The Family, Children and Adult Services Manual Transmittal Letter No. 108 regarding the Revisions to the Risk Assessment and Forms was incomplete and reproduced incorrectly. This Manual Transmittal Letter is being issued to provide the correct information and forms.

The Ohio Department of Job and Family Services has worked closely with the Statewide Risk Assessment Committee to revise the "Family Risk Assessment Model". A primary recommendation of the committee was to change the name of the model to the "Family Decision Making Model". This was done to focus attention on the fact that the Risk Assessment Matrix is only one part of the model which also includes the Case Plan, the Semiannual Review and the Safety Plan. As a result, the name of the model listed on the forms had to be changed. There were no recommendations for changes in how the forms were to be completed or the information to be collected and documented on the forms.

The forms (JFS 01500, JFS 01444, JFS 01445, JFS 01510 and JFS 01520) became effective on January 1, 2001 (the previously stated date of January 1, 2000 was incorrect). The form, JFS 01414, will be effective on February 1, 2001. A brief explanation of the revisions appears on the following page.

For those PCSAs using the Family Assessment and Planning Tool (FAPT), modifications are underway to version the application for these forms with an effective date of April 2, 2001. Forms completed prior to April 2, 2001, will follow the prior format in FAPT. Therefore, until that time, PCSAs may use either the forms currently available in FAPT or the revised forms found as an attachment to this transmittal letter. All old forms will be obsolete as of April 2, 2001.

The following table consists of a brief explanation of the form revisions mentioned above.

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.