Proclamations

• Foster Care Month May 2022

Forums

• A Stronger Foundation Video and PowerPoint

Families and Children Letters

• #001 - FFPSA Prevention Services Updates
• #002 - QRTP Level of Care Assessment
• #003 - Supporting Foster Youth & Families Through the Pandemic Act
• #004 - Virtual Experience Solution
• #005 - Kinship Support Program Kinship Assessment Approvals for Payment
• #006 - Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021: APS Funding & Supporting Foster Youth Through the Pandemic Act Funding 
• #007 - Extended Funding for Communities of Support Grants
• #008 - Funding for Foster Youth Graduating in 2021
• #009 - Supreme Court of Ohio Funding Opportunity
• #010 - Purchase of Virtual Reality Headsets 
• #011 - Potential Fiscal Penalty - Timely Visitation
• #012 - Qualified Residential Treatment Programs 
• #013 - Qualified Residential Treatment Program Updates
• #014 - OhioRISE Impacts and Qualified Individual Update
• #014A - Prevention Services Updates & Pathways to Prevention Services Checklist 
• #015 - Lexis Nexis
• #016 - Best Practice Incentive Program
• #017 - Kinship Support Program Overpayment Procedures  
• #018 - Exit Survey
• #019 - Connect Our Kids
• #020 - Ohio APS System Assessment Report, Research Project Final Report, Final Report Appendix, and Program Highlights 
• #021 -  Public Children Services Agency (PCSA) New Caseworker and Supervisor Onboarding Curriculum and Platform with Attachments 
• #022 - Kinship Support Program Payment Increase for 2022
• #023 - Implementation of Revised Safety Assessment and Actuarial Risk Assessment - Safety Factor Field Guide
• #024 - Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System (AFCARS) 2020 Final Rule 
• #025 - Funding for Foster Youth Graduating in 2022, Graduation Allocation Agreement Form, and OFC Gift Card Requirements 
• #026A - Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System (AFCARS) 2020 Final Rule Letter 2
• #026B - Launching OhioRISE and the Next Generation of Ohio Medicaid Managed Care
• #027 - Ohio's APS Operational Plan - Attachment 2021-2024 
• #028 - Infant Formula Shortage Guidance 
• #029 - Screening Guidelines Order Information
• #030 - Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) Lunch & Learn Trainings for Child Welfare
• #031 - QRTP CANS Assessments and OhioRISE
• #032 - Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Report System (AFCARS) 2020 Final Federal Rule Updates
• #033 - Workforce Funding Supports
• #033A - Workforce Funding Supports County Allocation
• #034 - OhioMeansJobs.com (OMJ) Resume Mining and Training for Public Children Services Agencies
• #035 - Discontinuation of the Ohio Pre-Clearance Rule Review Website
• #036 - Adoption and Resource Home Assessor Program
• #037 - Children Services Media Campaign and OhioMeansJobs.com
• #038 - Updated Screening Guidelines
• #039 - Best Practice Incentives
• #040 - Ohio's Next Generation of Managed Care Organizations (MCOs) 
• #041 - Media Campaign and Ohio Means Jobs Children Services Search 
• #042 - National Youth in Transition Database (NYTD)
• #043 - Kinship Guardianship Assistance Program (KGAP) Rules and Forms Updates  
• #044 - Ohio Certification for Agencies and Families (OCAF)
• #045 - Transition Age Youth Focus Groups
• #046 - Concurrent Planning Implementation and Overview
• #047 - Request for Proposals Related to Public Awareness and Quality Assurance/Technical Assistance for Adult Protective Services
• #048 - Media Campaign Resources and Implementation Tips
• #049 - November Child and Adult Protective Services Learning Management System Update
• #050 - Kinship Support Program Overpayment Implementation Process
• #051 - APS Grant Funds Roundtable County Networking and Sharing 
• #052 - Production Deployment Date Change for Ohio SACWIS Release 4.23
• #053 - OCALM (Saleforce) Community Users Inactivity
• #054 - Title IV-E Candidate for Foster Care Ohio Statewide Automated Child Welfare Information System Data Entry Requirements
• #055 - Important Updates on Implementation of Medicaid's Next Generation Program 

