This letter transmits one new and ten amended Ohio Administrative Code rules governing Title IV-E foster care maintenance and adoption assistance. Many of these changes are the result of the recent policy announcement, ACYF-CB-PA-01-01 and ACYF-CB-IM-01-08, issued by U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration on Children, Youth and Families which provided comprehensive guidelines for states to use in determining a child's eligibility for Title IV-E foster care maintenance and adoption assistance programs. The changes will be effective on February 15, 2002.

INSTRUCTIONS:

The following chart depicts what materials are to be removed from the Family, Children and Adult Services Manual (FCASM) and what materials are to be inserted in the FCASM.