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...(A) Supportive services are services provided or arranged to protect, strengthen, or assist children and families or caretakers. The primary goals of all supportive services are: (1) To protect the health, safety, and welfare of children and youth. (2) To respect and support the integrity of the child's family unit. (3) To maintain the child in the home with their family or caretaker. (4) To ...

...(A) The KPI program is designed to promote a permanent commitment by a kinship caregiver(s) through becoming guardians and custodians over minor children who would otherwise be unsafe or at risk of harm if they remained in their own homes. KPI provides up to eight incentive payments to families caring for their kin. (B) The following definitions are applicable to this rule and supersede any confl...

...(A) The KPI program is designed to promote a permanent commitment by a kinship caregiver(s) through becoming guardians and custodians over minor children who would otherwise be unsafe or at risk of harm if they remained in their own homes. KPI provides up to eight incentive payments to families caring for their kin. (B) The following definitions are applicable to this rule and supersede any confl...

...(A) The KPI program is designed to promote a permanent commitment by a kinship caregiver(s) through becoming guardians and custodians over minor children who would otherwise be unsafe or at risk of harm if they remained in their own homes. KPI provides up to eight incentive payments to families caring for their kin. (B) The following definitions are applicable to this rule and supersede any confl...

...(A) The public children services agency (PCSA) may provide family first prevention services to candidates for prevention services who have a screened in report by the PCSA through a "Prevention Services Plan" or "Family Case Plan," informed by the use of an assessment of safety and an assessment of risk. (B) The PCSA is to complete an assessment of safety and an assessment of risk for candidates ...

...(A) The Ohio kinship and adoption navigator program (OhioKAN) is a program designed to provide a resource for kinship and post-adoptive families to assist them in learning about, finding, and using programs and services to meet the needs of the children and youth they are raising as well as the needs of the caregivers. The OhioKAN program is to provide information and referral services and assista...

...(A) A public children services agency (PCSA) or private child placing agency (PCPA) shall place a child in a substitute care setting apart from his parents, guardian, or custodian only if custody of the child has first been assumed or retained by that agency. A PCSA or PCPA with custody of a child may place the child(ren) with the parent in a substance use disorder residential facility (SUD). A PC...

...(A) When a child cannot remain in his or her own home, the public children services agency (PCSA) or private child placing agency (PCPA) shall explore both maternal and paternal relatives including a non-custodial parent regarding their willingness and ability to assume temporary custody or guardianship of the child. Unless it is not in the child's best interest, the PCSA or PCPA shall explore the...

...(A) The parents, guardian, or other persons having custody of a child may enter into an agreement with a public children services agency (PCSA) or private child placing agency (PCPA) to voluntarily surrender a child into the permanent custody of an agency when there is mutual agreement that a permanent surrender would be in the best interests of the child. The PCSA or PCPA shall use the JFS 01666 ...

...(A) For the purpose of qualified residential treatment programs (QRTP), a qualified individual is a trained professional or licensed clinician who: (1) Is not connected to or affiliated with any placement setting in which children could be placed, (2) Is trained to administer the assessment tool outlined in paragraph (B) of this rule, with evidence of child and adolescent needs and strength...

...For each IV-E eligible child placed in a non-qualified residential treatment program (non-QRTP) on or after October 1, 2021, the requirements outlined in rule 5101:2-42-12 of the Administrative Code are to be followed by the IV-E agency beginning with the effective date the non-QRTP has met the qualified residential treatment program (QRTP) certification requirements and is considered compliant.

...(A) A public children services agency (PCSA) or private child placing agency (PCPA) having custody of a child, or upon interstate request by a state with jurisdiction, may approve placement with the following substitute caregivers in accordance with rule 5101:2-42-05 of the Administrative Code if the placement is determined to be in the child's best interest and the substitute caregivers are not c...

