(A)A public
children services agency (PCSA) may claim costs for contractually purchased
services incurred for allowable Title IV-E activities. Unlike other Title IV-E
administration and training costs, which are claimed via random moment sample
time study and calculated through a cost pool, Title IV-E contract costs are
claimed as direct costs. All contract costs are established prior to contract
execution.
A PCSA shall report the
following types of Title IV-E contract costs as direct costs:
(1)Recruitment, home study and certification of persons desiring to be
foster parents;
(2)Recruitment, home study, and supervision of persons desiring to be
adoptive parents;
(3)Training of
PCSA staff and short-term training of current or prospective foster or adoptive
parents to include costs associated with providing,
securing and procuring training. Excludes reimbursement of foster caregiver
stipend payments;
(4)Transportation
of foster children (transportation of foster children is limited to
transportation provided by those other than foster parents; the cost of transportation by foster care parents is included
in the foster care maintenance payment);
(5)Contracted
services for Title IV-E administration activities i.e. eligibility
determination/redetermination etc; and
(6)Services of a
prosecutor or private counsel.;
(7)Other allowable Title IV-E contracts and
purchased services costs for foster children; and
(8)Other allowable Title IV-E contracts and
purchased services costs for adoptive children.
(B)The Ohio
department of job and family services (ODJFS) calculates federal financial
participation (FFP) for each contract type on a county specific basis. ODJFS
calculates the FFP quarterly. In some instances, the amount of the FFP paid
will reflect apportionment of the amount paid to the vendor, provider, or PCSA
sub-grantee by the applicable Title IV-E eligibility ratio prior to the
computation of the actual federal share.
(C)A PCSA shall
report Title IV-E contract costs for reimbursement as described in rule 5101:9-7-29
of the Administrative Code. ODJFS will reimbursereimburses the PCSA based on the quarterly FFP.
Effective: 3/11/2022
Certification: CERTIFIED ELECTRONICALLY
Date: 03/01/2022
Promulgated Under: 111.15
Statutory Authority: 5101.02
Rule Amplifies: 307.86
Prior Effective Dates: 03/28/1988, 01/01/1991, 09/30/1993,
07/01/1994, 09/01/1995, 09/01/1996, 04/03/1998, 08/19/2006, 09/03/2011,
09/12/2016