FAPL 86 (Title IV-B Supplemental Disaster Relief Funding)
Fiscal Administrative Procedure Letter No. 86
May 28, 2020
TO: Fiscal Administrative Procedure Manual Holders
FROM: Kimberly Hall, Director
SUBJECT: Title IV-B Supplemental Disaster Relief Funding

The Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS) issues Supplemental Disaster Relief under Title IV-B, Subpart 1 funding to Public Children Services Agencies (PCSAs) to address needs, promote and ensure the safety and well-being of children and families in areas of the state which tornadoes and floods occurred in calendar year 2019 and a major disaster or emergency was declared.

This allocation consists of federal funds. The Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) number for this allocation is 93.645.

Title IV-B Supplemental Disaster Relief Funds are awarded with a one hundred per cent Federal Financial Participation (FFP) rate for program costs. Therefore, no non-federal cost share is required. Additionally, these funds may not be used to meet the matching requirements of other federal grant programs.

ODJFS issues these funds for the development and expansion of a coordinated child and family services program that uses community-based agencies and ensures that all children are raised in safe loving families by: 

  • Protecting and promoting the welfare of all children;
  • Preventing the neglect, abuse, or exploitation of children;
  • Supporting at-risk families through services which allow children, where appropriate, to remain safely with their families or return to their families in a timely manner;
  • Promoting the safety, permanence, and well-being of children in foster care and adoptive families; and
  • Providing training, professional development and support to ensure a well-qualified child welfare workforce.

ODJFS will issue funds over federal fiscal years (FFYs) 20 and 21. The PCSA can incur services through the funding period, June 30, 2021 and disburse and report expenditures no later than the end of the liquidation period, September 30, 2021.

Methodology

ODJFS will allocate funding to the PCSA as follows: 

  • ODJFS allocates forty per cent of the statewide allocation equally among specified counties; and
  • ODJFS allocates sixty per cent of the statewide allocation based on each specified county’s population of children less than one hundred per cent of the federal poverty level as compared statewide in the same category, utilizing the most recent available calendar year data from the United States bureau of census figures.

The PCSA can charge direct and administrative expenditures as outlined in the Ohio Child and Family Services plan against this allocation.

For questions regarding eligibility, allowable activities and reporting requirements, please direct them to the Office of Families and Children at HELP-DESK-OCF@jfs.ohio.gov. For fiscal questions please contact your ODJFS Fiscal Supervisor or the BCFTA Helpdesk at CFIS_Help_Desk@jfs.ohio.gov.