...(A) The kinship support program (KSP) is available to eligible kinship caregivers to provide financial payments for the placement of children in the kinship caregiver's home. The Ohio department of job and family services (ODJFS) is to coordinate and administer the program pursuant to section 5101.881 of the Revised Code and provide payments in accordance with section 5101.885 of the Revised Code ...

...(A) The kinship support program (KSP) is available to eligible kinship caregivers to provide financial payments for the placement of children in the kinship caregiver's home. The Ohio department of children and youth (DCY) is to coordinate and administer the program pursuant to section 5101.881 of the Revised Code and provide payments in accordance with section 5101.885 of the Revised Code to the ...

...(A) Independent living services shall be provided to each youth in the custody of a public children services agency (PCSA) or private child placing agency (PCPA) who has attained the age of fourteen to prepare them for the transition from agency custody to self-sufficiency. (B) If a PCSA is providing independent living services to an eligible unmarried minor female who is pregnant or has a ch...

...(A) Independent living services shall be provided to each youth in the custody of a public children services agency (PCSA) or private child placing agency (PCPA) who has attained the age of fourteen to prepare them for the transition from agency custody to self-sufficiency. (B) If a PCSA is providing independent living services to an eligible unmarried minor female who is pregnant or has a ch...

...(A) Independent living services are to be provided to each youth in the custody of a public children services agency (PCSA) or private child placing agency (PCPA) as developmentally appropriate, no later than the age of fourteen for normalcy and practical skills to prepare them for the transition from agency custody to self-sufficiency. (B) The PCSA or PCPA is to provide and explain the JFS 01677...

...(A) The public children services agency (PCSA) or private child placing agency (PCPA) may place a youth in its custody who is at least sixteen years of age in an independent living arrangement, when appropriate. For youth under the age of eighteen, the placement is to be a supervised or semi-supervised independent living setting. The PCPA making such arrangements is to be certified by the Ohio de...

...(A) Each public children services agency (PCSA) shall, when requested, provide services and support to former foster care recipients, who emancipated from agency custody due to attaining eighteen years of age. A PCSA shall evaluate the strengths and needs of the young adult to determine the services to be offered. The services and supports are to complement the young adult's own efforts to achieve...

...(A) Each public children services agency (PCSA) shall, when requested, provide services and support to former foster care recipients, who emancipated from agency custody due to attaining eighteen years of age. A PCSA shall evaluate the strengths and needs of the young adult to determine the services to be offered. The services and supports are to complement the young adult's own efforts to achieve...

...(A) Upon request, each public children services agency (PCSA) is to provide services and support to former foster care recipients, who have emancipated from PCSA custody on or after the age of eighteen from a substitute care placement, until their twenty-first birthday pursuant to 45 CFR 1355.20, (2012). (B) A PCSA is to evaluate the strengths and needs with the young adult, assess the young adul...

...(A) No court or agency or any employee, volunteer, intern or subcontractor of a court or agency is to in any way violate any of the following rights of resource families: (1) The right to be treated with dignity and respect as the resource family providing the day to day care for children in the children services system. (2) The right to be free of discrimination including race, color, religion...

...(A) Public children services agencies (PCSA) are responsible for establishing policies and procedures for service coordination with correctional facilities and hospitals on behalf of infants born to women who are incarcerated. (B) Upon notification by the correctional facility that postnatal services will be needed, the PCSA in the county in which the woman was a resident at the time of incarcera...

...(A) Public children services agencies (PCSA) are responsible for establishing policies and procedures for service coordination with correctional facilities and hospitals on behalf of infants born to women who are incarcerated. (B) Upon notification by the correctional facility that postnatal services will be needed, the PCSA in the county in which the woman was a resident at the time of incarcera...

...(A) The public children services agency (PCSA) or private child placing agency (PCPA) that holds custody of a child shall comply with the provisions set forth in this rule regarding caseworker visits and contacts with the child and the substitute caregivers to ensure the child's safety and well-being, and to assess whether the placement and services continue to meet the child's needs in accordance...