Current through all regulations passed and filed through September 16, 2024
(A) The Ohio department of job and family
services (ODJFS) issues the state SSO allocation to the county
department of job and family services (CDJFS) for expenditures incurred in the
operation of social services programs.
(B) This allocation consists of one hundred
per cent state funds.
(C) ODJFS
issues this allocation on a state fiscal year (SFY) basis. ODJFS will
communicate the period of performance and liquidation period for this
allocation through the county finance information system (CFIS). The CDJFS must
expend funds by the end of the funding period
and disburse and report
expenditures no later than the end of the liquidation period.
(D) ODJFS utilizes the following methodology
to distribute available funds for this allocation.
(1) When the statewide allocation is within
four per cent of the final amount distributed in the preceding year, ODJFS uses
the formula in this paragraph to determine each county department of job and
family services (CDJFS) share. ODJFS caps increases and decreases in each
county's allocation amount at four per cent of the county's preceding year's
allocation. ODJFS proportionately distributes county increases of more than
four per cent to counties experiencing more than a four per cent decrease. The
formula for determining how to allocate the statewide allocation is as follows:
(a) Fifty per cent is based on the county's
population at or below one hundred fifty per cent of the federal poverty level
as compared statewide in the same category.
(b) Twenty per cent is based on the county's
population at or below eighteen years of age and at or below two hundred per
cent of the federal poverty level as compared statewide in the corresponding
categories.
(c) Twenty per cent is
based on the county's population at or over fifty-five years of age and at or
below two hundred per cent of the federal poverty level as compared statewide
in the corresponding categories.
(d) Ten per cent is based on the county's
average unemployment rate as compared to the average unemployment rate for all
eligible counties, utilizing figures from ODJFS for the most recently available
federal fiscal year (FFY).
(2) When there is more than a four per cent
increase or decrease in the statewide allocation amount, each county's
preceding SFY allocation will be increased or decreased by the percentage of
change to the statewide allocation amount.
(E) The CDJFS may utilize the social services
operating allocation as follows:
(1) The CDJFS
may claim expenditures against this allocation for any direct or purchased
services costs as defined in the "State of Ohio Comprehensive Title XX Social
Services Plan" and specifically included in the county's title XX county
profile; and
(2) The CDJFS may
elect to transfer a portion of its state social services operating allocation
to the county's family and children first council via transfer to a flexible
funding pool, as outlined in Section 337.160 of
Amended Substitute House Bill 110 of the 134th General
Assembly, using the codes established by ODJFS for this purpose.
(F) A CDJFS may move any social
services operating expenditures as follows:
(1) The CDJFS may move expenditures to the
federal social services allocation as detailed in rule
5101:9-6-12
of the Administrative Code.
(2) The
CDJFS may move excess expenditures to the child, family, and community
protective services allocation as detailed in rule 5101:9-6-12.4 of the
Administrative Code.
(G)
The CDJFS shall report expenditures as described in rule
5101:9-7-29
of the Administrative Code.
(H)
Allocation redistribution procedures are contained in rule
5101:9-6-02
of the Administrative Code. The definitions, requirements, and responsibilities
contained in rule
5101:9-6-50
of the Administrative Code are applicable to this rule.