Policy and Practice Guidance Documents

• #001 - Additional Practice Considerations During COVID-19
• #002 - Foster Parent Training Sessions - Payment Request Process
• #003 - Ohio Learn County Portal Job Aid - January 20, 2021
• #004 - Kinship Support Program Overview - January 28, 2021 
• #005 - Consolidated Appropriations Act 2021 - January 29, 2021
• #006 - Becoming a Foster Caregiver after the Kinship Support Program - February 16, 2021
• #007 - Mandated Animal Abuse Reporting - April 9, 2021
• #008 - Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act of 2021: Grants to Enhance Adult Protective Services Supplemental Funding - April 30, 2021 
• #009 - Leave from a Placement - AWOL/Trial Home Visit - June 10, 2021
• #010 - House Bill 110 Policy and Practice Updates - July 19, 2021
• #011 - American Rescue Plan Act of 2021: Grants to Enhance Adult Protective Services - August 5, 2021
• #012 - Kinship Support Program and State Hearing Rights - September 13, 2021
• #013 - Child in a Title IV-E Agency's Custody/Care and Placement Ordered to Detention/Ohio Department of Youth Services (ODYS)
• #014 - RTIS Communication JFS Residential Agencies
• #015 - Foster Youth and Resource Family Bill of Rights 
• #016 - Best Practice Incentive Guidance
• #017 - APS Screening Guidelines - Desk Aid-APS Intake Screening Information - December 17, 2021
• #018 - Non-Qualifies Residential Treatment Program (QRTP) becomes QRTP Compliant - January 28, 2022 
• #019 - Family Case Plan - Alternative Form of Contact Guidance Documents - January 31, 2022
• #020 - Post Adoption Special Services Subsidy & Background - February 9, 2022
• #021 - Family First Prevention Services Act: Prevention Services Eligibility and Reimbursement - February 16, 2022
• #022 - IV-E Courts, Automated Child Welfare Information System: SACWIS Data Entry Requirements - March 18, 2022
• #022A - IV-E Courts, SACWIS Data Entry Requirements Guidance - September 28, 2022
• #023 - Family Finding Resources and Guidance Documents
• #024 - Ohio Database for Adult Protective Services (ODAPS): User Access and Updates - June 1, 2022 
• #025 - Waivers for Kinship Foster Caregivers - June 3, 2022
• #026 - APS Education and In-Service Training Requirements for Caseworkers and Supervisors - August 5, 2022
• #027 - Rule Relaxations for PCSA Workforce - August 26, 2022
• #028 - Rescue Plan Act of 2021: Grants to Enhance Adult Protective Services SFY2022 - October 5, 2022
• #028A - Rescue Plan Act of 2021: Grants to Enhance Adult Protective Services SFY 2022 - County Plan Form 
• #029 - Ohio Trauma-Informed Care Certificate Renewal - October 19, 2022
• #030 - Clarification and Crosswalk for HB4 and SB239 - October 26, 2022
• #031 - Clarification of Federal Adult Protective Services (APS) Funding Grants - October 26, 2022
• #032 - Fiscal Activities Provided to County Family Services Agencies - November 16, 2022

How Racism In The Ohio Child Services System Impacts The Lives of Individuals Involved

• Letter from Interim Director Damschroder 
• Final Report - February 5, 2021
  

Community of Support Grant

• Application Instructions 
• Application 
• Community of Support Q&A 
• Extended Funding for Communities of Support Grants FCL #007 

Permanency Docket Quarterly

• 2017 Quarter 1:  2017-06 (PDF)
• 2017 Quarter 2:  2017-09 (PDF)  

Guides

• Programs Supporting Kinship Caregivers (PDF)
• Caregiver Permanency Options (PDF)
• Foster Youth Rights Handbook-JFS 01677 (new version coming in May 2022)   
• Ohio Adoption Guide (PDF)
• Ohio Adoption Subsidies Guide (PDF)
• Adoption Fact Sheet (PDF)
• Adult Protective Services Fact Sheet (PDF)
• Foster Care Fact Sheet (PDF)
• Kinship Care Fact Sheet (PDF)

Title IV-E Reimbursement Ceiling Per Diems

•  Title IV-E Reimbursement Ceilings for April 1, 2022, to March 31, 2023 (PDF)
•  Title IV-E Reimbursement Ceilings for April 1, 2021, to March 31, 2022 (PDF)
• Title IV-E Reimbursement Ceilings for April 1, 2020, to March 31, 2021(PDF) 
• How to Download the JFS 02911 Single Cost Report  
• Interim Period Cost Report Webinar Slides & Presenter's Notes  
• Ohio Title IV-E Cost Report Process (PDF)
• Cost Report Training - Webinar Video and Handouts
  • Webinar Training Video - this will redirect you to the Ohio SACWIS Knowledge Base. Look for the "Title IV-E Cost Report Training from 10/07/2014" link. Training handouts can be obtained by sending a request to IVECOSTREPORTS@jfs.ohio.gov.  

Reports

• Ohio Children in Planned Permanent Living Arrangements  
• Ohio Child and Family Services Plans/Reports:
  • Ohios Annual Progress Service Report - 2014  
  • Ohio's Annual Progress and Services Report - 2013  
  • Ohio Child and Family Services Plan (FY2005 - 2009)  
  • CFSP Final Report (FY 2004-2009)  

State Plans

• Title IV-E State Plan (PDF) - Information updated as of 01/31/2018
  • Title IV-E State Plan - Director's Signature  
  • Title IV-E State Plan - Approval Letter  

Manuals

• Family, Children and Adult Services Manual  

Forms

• JFS 02911 Title IV-E Single Cost Report Form and Instructions  
• JFS 02913 Title IV-E Agreed-Upon Procedures (AUP)