This letter revises the JFS 01668 "MEPA Biennial Comprehensive Self-Assessment Report" to remove all references to the Ohio Adoption Photo Listing. The form now includes an N/A box in Section I for when the question is not applicable to private agencies. Since the form references information from the past two years, it was rewritten in the past tense.

Ohio Administrative Code rule 5101:2-33-11, "Multiethnic Placement Act (MEPA) agency administrative requirements," requires all Public Children Service Agencies and Private Child Placing Agencies to submit the JFS 01668 to the Department by March 1 of every even-numbered year. The next form is due on March 1st, 2010.

The JFS 01668 may be submitted via mail or electronically to the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services, Bureau of Child Welfare Monitoring, P.O. Box 182709, Columbus, OH 43218-2709. If you need assistance completing the form or have questions, please contact Douglas Oxenford at (614) 752-0298 or Douglas.Oxenford@jfs.ohio.gov.

INSTRUCTIONS:

The following chart identifies the material that needs to be removed from the Family, Children and Adult Services Manual (FCASM) and the material that should be added.