FAPL 73 (Food Assistance Employment and Training (FAET) Participant Allowance)
Fiscal Administrative Procedure Letter No. 73
October 27, 2017
TO: Fiscal Administrative Procedure Manual Holders
FROM: Cynthia C. Dungey, Director
SUBJECT: Food Assistance Employment and Training (FAET) Participant Allowance

Due to an increase in Client Registry Information System-Enhanced (CRIS-E) expenditures for FAET Participant Allowance, the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS) has reviewed past spending trends for the FAET Participation allowance expenses paid to FAET participants through CRIS-E and the expenditures claimed against the FAET Participant Allowance allocation issued through the Bureau of County Finance and Technical Assistance (BCFTA). As a result, ODJFS will allocate the FAET Participation Allowance allocation as follows:

 

  • ODJFS will calculate the FAET Participant Allowance allocation using the entire statewide budget amount in accordance with rule 5101:9-6-09 of the Administrative Code and will communicate the following to each county agency:
    • The preliminary FAET Participation Allowance allocation amount.
    • Prior CRIS-E FAET Participation expenditures.
  • Each county will estimate and submit to ODJFS the amount of the preliminary allocation amount that will be designated for a CRIS-E expenditures budget.
  • Once the estimate is received, ODJFS will reduce each county's preliminary FAET Participant Allowance allocation by their projected CRIS-E expenditure amount.
  • Counties that do not submit an estimate will not be permitted to draw on the FAET Participation Allowance allocation.

Quarterly, ODJFS will use a CRIS-E report to track the amount each county spends on FAET participant expenses. ODJFS will notify counties that exceed one quarter's worth of their estimated CRIS-E budget and will request counties to release any amount of their FAET Participant Allowance allocation to cover the excess. If a county does not request a release, ODJFS will automatically decrease the remaining FAET Participant Allowance allocation.

ODJFS will continue to decrease the budgets quarterly for CRIS-E expenditures. Once the entire FAET Participation allocation is consumed, the county will be responsible for reimbursing ODJFS for any additional CRIS-E participant allowance expenditures.

No later than May 30, counties that underspend their estimated CRIS-E expenditures budget may submit an explanation to ODJFS requesting an increase to their FAET Participant Allowance allocation with a corresponding reduction to their CRIS-E budget amount.

For questions regarding this funding, please contact your ODJFS Fiscal Supervisor/BCFTA at (614) 752-9194.