(A)Pursuant to
section 307.110 of Amended Substitute House Bill 166 of the 133rd General
Assembly, the purposes of the multi-system youth program and funding are to
prevent custody relinquishment to the public children services agency (PCSA)
solely for the purpose of a child obtaining needed treatment; support the care
of children in the custody of a PCSA for congregate care; and to provide the
services and supports necessary to ensure the child's successful transition
from a congregate care facility following discharge.
(B)To support the
components of the multi-system youth program for youth at risk of custody
relinquishment, the Ohio department of job and family services (ODJFS) is to:
(1)State level
program: transfer three and one-half million dollars each
in state fiscal year (SFY) 2020 to the Ohio department of medicaid to assist
local partners in securing needed services and supports for youth with
multi-system needs;
(2)Family children
first council shared services and sustainability planning: transfer one million
dollars in each SFY 2020
to the Ohio family and children first council to create, improve, and sustain effective
collaborative, cross-system service delivery at the local level;
(3)Training, and technical
assistance, and evaluation: transfer five hundred
thousand dollars in each SFY to the Ohio family and children first council to
support training, and technical
assistance, and evaluation needed for local
infrastructure development;
(4)Wraparound training: transfer five
hundred thousand dollars in SFY 2021 to the Ohio family and children first
council to build local capacity to implement the hi-fidelity care coordination
model;
(5)Communities of support: one million five
hundred thousand dollars in SFY 2021 will be utilized to build grant support
opportunities to provide level of care assessments and after care to multi
system youth in residential facilities and to build community wrap around
supports.
(4)(6) PCSA support and relinquishment prevention:
allocate twenty million dollars each SFY to the PCSAs in accordance with
section 5101.14 of the Revised Code to support the care
of children in the custody of a PCSA for congregate care; and to provide the
services and supports necessary to ensure the child's successful transition
from a congregate care facility following discharge; to prevent the
relinquishment of custody to a PCSA for the sole purpose of the child obtaining
access to needed treatment; and to support the care of children in congregate
and non-congregate care settings who would be emancipating, but remain in
custody due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemiccosts of care for children in custody of the agency who are
placed in congregate care facilities, to prevent the relinquishment of custody
to a PCSA for the sole purpose of the child obtaining access to needed
treatment, and to provide the services and supports necessary to ensure the
child's successful transition from a congregate care facility following
discharge.
(a)Of these funds,
the PCSAs are to designate a minimum of five per cent in SFY 20 and a minimum
of ten per cent in SFY 21 of the formula-based allocation to work locally in
accordance with section 337.180 of Amended Substitute House Bill 166 of the
133rd General Assembly.
(b)The designated
pooled funding is to support the provision of services to families and
children.
Effective: 2/1/2021
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates: 1/1/2025
Certification: CERTIFIED ELECTRONICALLY
Date: 01/22/2021
Promulgated Under: 111.15
Statutory Authority: 5101.14, section 307.110 of Am. Sub. H.B.
166 of the 133rd G.A
Rule Amplifies: 5101.14, section 307.110 of Am. Sub. H.B. 166 of
the 133rd G.A
Prior Effective Dates: 01/01/2020