Current through all regulations passed and filed through September 16, 2024
(A)
The Ohio
department of job and family services (ODJFS) issues a one-time TANF
performance bonus to the county department of job and family services
(CDJFS).
(B)
ODJFS will issue an incentive to a CDJFS that has spent
at least ninety per cent of its combined TANF regular and TANF administration
allocation as described in rules
5101:9-6-08
and 5101:9-6-08.8 of the Administrative Code.
(C)
The TANF
performance incentive consists of federal funds. The catalog of federal
domestic assistance (CFDA) number for this allocation is
93.558.
(D)
ODJFS communicates the funding period and liquidation
period through the county finance information system (CFIS). The CDJFS can
provide services through the funding period and disburse and report
expenditures no later than the end of the liquidation period. Expenditures in
excess of the allocation amount are the responsibility of the county
agency.
(E)
ODJFS allocates this funding as follows:
(1)
FFY19 TANF
performance incentives
(a)
For SFY21, ODJFS will issue up to five million dollars
in TANF performance incentives to eligible counties. The actual amount will be
based on the remaining unspent balance of the FFY19 TANF regular and TANF
administration allocations.
(b)
ODJFS will issue
FFY19 performance incentives based on each county's FFY19 final TANF regular
and TANF administration allocations and expenditures. The final allocation is
the amount at the end of the FFY after any increase or decrease due to budget
transfers, redistributions, and inter-county transfers.
(c)
ODJFS will
determine a statewide incentive amount to be allocated. Counties that have
spent at least ninety per cent of its combined TANF regular and TANF
administration allocation will be eligible. ODJFS will use the percentage of an
eligible county's total TANF expenditures as compared to the total statewide
expenditure amount of all eligible counties to determine each eligible county's
per cent of the statewide amount to be allocated.
(d)
The incentive
will be issued July 2020. Counties will have two years to use funding. The end
date will be June 30, 2022 with a liquidation period ending September 30,
2022.
(2)
FFY20 TANF performance incentives
(a)
For SFY22, ODJFS
will issue up to ten million dollars in TANF performance incentives to eligible
counties. The actual amount will be based on the statewide remaining unspent
balance of the FFY20 TANF regular and TANF administration
allocations.
(b)
ODJFS will issue FFY20 performance incentives based on
each county's final FFY20 TANF regular and TANF administration allocations and
expenditures. The final allocation is the amount at the end of the FFY after
any increase or decrease due to budget transfers, redistributions, and
inter-county transfers.
(c)
ODJFS will determine a statewide incentive amount to be
allocated. Counties that have spent at least ninety per cent of its combined
TANF regular and TANF administration allocation will be eligible. ODJFS will
use the percentage of an eligible county's total TANF expenditures as compared
to the total statewide expenditure amount of all eligible counties to determine
each eligible county's per cent of the statewide amount to be
allocated.
(d)
The incentive will be issued July 2021. Counties will
have two years to use funding. The end date will be June 30, 2023 with a
liquidation period ending September 30, 2023.
(3)
The allocation
will be used in accordance with TANF regular requirements. The CDJFS may charge
allowable service expenditures as defined in the county's prevention, retention
and contingency (PRC) plan against this allocation.
(4)
A CDJFS will
report direct expenditures as described in rule
5101:9-7-29
of the Administrative Code.
(5)
The definitions,
requirements, and responsibilities contained in rule
5101:9-6-50
of the Administrative Code are applicable to this
rule.
