This Procedure Letter is being updated to change the removal and
obsoletion of Family, Children and Adult Services Manual Procedure Letter (FCASPL)
351 which provides information about the Title IV-E Monthly Adoption Assistance
Statewide Maximum Amount Change. The FCASPL 351 will be removed from the FCASM Procedure
Letter Archives section and reinstated in the FCASM Procedure Letter section.
This Procedure Letter identifies changes to the Monthly Adoption
Assistance Statewide Maximum (MAASM) waiver request process. Effective December
17, 2020, a waiver request is no longer required when an agency negotiates a subsidy
payment above the MAASM, providing the payment agreed upon does not exceed the child’s
cost of care as outlined in Ohio Administrative Code 5101:2-49-05. The agency will
be required to document the justification as to the why the amount is over the MAASM
in the Statewide Automated Child Welfare Information System (SACWIS).
INSTRUCTIONS:
The following chart shows what materials should be inserted into
the Family, Children and Adult Services Manual (FCASM).