FAPL 5 (SFY 07 Child Support Incentives Balance)
Fiscal Administrative Procedure Letter No. 5
August 31, 2007
TO: Fiscal Administrative Procedure Manual Holders
FROM: Helen E. Jones-Kelley, Director
SUBJECT: SFY 07 Child Support Incentives Balance

This letter provides information and guidance regarding the use of child support incentives through September 30, 2007 and beyond. Additional technical assistance will be provided at the quarterly regional fiscal meetings.

An amended 5101:9-6-80 "State Child Support Allocations" will detail the allocation of the additional 17.2 million dollars appropriated in the Amended Substitute House Bill 119 of the 127th General Assembly. In addition, an amended rule 5101:9-6-30 "Child Support Performance Incentive Payments" will provide details for the child support incentives that will be available for distribution in January 2008.

Effective with the last SFY 07 distribution of funds to CSEA, ODJFS will issue the balance of the child support incentive allocation to each CSEA. This amount represents all incentives the CSEA will receive until January 2008.

  • Effective on July 1, 2007, the 34% local share of all CSEA Title IV-D expenditures will be coded to the Child Support State Match Allocation (funding source 4000). This funding source will be linked to the new OCS Incentive Match Reduction Allocation (funding source 5500).
  • As part of the first SFY 08 quarterly reconciliation process, if a CSEA wishes to use all or a portion of its remaining incentives as local match, the CSEA may certify all or part of the expenditure amounts that were coded to the Child Support State Match/OCS Incentive Match Reduction Allocation to be moved to funding source 5001 identified as "CSEA Incentives July-Sept 07". There is no allocation amount, financial coding or RMS coding associated with this funding source. It represents incentive dollars that have already been received by the CSEA.
  • The CSEA may certify an amount to be moved to funding source 5001 by returning the certification sheet attached as an addendum to this letter in accordance with the instructions on the sheet.
  • The 34% local share of IV-D expenditures incurred on or after October 1, 2007 will continue to be charged to funding source 4000, which is linked to funding source 5500.
  • Beginning October 1, 2007, any expenditure coded to incentive money will be coded to a non-reimbursable funding source 9999, identified as "Federal Incentive Expenditures." The CSEA will code expenditures to this funding source in order to document the liquidation of its incentives.

Effective January 1, 2008, child support incentives will be issued monthly via electronic funds transfer (EFT) to the CSEA and expenditures will be reported to funding source 9999.

Questions may be directed to your ODJFS fiscal supervisor or the Bureau of County Finance and Technical Assistance at (614) 752-9194.

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