(A)
What percentage of state and federal harship extensions
can a county agency exempt per month?
A county
agency may exempt not more than twenty per cent of the average monthly number
of Ohio works first (OWF) assistance groups from either the state thirty-six
month time limit or federal sixty month time limit as described in rule
5101:1-23-01
of the Administrative Code.
A county agency is not to exempt more than
twenty per cent of the average monthly number of Ohio works first (OWF)
assistance groups from either the state thirty-six month time limit or federal
sixty month time limit as described in rule
5101:1-23-01
of the Administrative Code.
(B) How is the twenty per cent limit
calculated for state and federal extensions?
Per federal fiscal year the twenty per cent limit for hardship
extensions is calculated by the Ohio department of job and family services
(ODJFS) for each county agency in the following manner:
(1) The number of OWF assistance groups in
receipt of cash assistance is totaled for each of the twelve months in the
previous federal fiscal year.
(2)
The total from paragraph (B)(1) of this rule is divided by twelve. This number
is the average monthly number of OWF assistance groups for the county
agency.
(3) Twenty per cent of the
average monthly number assistance groups found in paragraph (B)(2) of this rule
is calculated. When this calculation does not result in a whole number, the
number shall be rounded down to the nearest whole number. This number of
assistance groups is the twenty per cent limit for the county agency for the
federal fiscal year.
(C)
Are any assistance groups exempt from the twenty per cent calculation?
(1) Any assistance group that receives a
waiver of the thirty-six month state time limit due to domestic violence, as
described in rules
5101:1-3-20
and
5101:1-23-01
of the Administrative Code, are excluded from the twenty per cent limit for the
state thirty-six month time limit extensions.
(2) No assistance groups are excluded from
the federal sixty month time limit twenty per cent calculation.
(D) How often is the twenty per
cent limit for hardship extensions calculated?
The twenty per cent limit for hardship extensions is calculated for
each county agency by ODJFS for each federal fiscal year.
Notes
Ohio Admin. Code
5101:1-23-01.1
Effective:
11/1/2022
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates:
7/21/2022 and
11/01/2027
Promulgated
Under:
119.03
Statutory Authority:
5107.05
Rule Amplifies:
5107.02,
5107.05,
5107.18,
5107.71,
5107.711,
5107.712,
5107.713,
5107.714,
5107.715,
5107.716,
5107.717
Prior Effective Dates: 05/01/2000, 07/01/2002, 07/01/2007,
01/01/2008, 10/15/2012