The Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS) is issuing a Child Support Training allocation to assist Child Support Enforcement Agencies (CSEAs) in providing training to county CSEA employees.

This allocation is one-hundred percent federal funding. The Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) number for this funding is 93.563.

The allocation will be based on full-time equivalents (FTE) reported to the Office of Child support (OCS) for federal fiscal year (FFY) 2013. ODJFS will allocate to each child CSEA $1,000 or $1,000 multiplied by 5% of their FTE positions, whichever is greater. The calculation includes CSEA only FTE's. It does not include FTE's under a cooperative agreement.

Allowable training and training related expenditures include:

• Tuition/fees for in-state child support related training;
• In-state training related mileage reimbursement;
• Lodging and meals; and
• Training materials, including books.

Out-of-state training expenses are not allowable.

ODJFS will issue coding for the Child Support Training allocation via a Bureau of County Finance and Technical Assistance (BCFTA) update. CSEAs will have from April 1, 2014, until December 31, 2014, to incur training and/or training related expenses. Funds must be liquidated by March 31, 2015.

For questions regarding funding and allowable activities please contact the Office of Child Support. For questions regarding coding please contact your ODJFS Fiscal Supervisor or the Bureau of County Finance and Technical Assistance at (614)752-9194.