shall include at a minimum:
(a) Foster children placed in the
home.
(b) Kinship children residing
in the home.
(c) The children of a
foster caregiver.
(d) Children
being cared for by a type B child care provider.
(e) Children receiving any private child care
services.
(2)
A foster home shall not receive more
than five foster children.
(3) When
a foster caregiver has been certified for less than two years to operate a
foster home, or has less than two years of professional child care experience
as documented by the recommending agency, the caregiver shall not receive more
than three foster children in the home at any one time.
(4) Not more than two children under the age
of two years shall reside or receive child care services in a foster home at
any one time.
(5) Not more than
four children under the age of five years shall reside or receive child care
services in a foster home at any one time.
(6) If a foster home is at or below the
capacity limits set forth in this paragraph, the home may exceed the capacity
limits if the additional children meet one of the following circumstances:
(a) To accommodate a sibling group or the
remaining members of a sibling group.
(b) To accommodate a sibling or siblings of a
kinship child.
(c)
To allow a family with special training or skills to provide
care to one additional child who has a severe disability.
(d)
To allow a child with an
established meaningful relationship with the family to be placed with the
family.
(e)
To allow a parenting youth in foster care to remain with the
child of the parenting youth.
(7) If a foster home is above the capacity
limits set forth in this paragraph, the home shall not accept additional
children unless the children meet one of the following exceptions:
(a) To accommodate a sibling or siblings of a
foster child currently placed in the home.
(b) To accommodate a sibling or siblings of a
kinship child currently placed in the home.
(c)
To allow a family with
special training or skills to provide care to one additional child who has a
severe disability.
(d)
To allow a child with an established meaningful relationship
with the family to be placed with the family.
(e)
To allow a parenting youth in
foster care to remain with the child of the parenting youth.
(8) If the foster home is a
specialized foster home, the additional placement limitations of rules
5101:2-5-36 and
5101:2-5-37 of the
Administrative Code, as applicable, shall apply.
(C) Not more than a total of ten children,
including the children of a foster caregiver, children being cared for by a
type B child care provider and children receiving any private child care
services, shall reside or receive child care services in a foster home at any
one time.
(D) Placement of a
physically disabled foster child in a foster home shall be made
only after the agency has assured that any necessary special arrangements to
meet the child's needs have been made.
