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...intenance subsidy (SAMS) program: (1) The child is in the permanent custody of a public children services agency (PCSA) or a private child placing agency (PCPA) and is legally available for adoption. (2) The adoptive parent(s) has applied for the Title IV-E adoption assistance program, and the adoptive child has been determined ineligible in accordance with rules 5101:2-49-02 and 5101:2-49-0...

...ption maintenance subsidy (SAMS): (1) The child is in the permanent custody of a public children services agency (PCSA) or a private child placing agency (PCPA) and is legally available for adoption. (2) The adoptive parent(s) has applied for the Title IV-E adoption assistance program, and the adoptive child has been determined ineligible in accordance with rules 5101:2-49-02 and 5101:2-49-0...

...idy approvals in effect before July 1, 2004, the public children services agency (PCSA) may continue to provide the state adoption special services subsidy based upon the adoptive child's continued need for developmental, medical, or mental health services. (B) If the PCSA elects to continue the state adoption special services subsidy program, as outlined in rule 5101:2-44-03 of the Administr...

...idy approvals in effect before July 1, 2004, the public children services agency (PCSA) may continue to provide the state adoption special services subsidy based upon the adoptive child's continued need for developmental, medical, or mental health services. (B) If the PCSA elects to continue the state adoption special services subsidy program, as outlined in rule 5101:2-44-03 of the Administr...

... (PASSS) program. The PCSA shall: (1) Upon request, provide the following within five days to any adoptive parent who resides in Ohio: (a) The JFS 01050 "Application for Post Adoption Special Services Subsidy" (rev. 7/2016). (b) The JFS 01051 "Application for Additional Post Adoption Special Services Subsidy (PASSS) Funding for Extraordinary Circumstances" (rev. 7/2016). (c) The JFS 01052 ...

...option special service subsidy is to: (1) Submit a JFS 01050 "Application for Post Adoption Special Services Subsidy" online at https://ohiokan.jfs.ohio.gov/ or (2) Make contact with the Ohio kinship and adoption navigator (OhioKAN) program by phone, email or in person. (C) OhioKAN staff will make contact with the family to assist in obtaining other needed documentation for the completed a...

...ed during the SFY in which the JFS 01050 "Application for a Post Adoption Special Services Subsidy" (rev. 7/2016) is made. A new JFS 01050 shall be submitted if additional services are requested during the same SFY or any subsequent SFY. The new application shall contain updated information, if applicable, as outlined in paragraph (D) of this rule, including updated financial information. (C)...

...ed during the SFY in which the JFS 01050 "Application for a Post Adoption Special Services Subsidy" is made. A new JFS 01050 is to be submitted if additional services are requested during the same SFY or any subsequent SFY. The new application is to contain updated information, if applicable, as outlined in paragraph (F) of this rule, including updated financial information. (C) Pursuant to s...

...adoptions finalized on or after January 1, 2023, as long as state funds are available. In the event state funding is no longer available, the Ohio adoption grant program will close to new applications until additional funds are secured or July first of the following state fiscal year (SFY), whichever occurs first. Once state funds have been exhausted, the Ohio department of job and family services...

...irements listed under paragraph (D)(1) or (D)(2) of this rule: (1) A defined case plan that: (a) Is developed jointly with the parent(s) or kinship caregiver(s) of the child. (b) Lists the description of services offered and provided to prevent the removal of the child from the home. (c) States the goal of the child is foster care, if the services described in the plan are not effective. (2) ...

...requirements listed under paragraph (E)(1) or (E)(2) of this rule: (1) A defined case plan that: (a) Is developed jointly with the parent(s) or caregiver(s) of the child. (b) Lists the description of services offered and provided to prevent the removal of the child from the home into foster care. (c) States the goal of the child is foster care, if the services described in the plan are not eff...

...(A) For the purposes of Chapter 5101:2-46 of the Administrative Code, "kinship caregiver" has the same meaning as in rule 5101:2-1-01 of the Administrative Code and including any individual who meets one of the following: (1) An individual who had an existing relationship with the child or the child's family that is similar to a familial relationship prior to the child's placement into substi...

... are to be negotiated as follows: (1) The amount of the monthly KGAP payment for a child is not to exceed the current cost of the monthly foster care maintenance (FCM) payment that was paid or would have been paid if the child had been placed in a foster home. (2) The KGAP payment for a child is to be eighty per cent of the child's current foster care per diem unless this would result in a K...

...gibility criteria outlined in rule 5101:2-46-02 of the Administrative Code have been met. (B) Ohio department of job and family services (ODJFS) is to enter the KGAP payment information into the Ohio statewide automated child welfare information system (SACWIS). The payment is to be in the form of a warrant or electronic funds transfer (EFT) made to the kinship caregiver(s). (C) If an overpa...

...to the expiration date of the JFS 00133 "Title IV-E Kinship Guardianship Assistance Program (KGAP) Agreement," the kinship caregiver(s), the public children services agency (PCSA) director or designee and Ohio department of job and family services (ODJFS) by mutual agreement amend the JFS 00133. The amended agreement is to meet all other requirements of rule 5101:2-46-04 of the Administrative ...

...payment when the following occur: (1) If ODJFS cannot establish contact with the kinship caregiver(s) to determine if the kinship caregiver(s) is still legally responsible for the support of the child; and (2) If ODJFS can document efforts to contact the kinship caregiver(s) to determine what support is provided to the child. Efforts include various methods to make contact with the kinsh...

...vices (ODJFS) is to terminate the JFS 00133 "Title IV-E Kinship Guardianship Assistance Program (KGAP) Agreement" in any of the following circumstances: (1) At the end of the month of the child's eighteenth birthday. (2) The kinship caregiver(s) has not contacted ODJFS and provided documentation that meets the ongoing verification requirement within ninety days of the notice to suspend a KGA...

...ith the effective date of the JFS 00133 "Title IV-E Kinship Guardianship Assistance Program (KGAP) Agreement." (B) Ohio department of job and family services (ODJFS) is to inform the kinship caregiver(s) that they are to notify ODJFS within fifteen calendar days after moving to another county or state. (C) The kinship caregiver(s) is to cooperate with ODJFS to assure that a move out-of-state...

...e any definition contained in rule 5101:2-1-01 of the Administrative Code. (1) "Nonrecurring KGAP expenses" are reasonable and necessary legal custody/guardianship fees, court costs, attorney fees, and in accordance with paragraph (A)(2) of this rule, other expenses directly related to the court issuing an order granting legal custody/guardianship of a child. These expenses cannot be incurred...

...e any definition contained in rule 5101:2-1-01 of the Administrative Code. (1) "Nonrecurring KGAP expenses" are reasonable and necessary legal custody/guardianship fees, court costs, attorney fees, and in accordance with paragraph (A)(2) of this rule, other expenses directly related to the court issuing an order granting legal custody/guardianship of a child. These expenses cannot be incurred...

...quirements identified in paragraphs (B)(1) to (B)(5) of this rule and the kinship caregiver(s) is supporting the child as identified in paragraph (D) of rule 5101:2-46-06 of the Administrative Code. The ongoing medical treatment of the physical/mental disability or medical condition is to be verified annually for continued eligibility by a culturally competent qualified professional in the profess...

...(A) Effective August 22, 1996, foster care maintenance (FCM) reimbursements and independent living services as defined in Chapter 5101:2-42 of the Administrative Code may be paid on behalf of a child who meets the definition of a qualified alien in rule 5101:2-1-01 of the Administrative Code. (B) A child who is a qualified alien, entering the United States on or after August 22, 1996, and is placed in foster care sh...

... living services as defined in Chapter 5101:2-42 of the Administrative Code may be paid on behalf of a child who meets the definition of a qualified non-citizen in rule 5101:2-1-01 of the Administrative Code. (B) A child who is a qualified non-citizen, and placed in foster care shall be required to live in the United States for five years before there is eligibility for FCM or independent living ...

...(A) Children placed outside Ohio (1) Within twenty business days after a Title IV-E FCM eligible and reimbursable child's placement out of state, the Ohio Title IV-E agency must take the following actions to transfer Title XIX medicaid coverage to the Title XIX medicaid authority in the state where the child has been placed: (a) Provide written notifications to the responsible Title XIX medi...

...(A) Children placed outside Ohio (1) Within twenty business days after a Title IV-E FCM eligible and reimbursable child's placement out of state, the Ohio Title IV-E agency must take the following actions to transfer Title XIX medicaid coverage to the Title XIX medicaid authority in the state where the child has been placed: (a) Provide written notifications to the responsible Title XIX medi...