Current through all regulations passed and filed through December 3, 2021
(A) Pursuant to
section 307.110
307.90
of Amended Substitute House Bill
166110 of the
133rd134th
General Assembly, the purposes of the multi-system youth program and funding
are to prevent custody relinquishment to the public children services agency
(PCSA) solely for the purpose of a child obtaining needed treatment; support
the care of children in the custody of a PCSA for congregate care; and to
provide the services and supports necessary to ensure the child's successful
transition from a congregate care facility following discharge.
(B) To support the components of the
multi-system youth program for youth at risk of custody relinquishment, the
Ohio department of job and family services (ODJFS) is to:
(1) State level program:
two million each state fiscal year (SFY) will be
dedicated to the administration of the state level multi system youth program.
Three hundred sixteen thousand eight hundred dollars each fiscal year will go
toward supporting the completion of the individual application process at the
county level and the remaining funding will be transferred
transfer three and one-half million dollars in state
fiscal year (SFY) 2020 to the Ohio department of medicaid to assist
local partners in securing needed services and supports for youth with
multi-system needs;
(2) Family
children first council shared services and sustainability planning: transfer
one million dollars in SFY 2020five hundred thousand dollars in SFY 2022 and eight hundred
thousand dollars in SFY 2023
to the Ohio
family and children first council to create, improve, and sustain
effective collaborative, cross-system service delivery at the local
family and children first council
level;
(3) Training,
and technical
assistance, and evaluation: transfer five
hundred thousand dollars in each SFY to the Ohio family and children first
council to support training,
and technical assistance, and evaluation needed for local infrastructure
development;
(4) Wraparound
training: transfer five hundred thousand dollars in
SFY 2021 to the Ohio family and children first council to build local capacity
to implement the hi-fidelity care coordination modelat least two hundred thousand dollars in each state fiscal
year is to be dedicated to build local family children first council capacity
to implement the hi-fidelity care coordination model;
(5) Communities of support: one million five
hundred thousand dollars in SFY 2021each SFY will be utilized to build grant support
opportunities to provide level of care assessments and after care to multi
system youth in residential facilities and to build community wrap around
supports.
(6) PCSA support and
relinquishment prevention: allocate twenty million dollars each SFY to the
PCSAs in accordance with section 5101.14 of the Revised Code to support the
care of children in the custody of a PCSA for congregate care; and to provide
the services and supports necessary to ensure the child's successful transition
from a congregate care facility following discharge; to prevent the
relinquishment of custody to a PCSA for the sole purpose of the child obtaining
access to needed treatment; and to support the care of children in congregate
and non-congregate care settings who would be emancipating, but remain in
custody due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
(a) Of these funds, the PCSAs are to
designate a minimum of five per cent in SFY 20 and a
minimum of ten per cent in SFY 21ten per cent
in each state fiscal year of the formula-based allocation to work locally
in accordance with section 337.180307.110 of Amended Substitute House Bill
166110 of the
133rd134th
General Assembly.
(b) The
designated pooled funding is to support the provision of services to families
and children to prevent the relinquishment of custody
to a PCSA for the sole purpose of the child obtaining access to needed
treatment.
(7)
Environmental scan: dedicate three hundred thousand
dollars in SFY 2022 to conduct a statewide environmental scan to develop the
available practice models and best practices.
Ohio Admin. Code 5101:2-54-01
This section was updated on 12/7/2021 by an editor because it was made effective.
