The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) temporarily reverses a provision in the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 that ended the practice of providing federal matching funds for the state expenditure of child support incentive payments. The ARRA provision is effective for Title IV-D expenditures paid for with child support incentives from October 1, 2008, through September 30, 2010.

During this time, Child Support Enforcement Agencies will be reimbursed for sixty-six per cent of incentive funds used during federal fiscal year (FFY) 2009 and FFY 2010, including incentives earned and not spent in prior years. Ohio Administrative Code 5101:9-6-30 "Child Support Performance Incentive Payments" has been rescinded and replaced with a new rule to reflect the changes.

Should you have questions regarding this rule change, please contact your ODJFS fiscal supervisor in the Bureau of County Finance and Technical Assistance at (614) 752-9194.