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...egistry (OPFR), as defined in rule 5101:2-1-01 of the Administrative Code, is designed to: (1) Facilitate the registration of putative fathers who want to be notified in the event that their child may be placed for adoption. (2) Facilitate interested parties' efforts to identify a putative father through submission of a request for a search to be conducted on the OPFR. (B) When a putative fathe...

...olicy. (B) The policy shall include: (1) The geographic area within which the agency conducts adoption homestudy assessments. (2) A description of the adoption application process, the adoption homestudy, and the adoption homestudy update and amendment procedures, including: (a) Eligibility requirements for an adoptive applicant(s). (b) Timeframe for commencing and completing an adoption homestudy. (c) Process ...

... to, performing the following duties: (1) Works with parents, guardians or persons having custody of a child who express the intent to surrender their child for adoption. (2) Works with people seeking to adopt or provide foster care for a child, including but not limited to the following duties: (a) Completing home study assessments for foster care and adoptive applicants. (b) Completing adopt...

...nd family services (ODJFS) shall: (1) Inform all individuals applying for adoption homestudy approval that they can also be studied for foster home certification. (2) Conduct a joint homestudy pursuant to the requirements contained in Chapters 5101:2-5, 5101:2-7 and 5101:2-48 of the Administrative Code resulting in the simultaneous approval of the applicant for: (a) Adoption homestudy appro...

...nd family services (ODJFS) shall: (1) Inform all individuals applying for adoption homestudy approval that they can also be studied for foster home certification. (2) Conduct a joint homestudy pursuant to the requirements contained in Chapters 5101:2-5, 5101:2-7 and 5101:2-48 of the Administrative Code resulting in the simultaneous approval of the applicant for: (a) Adoption homestudy appro...

...nd family services (ODJFS) shall: (1) Inform all individuals applying for adoption homestudy approval that they can also be studied for foster home certification. (2) Conduct a joint homestudy pursuant to the requirements contained in Chapters 5101:2-5, 5101:2-7 and 5101:2-48 of the Administrative Code resulting in the simultaneous approval of the applicant for: (a) Adoption homestudy appro...

... of the foster home certification. (1) If an approved adoptive home is subsequently certified for foster care by the same agency that approved the home for adoption, the adoptive homestudy shall be updated at the same time the home is initially certified for foster care so that the spans will coincide. (2) If a certified foster home is subsequently approved for adoption by the same agency tha...

... whose adoption is not finalized: (1) A serious injury or illness involving medical treatment of the adoptive child. (2) Unauthorized absence of the adoptive child from the home. (3) Removal of the adoptive child from the home by any person or agency other than the placing agency, or attempts at such removal. (4) Any involvement of the adoptive child with law enforcement authorities. (5) ...

...The Multiethnic Placement Act, Oct. 20, 1994, P.L. 103-382, as amended by Section 1808 of the Small Business Job Protection Act of 1996, Aug. 20, 1996, P.L. 104-188 (MEPA), and the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VI), as they apply to the adoption process, do not supercede the provisions of the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978, 25 U.S.C. 1901 (11/1987). (C) A PCSA, PCPA, or PNA shall not routinely consider RCNO as ...

...a voluntary surrender agreement that: (1) Birth parents will be required to complete the JFS 01693, "Ohio Law and Adoption Materials" which will indicate their decision regarding the release of identifying information to the adopted person or adoptive parent. The JFS 01693 shall be signed at least seventy-two hours prior to the time the consent to the adoption is executed. (2) Birth parents have...

...he PCSA shall be responsible for: (1) Ensuring the proper administration of funds, allocated or reimbursed. (2) Determining initial and continuing eligibility for AA program services. (3) Maintaining a separate AA case record for each program eligible child for whom a PCSA has entered into an AA agreement. (4) Service planning and increasing the opportunities for adoption of children with ...

...dered a child with special needs. (1) The child cannot or should not be returned to their parent(s) and is legally available for adoption by being in the permanent custody of a PCSA, private child placing agency (PCPA) or a child that meets the special needs criteria who is the subject of an independent adoption pursuant to rule 5101:2-49-02 of the Administrative Code. (2) The PCSA has d...

...medical condition pursuant to rule 5101:2-49-03 of the Administrative Code who is between the age of eighteen and twenty-one with an existing AA agreement if the child meets one of the requirements identified in paragraphs (B)(1) to (B)(5) of this rule and the adoptive parent(s) is supporting the child as identified in paragraph (D) of rule 5101:2-49-10 of the Administrative Code. The physical or ...

