Current through all regulations passed and filed through September 16, 2024
(A) Pursuant to section
423.70 of
House Bill
33 of the
135th
General Assembly, the Ohio department of job and family services (ODJFS) issues
multi-system youth (MSY) funding to each public children services agency (PCSA)
to:
(1) Prevent parental relinquishment of
custody to the PCSA solely for the purpose of a child obtaining needed
treatment;
(2) Support the care of
children in the custody of a PCSA for congregate care; and
(3) Provide the services and supports
necessary to ensure the child's successful transition from a congregate care
facility following discharge.
(B) This allocation consists of state funds.
The PCSA will initially deposit this allocation into the county's children
services fund.
(C) ODJFS
communicates the funding period and liquidation period through the county
finance information system (CFIS). The PCSA can incur services through the
funding period and disburse and report expenditures no later than the end of
the liquidation period. Expenditures over the allocation amount are the
responsibility of the county agency.
(D)
The PCSA will designate the
following via transfer to a flexible funding pool using codes established by
ODJFS to assist in supporting the local provision of services to families and
children:
(1) For state fiscal year (SFY)
twenty-four the PCSA will designate a minimum of
twelve per
cent of its formula based allocation; and
(2) For SFY twenty-five the PCSA will designate a minimum of
twelve per
cent of its formula based allocation.
(E) ODJFS allocates this funding in
accordance with section
5101.14 of the Revised Code as
follows:
(1) If the amount of available funds
is equal to the amount appropriated for the immediately preceding fiscal year,
each county will receive an amount equal to the amount it received in the
immediately preceding fiscal year exclusive of any releases from or additions
to the allocation or any sanctions.
(2) If the amount of available funds is less
than the amount initially appropriated for the immediately preceding fiscal
year, each county will receive an amount equal to the percentage of funding it
received in the immediately preceding fiscal year, exclusive of any releases
from or additions to the allocation or any sanctions.
(3) If the amount of available funds is more
than the amount initially appropriated for the immediately preceding fiscal
year, each county will receive an amount equal to the amount it received in the
preceding year as a base allocation. ODJFS will allocate the amount exceeding
the amount initially appropriated in the immediately preceding fiscal year as
follows:
(a) Twelve per cent is divided
equally among all counties.
(b)
Forty-eight per cent is distributed based on the total number of county
residents under the age of eighteen as compared to the total statewide
residents under the age of eighteen for the most recent calendar year
available.
(c) Forty per cent is
distributed based on the number of county residents with incomes under the
federal poverty level as compared to the statewide total of residents with
incomes under the federal poverty level for the most recent calendar year
available.
(F)
The PCSA will report expenditures as described in rule
5101:9-7-29 of the
Administrative Code.
(G) The definitions,
requirements, and responsibilities contained in rule
5101:9-6-50 of the
Administrative Code are applicable to this rule.
