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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
#014 - Prevention Services Updates & Pathways to Prevention Services Checklist
#015 - Lexis Nexis

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)
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

Foster Youth Rights Handbook - JFS 01677
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

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)
Title IV-E Reimbursement Ceilings for April 1, 2019, to March 31, 2020 (PDF)
Title IV-E Reimbursement Ceilings for April 1, 2018, to March 31, 2019 (PDF)
Title IV-E Reimbursement Ceilings for April 1, 2017, to March 31, 2018 (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:

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

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