The Ohio Department of Job and Family Services is issuing this Procedure Letter in accordance with section 307.90 of Amended Substitute House Bill 110 of the 134th General Assembly.  This Procedure Letter will be obsolete with the implementation of amended Ohio Administrative Code rule 5101:2-54-01 to be filed in accordance with section 111.15 of the Revised Code. This letter outlines the purposes of the Multi-System Youth (MSY) program and funding allocations as follows:

Purpose

The MSY program funds are dedicated to:

1.Preventing custody relinquishment solely for a child to obtain needed treatment; and

2.Supporting children in the custody of a PCSA who have been placed in congregate care settings; and

3.Providing necessary services and supports to ensure a child's successful transition from a congregate care facility following discharge; and

4.To support the care of children in congregate and non-congregate care settings who would be emancipating but remain in custody due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Allocations

 MSY funding will be targeted as follows:  

Summary

(1)Public Children Services Agency (PCSA) Support and Relinquishment Prevention: Allocate twenty million dollars ($20,000,000) each State Fiscal Year (SFY) to the PCSAs in accordance with Section 5101.14 of the Ohio Revised Code to support the care of children in the custody of a PCSA for congregate care; to provide the services and supports necessary to ensure a child's successful transition from a congregate care facility following discharge; and to support the care of children in congregate and non-congregate care settings who would be emancipating, but remain in custody due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition, of these funds:

(a)PCSAs are to designate in each SFY a minimum of ten percent (10%) of the formula-based allocation to work locally in accordance with Section 307.110 of Amended Substitute House Bill 110 of the 134th General Assembly.

(b)The designated pooled funding is to support the provision of services to families and children to prevent the relinquishment of custody to a PCSA for the sole purpose of the child obtaining access to needed treatment.

(2)State Level Program: Two million ($2,000,000) each SFY will be dedicated to the administration of the state level MSY Program.  Three hundred sixteen thousand eight hundred dollars ($316,800) each SFY year will go toward supporting the completion of the individual application process at the county level, and the remaining funding will be transferred to the Ohio Department of Medicaid to assist local partners in securing needed services and supports for youth with multi-system needs.

(3)Communities of Support: One million five hundred thousand dollars ($1,500,000) in each SFY will be utilized to build grant support opportunities to provide level of care assessments and aftercare to multi-system youth in residential facilities, and to build community wraparound supports.

(4)Training and Technical Assistance: Transfer five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) in each SFY to the Ohio Family and Children First (OFCF) to support training and technical assistance needed for local infrastructure development.

(5)Environmental Scan: Dedicate three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000) in SFY 22 to conduct a statewide environmental scan to develop the available practice models and best practices.

(6)Wraparound Training: At least two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000) in each SFY shall be dedicated to build local Family Children First Council (FCFC) capacity to implement the high-fidelity care coordination model.

(7)Family and Children First Council (FCFC) Practices and Sustainability Planning: Transfer five hundred thousand ($500,000) in SFY 2022, and eight hundred thousand dollars ($800,000) in SFY2023 to create, improve, and sustain effective, collaborative cross-system service delivery at the local FCFC level.

Questions

If you have any question regarding this funding, please contact: Lucy Gobble at Lucy.Gobble@jfs.ohio.gov

INSTRUCTIONS:

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