... or medical condition pursuant to rule 5101:2-49-03 of the Administrative Code who is between the age of eighteen and twenty-one with an existing AA agreement, entered into prior to the age of eighteen, if the child meets one of the criteria identified in paragraphs (B)(1) to (B)(5) of this rule and the adoptive parent(s) is supporting the child as identified in paragraph (F) of rule 5101:2-49-10 ...

...addressed or reviewed pursuant to rule 5101:2-49-12 of the Administrative Code. The child's supplemental security income (SSI) benefits shall be considered along with the adoptive parent(s) resources in the negotiation and determination of the AA payment amount. The special needs of the child shall be based upon rule 5101:2-49-03 of the Administrative Code. (E) The maximum amount of the monthly AA ...

...funds received in accordance with rule 5101:2-44-15 of the Administrative Code are not to be considered when negotiating the AA agreement. (D) No income eligibility test is to be used when determining the monthly AA payment. The monthly AA payment amount should combine with the adoptive parent(s) resources and circumstances as identified by the adoptive homestudy and is to provide for the special...

...y (PCSA) shall review and sign the JFS 01453 "Title IV-E Adoption Assistance Agreement" (rev. 7/2019) prior to the adoption finalization. The PCSA responsible for determining eligibility for AA is also responsible for entering into the JFS 01453. (B) The agreement shall list the payments to be provided and the terms under which such benefits will continue to be available. The AA agreement is bind...

...y (PCSA) is to review and sign the JFS 01453 "Title IV-E Adoption Assistance Agreement" prior to the adoption finalization. The PCSA responsible for determining eligibility for AA is also responsible for entering into the JFS 01453. (B) The agreement is to list the payments to be provided and the terms under which such benefits will continue to be available. The AA agreement is binding, but the payments may be amen...

...he following have been completed: (1) The responsible public children services agency (PCSA) determines that the child meets all of the eligibility requirements for AA as defined in rule 5101:2-49-02 of the Administrative Code. (2) The child is placed for adoption. (3) The JFS 01453 "Title IV-E Adoption Assistance Agreement" (rev. 7/2019) is completed and signed by both the adoptive par...

...he following have been completed: (1) The responsible public children services agency (PCSA) determines that the child meets all of the eligibility requirements for AA as defined in rule 5101:2-49-02 of the Administrative Code. (2) The child is placed for adoption. (3) The JFS 01453 "Title IV-E Adoption Assistance Agreement" is completed and signed by both the adoptive parent(s) and the...

...e adoption is finalized if the JFS 01451 "Title IV-E Adoption Assistance Application" (rev. 12/2015) was not completed prior to the finalization of adoption, and the JFS 01453 "Title IV-E Adoption Assistance Agreement (rev. 7/2019) was not executed prior to the finalization of adoption because of one of the following: (1) The public children services agency (PCSA) or private child placing age...

...ed into the AA agreement after February 14, 2018, may suspend the AA payment when all of the following are met: (1) The PCSA cannot establish contact with the adoptive parent(s) to determine if the adoptive parent(s) are legally responsible for the support of the child. (2) The PCSA can document concerted efforts that were made to contact the adoptive parent(s) to determine what support is provi...

...ed into the AA agreement after February 14, 2018, may suspend the AA payment when all of the following are met: (1) The PCSA is unable to establish contact with the adoptive parent(s) to determine if the adoptive parent(s) are legally responsible for the support of the child. (2) The PCSA can document concerted efforts that were made to contact the adoptive parent(s) to determine what support is...

... to the expiration date of the JFS 01453 "Title IV-E Adoption Assistance Agreement," the adoptive parent(s) and the public children services agency (PCSA) may by mutual agreement amend the JFS 01453. The amended agreement is to meet all other requirements of rule 5101:2-49-06 of the Administrative Code. (B) Any request for an amendment to the AA agreement is to contain newly documented special ne...

...y of the following circumstances: (1) At the end of the month of the child's eighteenth birthday; or at the end of the month of the child's twenty-first birthday, if the child meets the criteria as set forth in paragraph (B) of rule 5101:2-49-04 of the Administrative Code. (2) If the child is no longer receiving any support from the adoptive parent(s) as defined in paragraph (B) of this...