In accordance with Ohio Administrative Code rule 5101:9 6 02 (County Allocation Process), paragraph (D)(2), the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS) will reallocate up to ten million dollars ($10,000,000) from the regular Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) to TANF Child Care Administration. This reallocation is approved in response to counties' projections that child care administrative expenditures will exceed current child care administrative funding. The basis for the reallocation will be the written request of by a county department of job and family services for a proposed reallocation.

County Departments of Job and Family Services that wish to transfer TANF regular funds to the special allocation for TANF Child Care Administration, must send a letter, signed by the agency director requesting the proposed reallocation amount by November 1, 2005, to:

Franklin D. Blair, Bureau Chief

Ohio Department of Job and Family Services

Bureau of County Finance and Technical Assistance

Rhodes State Office Tower 37th Floor

30 East Broad Street

Columbus, Ohio 43215 3414

In the event that total requests for reallocation exceed the ten million dollar ($10,000,000) ceiling, the proposed reallocation amounts will be reduced. Any possible reductions in the proposed reallocation amounts having impact on county departments of job and family services (CDJFS) will be reviewed and scrutinized. ODJFS will solicit the input of the counties in the development of the criteria for determining reallocation formulas, should such reductions prove necessary.

Questions regarding this administrative procedure letter may be directed to your local fiscal supervisor or to the Bureau of County Finance and Technical Assistance at (614) 752 9194.