(A)The Ohio department of job and family services (ODJFS) issues foster parent recruitment funds to the public children services agency (PCSA) for the PCSA staff to provide foster parent recruitment, engagement and support activities.

(B)This allocation consists of state funds. The PCSA shall deposit this allocation in the county's children services fund.

(C)ODJFS communicates the funding period and liquidation period through the county finance information system (CFIS). The PCSA can incur services through the funding period and disburse and report expenditures no later than the end of the liquidation period. Expenditures in excess of the allocation amount are the responsibility of the county agency.

(D)ODJFS uses the same methodology to distribute available funds as described in paragraph (D)(2) of rule 5101:9-6-19 of the Administrative Code

(E)The PCSA may charge allowable Title IV-E match expenditures against this allocation.

(F)The definitions, requirements, and responsibilities contained in rule 5101:9-6-50 of the Administrative Code are applicable to this rule.

Effective: 11/7/2019

Five Year Review (FYR) Dates: 11/07/2024

Certification: CERTIFIED ELECTRONICALLY

Date: 10/28/2019

Promulgated Under: 111.15

Statutory Authority: 5101.14

Rule Amplifies: 5101.14