Ohio Administrative Code
Title 5101:9 - ODJFS Practices
Chapter 5101:9-7 - Costs and Financial Reporting and Reimbursement
Section 5101:9-7-08 - Title IV-E agreements between the Ohio department of job and family services (ODJFS) and county juvenile courts
Current through all regulations passed and filed through March 18, 2024
(A) The county juvenile court and the board of county commissioners may enter into a subgrant agreement with ODJFS to administer Title IV-E of the Social Security Act, which allows the juvenile court to assume full responsibility for the placement and care of adjudicated unruly and delinquent children. The subgrant agreement enables these courts to receive Title IV-E reimbursement for allowable foster care maintenance (FCM) costs, associated administration, and training costs and prevention services costs under the Family First Prevention Services Act, Public Law 115-123 as outlined in this rule.
(B) Court reimbursement for children in custody as described in section 2151.152 of the Revised Code include:
(C) A juvenile court that is a subgrantee of ODJFS shall enter information into the statewide automated child welfare information system (SACWIS) regarding provision of services to any juvenile - adjudicated unruly or delinquent - in order to receive Title IV-E financial reimbursement. The court may enter into a contract with a public children services agency (PCSA) to perform Title IV-E eligibility determinations.
(D) Any contract or interagency agreement established between a juvenile court and a PCSA must specify the following:
(E) A PCSA shall report any income received from the juvenile court as a result of such a contract as described in rule 5101:9-7-29 of the Administrative Code.
(F) In counties where the juvenile court enters into a Title IV-E subgrant agreement with ODJFS: