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...(A) Each Title IV-E agency, as defined in rule 5101:2-1-01 of the Administrative Code, shall use the statewide "agreement for Title IV-E agencies and providers for the provision of child placement," hereinafter referred to as the "agreement," and establish a system of contract monitoring for children being placed into substitute care with a private agency. (B) Each Title IV-E agency shall complet...

...(A) Each Title IV-E agency, as defined in rule 5101:2-1-01 of the Administrative Code, shall use the statewide "agreement for Title IV-E agencies and providers for the provision of child placement," hereinafter referred to as the "agreement," and establish a system of contract monitoring for children being placed into substitute care with a private agency. (B) Each Title IV-E agency shall complet...

...(A) Each Title IV-E agency, as defined in rule 5101:2-1-01 of the Administrative Code, is to use the statewide "agreement for Title IV-E agencies and providers for the provision of child placement," hereinafter referred to as the "agreement," and establish a system of contract monitoring for children being placed into substitute care with a private agency. (B) Each Title IV-E agency is to complet...

...(A) A Title IV-E agency, PCPA, PNA, QRTP, residential care facility, or SUD residential facility, as defined in rule 5101:2-1-01 of the Administrative Code, shall comply with the Ohio department of job and family services (ODJFS) fiscal accountability procedures set forth in Chapter 5101:2-47 of the Administrative Code. (1) For an initial failure to comply, a corrective action plan shall be deve...

...(A) As a condition for receiving a Title IV-E foster care reimbursement ceiling amount, each Title IV-E agency, PCPA, PNA, residential care facility, SUD residential facility, as defined in rule 5101:2-1-01 of the Administrative Code and a QRTP as defined in rule 5101:2-9-42 of the Administrative Code, shall file a Title IV-E JFS 02911 "Title IV-E Single Cost Report" including supplements and atta...

...(A) Each Title IV-E agency as defined by rule 5101:2-1-01 of the Administrative Code, private child placing agency (PCPA), private noncustodial agency (PNA), residential care facility, substance use disorder (SUD) residential facility, as defined in rule 5101:2-1-01 of the Administrative Code or a qualified residential treatment program (QRTP) as defined in rule 5101:2-9-42 of the Administrative C...

...(A) The Ohio putative father registry (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 OP...

...(A) A public children services agency (PCSA), private child placing agency (PCPA) or private noncustodial agency (PNA) that places children for adoption or participates in the placement of children for adoption shall have a current written adoption policy. (B) The policy shall include: (1) The geographic area within which the agency conducts adoption homestudy assessments. (2) A description of the adoption applica...

...(A) A public children services agency (PCSA), private child placing agency (PCPA), private noncustodial agency (PNA) or court that engages in the provision of foster care or adoption services shall employ or have under contract assessors who are responsible for, but not limited to, performing the following duties: (1) Works with parents, guardians or persons having custody of a child who express ...

...(A) A public children services agency (PCSA), private child placing agency (PCPA) or private noncustodial agency (PNA) that acts as a representative of the Ohio department of job and 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 requi...

...(A) A public children services agency (PCSA), private child placing agency (PCPA) or private noncustodial agency (PNA) that acts as a representative of the Ohio department of job and 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 requi...

...(A) A public children services agency (PCSA), private child placing agency (PCPA) or private noncustodial agency (PNA) that acts as a representative of the Ohio department of job and 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 requi...

...(A) All adoption homestudies shall be updated every two years from the date of approval of the initial homestudy or the date of approval of the most current update, whichever is more recent. If a homestudy is simultaneously approved for adoption and certified for foster care by the same agency, the spans shall be the same for both programs from the date of the foster home certification. (1) If an...

...(A) An approved adoptive parent shall notify the recommending agency within one hour of any of the following circumstances involving an adoptive child 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...

...(A) A public children services agency (PCSA), private child placing agency (PCPA), or private noncustodial agency (PNA) shall not deny any person the opportunity to become an adoptive parent on the basis of race, color or national origin (RCNO) of that person, or of the child involved; nor shall the PCSA, PCPA or PNA delay or deny the placement of a child for adoption on the basis of RCNO of the adoptive parent, or ...

...(A) The assessor shall inform birth parents who enter into 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 c...

...(A) The public children services agency (PCSA) shall be responsible for the administration of the AA program. Administrative expenditures can be claimed for reimbursement only if AA is a direct responsibility of the PCSA. The PCSA shall be responsible for: (1) Ensuring the proper administration of funds, allocated or reimbursed. (2) Determining initial and continuing eligibility for AA progr...

...(A) Prior to the finalization of adoption, the public children services agency (PCSA) is to determine that all of the following special needs criteria have been met and documented in the Ohio comprehensive child welfare information system (Ohio CCWIS) under the child's characteristics and in the child's adoption assistance (AA) case record in order for the child to be considered a child with speci...

...(A) AA is available for an eligible child whose adoptive parent(s) enter into an initial AA agreement prior to the child's eighteenth birthday through the end of the month of the child's eighteenth birthday. (B) AA is available for a child with a physical or mental disability or medical condition pursuant to rule 5101:2-49-03 of the Administrative Code who is between the age of eighteen and t...

...(A) AA is available for an eligible child whose adoptive parent(s) enter into an initial AA agreement prior to the child's eighteenth birthday through the end of the month of the child's eighteenth birthday. (B) AA is available for a child with a physical/mental disability or medical condition pursuant to rule 5101:2-49-03 of the Administrative Code who is between the age of eighteen and twenty-o...

...(A) The monthly amount of the AA payment is determined by negotiation and mutual agreement between the adoptive parent(s) and the public children services agency (PCSA). (B) The PCSA shall not consider the race, color, or national origin of an adoptive parent(s) or of the child for whom a family has indicated an interest in adopting, when negotiating the AA agreement. (C) The PCSA shall conside...

...(A) The monthly amount of the AA payment is determined by negotiation and mutual agreement between the adoptive parent(s) and the public children services agency (PCSA). (B) The PCSA is not to consider the religion, sex, age, disability, race, color, or national origin of an adoptive parent(s) who has indicated an interest in adopting, when negotiating the AA agreement. (C) The PCSA is to consi...

...(A) The adoptive parent(s) and the public children services agency (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 suc...

...(A) The adoptive parent(s) and the public children services agency (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 av...

...(A) AA monthly payments shall begin when there is a mutually agreed upon AA agreement and all of the 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 ...