Background:

The Office of Family Assistance works closely with the Office of Fiscal and Monitoring Services to clarify the program integrity process for child care.

The following rules and forms will be effective July 9, 2017.

Amended rules:

Rule 5101:2-16-44 "Provider agreement for payment of publicly funded child care" has been amended to update the revision date of the JFS 01292 (Rev. 12/2016) "Publicly Funded Child Care Request for Ohio ECC Payment Adjustment" and to remove the paragraph for payment procedures for border state child care providers.

Rule 5101:2-16-71 "Provider improper payments or misuse of publicly funded child care" has been amended to clarify language for the misuse of publicly funded child care and to clarify provider fraud language.

Revised forms:

JFS 01292 (Rev. 07/2017) "Publicly Funded Child Care Request for Ohio ECC Payment Adjustment" has been revised to add School Day/Days Out to the reasons for requesting an adjustment and to replace the list of accrediting bodies with "ODJFS approved accrediting body."

JFS 01292 - I (Rev. 07/2017) "Instructions for Completing the JFS 01292, Publicly Funded Child Care Request for Ohio ECC Payment" has been revised to clarify submission instructions and to correspond with current and previous revisions to the JFS 01292. These revisions include adding School Day/Days Out to the reasons for requesting an adjustment, and updating the enhanced payment percentages for each star-rating.

Please contact the Child Care Policy Helpdesk at 1-877-302-2347, option 4, if you have any questions.