(A) The Ohio
department of job and family services (ODJFS), as a recipient of federal
funding, functions as a "pass-through entity" for "pass-through
funding" to CFSAs as defined in section 307.981 of the Revised Code.
(B)Funding
"Federal financial participation" (FFP) means the
federal government's share of allowable expenditures. FFP is available as
pass-through funding for allowable expenditures for services and activities
properly attributable to the programs outlined in paragraph (C) of this rule.
The CFSA may access the FFP for allowable expenditures via the county draw and
expenditure reporting process in the county finance and information system
(CFIS). The CFSA is eligible for the FFP or state-funded match of allowable
costs, up to the maximum amount of funds available, for the following types of
funding:
(1)Public
assistance (PA) agency
(a)The food
assistance (FA) program, administered by United States department of
agriculture (USDA), food and nutrition services (FNS) under the authority of 7
C.F.R. part 277.4, assists low-income households to purchase food. The matching
requirement for the FA program is fifty per cent. The catalog
of federal domestic assistance (CFDA) assistance
listing number (ALN) for this allocation
is 10.561.
(b)The medical assistance
program, administered by the U.S. department of health and human services (HHS)
centers for medicare and medicaid services (CMS). The catalog
of federal domestic assistance (CFDA) number ALN
for this funding is 93.778.
(c)The state
children's insurance program (SCHIP), administered by U.S. HHS CMS under the
authority of Title XIX of the Social Security Act. The catalog
of federal domestic assistance (CFDA) numberALN
for this funding is 93.767.
(d)Medicaid
at-risk pregnancy (ARP) transportation, medicaid healthchek, and medicaid
non-emergency transportation (NET) as described in rule 5101:9-6-44.1 of the
Administrative Code.
(2)Child support
enforcement agency (CSEA) Title IV-D funding as described in paragraph (C) (1)
of rule 5101:9-6-90 of the Administrative Code.
(3)Public children
services agency (PCSA)
(a)Medicaid child
welfare related. The CFDA numberALN for this funding is 93.778.
(b)Title IV-E
funding as described in rulerules 5101:9-6-28 and
5101:9-6-62 of the RevisedAdministrative Code.
(C)ODJFS utilizes
the following methodology to distribute funds for pass-through allocations:
(1)ODJFS allocates
initial pass-through funding to the CFSA based on the greater of:
(a)The average of
the CFSA's last two years reported expenditures; or
(b)The total of
the CFSA's last four completed quarters' reported expenditures.
A CFSA with no reported expenditures over either time period
will receive a minimum budget.
(2)The CFSA may
submit an FFP allocation increase request in CFIS and ODJFS will review the
request and:
(a)Approve the
request; and/ or
(b)Request
justification from the CFSA for an estimate of current quarter expenditures;
and/or
(c)Deny the
request.
(3)Funding is
based on reported expenditures and any unspent budget may be adjusted at the
discretion of ODJFS to meet current statewide funding.
(D)The grant
availability for pass-through funding is communicated by ODJFS through the
county finance information system (CFIS).
(E)The CFSA may
access federal pass-through funding and state allocations using CFIS
expenditures reporting and draw request processes or via quarterly
reimbursement.
(F)The CFSA shall
report revenues and expenditures for the pass-through funding as described in
rule 5101:9-7-29 of the Administrative Code.
Effective: 4/23/2023
Certification: CERTIFIED ELECTRONICALLY
Date: 04/10/2023
Promulgated Under: 111.15
Statutory Authority: 5101.02
Rule Amplifies: 5101.02
Prior Effective Dates: 11/29/2010, 04/13/2013, 04/02/2018