The Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS) is issuing funding to support new county collaborations and shared services that serve Food Assistance Employment and Training (FAET) participants. ODJFS will allocate funding to any collaboration with a new shared services model that has been approved by the Office of Family Assistance.

The FAET Shared Services Allocation consists of fifty per cent state funds and fifty per cent federal funds. The Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) number for this funding is 10.561.

ODJFS will issue coding for the allocation via a Bureau County Finance and Technical Assistance (BCFTA) update. Services must be completed by September 30, 2014 and expenditures reported and liquidated by December 31, 2014.

For questions regarding the allowable activities please refer to Office of Family Assistance (OFA) Letter #129 for all relevant program information. For question regarding coding please contact your ODJFS Fiscal Supervisor/BCFTA at (614) 752-9194.