Current through all regulations passed and filed through September 16, 2024
(A)
The Ohio
department of job and family services (ODJFS) provides federal funding to Title
IV-E agencies pursuant to Title IV-E of the federal Social Security
Act.
(B)
ODJFS issues Title IV-E funding to provide federal
financial participation (FFP) for administration and training costs. The county
public children services agency (PCSA) must provide state allocated general
revenue funds or local funds for the nonfederal share. When the nonfederal
share includes donated funds, rule
5101:9-7-50 of the
Administrative Code must be followed.
(C)
The assistance
listing numbers (ALN) for Title IV-E funding are 93.658 and 93.659.
(1)
Foster care
maintenance Title IV-E administration and training costs are reported under ALN
93.658; and
(2)
Adoption assistance Title IV-E administration and
training costs are reported under ALN 93.659.
(D)
Administration
and training-reimbursement costs.
(1)
Any administrative or training cost charged to the
Title IV-E program may not be charged concurrently to another federal program.
The results of the random moment sampling (RMS) and the statewide percentage of
Title IV-E eligible child placement days is statistically applied to the
statewide social services cost pool to derive the cost of reimbursable Title
IV-E activities for the statewide Title IV-E administration and training claim
to the federal government. Costs are claimed separately for FCM based on the
statewide automated child welfare information system (SACWIS) population
data.
(2)
The results of the random moment sampling (RMS) are
statistically applied to the social services cost pool or the child welfare
cost pool to derive the costs that are allowable for the calculation of Title
IV-E administration and training claim.
(3)
The statewide
automated child welfare information system (SACWIS) IV-E eligibility ratios are
applied to the calculation from paragraph (D)(2) of this rule to obtain the
total allowable Title IV-E administration and training costs.
(4)
The Title IV-E
FFP rate of either fifty per cent or seventy-five per cent is applied to the
calculation in paragraph (D)(3) of this rule to determine the total Title IV-E
claim.
(E)
Title IV-E administration and training
reimbursement.
(1)
The Title IV-E claim determined in paragraph (D)(4) of
this rule is reduced by no more than three per cent of the FFP received as
described in section 5101.141 of the Revised
Code.
(2)
Reimbursement for Title IV-E administration and
training is issued to the PCSA six months after a financial quarter is closed
in the county finance information system (CFIS) except for PCSAs that did not
submit to the Ohio administrative knowledge system (OAKS) during the
preliminary submission as mentioned in rule
5101:9-7-01.1 of the
Administrative Code.
(F)
The definitions,
requirements, and responsibilities contained in rule
5101:9-6-50 of the
Administrative Code are applicable to this rule.
Replaces: 5101:9-6-28
