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FCASPL 266 (State Fiscal Year 2015 SAMS Maximum Monthly Funding Level)

Family, Children and Adult Services Procedure Letter No. 266

July 23, 2014

TO: All Family, Children and Adult Services Manual Holders

FROM: Cynthia C. Dungey, Director

SUBJECT: State Fiscal Year (SFY) 2015 SAMS Maximum Monthly Funding Level

The Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS) is issuing this procedure letter to identify the maximum monthly funding level for the State Adoption Maintenance Subsidy (SAMS) program.

The maximum funding level for SFY 2015 for the State Adoption Maintenance Subsidy (SAMS) remains unchanged at $250 per month per adoptive child. Pursuant to Ohio Administrative Code rules 5101:2-44-06 "Eligibility for the state adoption maintenance subsidy program" and 5101:2-44-08 "Redetermination and amendment of a state adoption maintenance subsidy", if a public children services agency (PCSA) negotiates a payment in excess of the maximum SAMS payment as identified in this procedure letter, the PCSA shall enter into a separate county agreement with the adoptive parent for a county adoption maintenance subsidy (CAMS).

INSTRUCTIONS:

The following chart indicates the materials that should be deleted from the Family, Children and Adult Services Manual (FCASM) and the materials that should be added.

LOCATION	REMOVE AND FILE AS OBSOLETE	INSERT/REPLACEMENT
PROCEDURE LETTERS	FCASPL No. 196	FCASPL No. 266

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