(A)The Ohio
department of job and family services (ODJFS) issues state child support
allocations to assist in provision of the non-federal share of allowable
administrative program expenditures incurred in administration of the Title
IV-D program. Additional non-federal share of funds is supplied by funds
appropriated by the county commissioners from the county general fund or non
Title IV-D program income and non Title IV-D fees.
(B)State child
support allocations are distributed to the child support enforcement agency
(CSEA) designated by the board of county commissioners pursuant to sections
329.40 and 3125.10 of the Revised Code. Failure to comply with the requirement
of operating a single Title IV-D child support
enforcement agency will result in the county not receiving state child support
allocations.
(C)ODJFS issues
state child support allocations on a state fiscal year (SFY) basis. ODJFS
communicates the funding and liquidation period for this allocation through the
county finance information system (CFIS). The CSEA must expend funds by the end
of the funding period and disburse and report expenditures no later than the
end of the liquidation period.
(D)Methodology.
State child support funding shall be allocated using the
following methodology:
(1)Ten per cent of
the statewide amount shall be allocated evenly among all counties as a base
amount;
(2)The remaining
ninety per cent of the statewide amount shall be allocated based on the ratio
of county performance for each category in this paragraph compared to the
statewide performance for the same category, as reported on the most recent
OCSE-157, "Child Support Enforcement Annual Data Report" (OCSE-157).
The OCSE-157, "Child Support Enforcement Annual Data
Report" (2014) can be found at: https://www.acf.hhs.gov/css/resource/ocse-157-form-and-instructions.
(a)Twenty per cent
shall be allocated to each county based upon their percentage of children with
paternity established, derived by dividing the number of the county's children
with paternity established by the statewide number of children with paternity
established, as reported on line six of the OCSE-157 for the most recent
federal fiscal year (FFY);
(b)Twenty per cent
shall be allocated to each county based upon their percentage of cases with a
support order established, derived by dividing the number of the county's cases
with a support order established by the statewide number of cases with a
support order established, as reported on line two of the OCSE-157 for the most
recent FFY;
(c)Thirty-five per
cent shall be allocated to each county based upon their percentage of dollars
allocated to current support, derived by dividing the amount of dollars
allocated to current support on the county's cases by the amount of dollars
allocated to current support statewide, as reported on line twenty-five of the
OCSE-157 for the most recent FFY; and
(d)Fifteen per
cent shall be allocated to each county based upon their percentage of cases
with an allocation to arrearages, derived by dividing the number of the
county's cases with an allocation to arrearages by the statewide number of
cases with an allocation to arrearages, as reported on line twenty-nine of the
OCSE-157 for the most recent FFY.
(3)Where a CSEA
encompasses multiple counties, the CSEA receives the allocations for each
county represented under the CSEA.
(E)ODJFS caps the
allocation amounts as follows:
(1)Effective in
SFY 2019, the maximum increase or decrease in a county allocation will be
limited to twenty per cent of the difference between the new earned allocation
as compared to the prior state fiscal year allocation;
(2)Effective in
SFY 2020, the maximum increase or decrease in a county allocation will be
limited to forty per cent of the difference between the earned allocation as
compared to the prior state fiscal year allocation;
(3)Effective in
SFY 2021, the maximum increase or decrease in a county allocation will be
limited to sixty per cent of the difference between the earned allocation as
compared to the prior state fiscal year allocation;
(4)Effective in
SFY 2022, the maximum increase or decrease in a county allocation will be
limited to eighty per cent of the difference between the earned allocation as
compared to the prior state fiscal year allocation; and
(5)Effective in
SFY 2023, there shall be no maximum increase or decrease in a county allocation
under paragraph (D) of this rule.
(F)The CSEA shall
certify expenditures as described in rule 5101:9-7-29 of the Administrative
Code.
(G) The definitions,
requirements, and responsibilities contained in rule 5101:9-6-50 of the
Administrative Code are applicable to this rule.
Effective: 9/1/2023
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates: 6/14/2023 and 09/01/2028
Certification: CERTIFIED ELECTRONICALLY
Date: 08/21/2023
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 3125.25
Rule Amplifies: 307.981, 329.40, 3125.03, 3125.21, 3125.10,
3125.25 Prior Effective Dates: 05/18/2003, 03/01/2008, 10/15/2008, 06/28/2013, 07/01/2014,
07/01/2018