This letter transmits amendments to Ohio Administrative Code (OAC) rule 5101:2-42-88 Requirements when a Child in Substitute Care Disrupts from Placement or is Absent Without Leave (AWOL) as a result of the reauthorization of federal law enacted in Public Law 117-348, Trafficking Victims Prevention and Protection Reauthorization Act of 2022. The rule will be effective August 3, 2023.  The following is a brief explanation of the changes:

OAC 5101:2-42-88 entitled Requirements when a Child in Substitute Care Disrupts from Placement or is Absent without Leave (AWOL) sets forth guidance when there is a disruption in the child’s substitute care placement, or the child is AWOL. The rule title has been amended to Requirements when a child in substitute care disrupts from placement or is missing. The amendment within this rule requires additional descriptive information about a child to be reported to law enforcement and National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) and for there to be regular communication regarding updates on the progress of locating the child with law enforcement and NCMEC.

INSTRUCTIONS: The following chart indicates the material that should be removed from the Family, Children and Adult Services Manual (FCASM) and the materials that are to be inserted in the FCASM.