Background

Pursuant to Section 307.90 of Amended Substitute House Bill 110 of the 134th General Assembly, the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS) was allocated $25 million to be used for youth currently in the custody of a public children services agency (PCSA) or to prevent children from entering into the custody of a PCSA by custody relinquishment or another mechanism. The language also requires ODJFS to adopt a rule in accordance with section 111.15 of the Revised Code to administer the funding.

Updates

Ohio Administrative Code rule 5101:2-54-01, Multi System Youth, has been updated with the following changes: (B)(1) was updated with current allocations, (B)(2) has been amended to reflect each State Fiscal Year (SFY) 2022 and 2023 allocations, (B)(3) has been amended to remove evaluation as it was part of the previous biennium allocation, (B)(4) has been amended to reflect current allocations, (B)(5) has been amended to reflect current allocations, (B)(6) has been amended to reflect the current allocation along with the addition of the intention of use of pooled funds to prevent custody relinquishment, and (B)(7) was added to reflect new allocations for environmental scan.

INSTRUCTIONS:

The following chart shows what materials should be inserted into the Family, Children and Adult Services Manual (FCASM).