Ohio Admin. Code 5101:2-42-18.2 - Kinship support program
(A)
The kinship
support program (KSP) is available to eligible kinship caregivers to provide
financial payments for the placement of children in the kinship caregiver's
home. The Ohio department of job and family services (ODJFS) is to coordinate
and administer the program pursuant to section
5101.881
of the Revised Code and provide payments in accordance with section
5101.885 of
the Revised Code to the extent funds are appropriated and allocated for this
purpose.
(B)
"Kinship caregiver" has the same meaning as in section
5101.85
of the Revised Code, which is any of the following who is eighteen years of age
or older and is caring for a child in place of the child's parents.
(1)
Individuals
related by blood or adoption to the child including:
(a)
Grandparents,
including grandparents with the prefix "great," "great-great," or
"great-great-great."
(b)
Siblings.
(c)
Aunts, uncles,
nephews, and nieces, including such relatives with the prefix "great,"
"great-great," "grand," or "great-grand."
(d)
First cousins and
first cousins once removed.
(2)
Stepparents and
stepsiblings of the child.
(3)
Spouses and
former spouses of individuals named in paragraphs (B)(1) and (B)(2) of this
rule.
(4)
A
legal guardian of the child.
(5)
A legal custodian
of the child.
(6)
Any nonrelative adult that has a familiar and
long-standing relationship or bond with the child or the family, which
relationship or bond will ensure the child's social ties.
(C)
A kinship caregiver who is not certified as a foster
caregiver in accordance with Chapters 5101:2-5 and 5101:2-7 of the
Administrative Code is eligible to receive KSP payments for a child placed in
the kinship caregiver's home pursuant to rule
5101:2-42-18
of the Administrative Code when:
(1)
The child is in the temporary, permanent, or legal
custody of a public children services agency (PCSA); or
(2)
The child is
under the care of a Title IV-E agency with legal responsibility for care and
placement of the child and which has a Title IV-E subgrant agreement in
effect.
(D)
Eligible kinship caregivers are to receive KSP payments
in accordance with the following timeframes:
(1)
For not more than
nine months after December 29, 2020 when the child is already placed in the
kinship home;
(2)
For not more than nine months from the date of
placement when the child is placed in the kinship home between December 29,
2020 and September 29, 2021; or
(3)
For not more than
six months from the date of placement when the child is placed in the kinship
home on or after September 30, 2021.
(E)
The kinship
caregiver is to receive KSP payments until the earliest of the following:
(1)
The kinship
caregiver obtains foster home certification in accordance with Chapters
5101:2-5 and 5101:2-7 of the Administrative Code; or
(2)
The applicable
timeframe specified in paragraph (D) of this rule is exhausted;
or
(3)
The child is no longer placed in the kinship
caregiver's home.
(F)
Prior to placing
a child in a kinship home, the PCSA or other Title IV-E agency is to provide
the kinship caregiver with information about the KSP.
(G)
The PCSA or other
Title IV-E agency is to enter the necessary data into the statewide automated
child welfare information system (SACWIS) to initiate and/or terminate payments
for eligible kinship caregivers in accordance with this rule.
(H)
A kinship
caregiver who obtains foster home certification in accordance with Chapters
5101:2-5 and 5101:2-7 of the Administrative Code is to receive foster care
maintenance (FCM) payments equal to the rate the PCSA or other Title IV-E
agency would pay for that child if placed in a foster home that is not
kin.
(I)
The eligibility for kinship caregivers and foster
caregivers to receive Ohio works first (OWF) is determined pursuant to rules
5101:1-3-01,
5101:1-23-10,
and 5101:1-23-20.1 of the Administrative Code.
(J)
In accordance
with rule
5101:2-5-18
of the Administrative Code, a recommending agency may submit a waiver request
for a kinship caregiver to waive any non-safety foster home certification
standards. These waiver requests will be reviewed on a case by case basis.
Pursuant to section
5103.0329
of the Revised Code, a recommending agency may submit a request for a kinship
caregiver to waive training hours and topic requirements contained in rule
5101:2-5-33
of the Administrative Code. Per rule
5101:2-5-18
of the Administrative Code, all waiver requests for kinship caregivers to
become certified foster parents are to be completed in SACWIS and forwarded to
ODJFS. Kinship caregivers who become certified foster caregivers as a result of
the approval of non-safety waivers are not able to receive placement of
children other than kinship children.
Notes
Promulgated Under: 111.15
Statutory Authority: 5101.8811
Rule Amplifies: 5101.88, 5101.881, 5101.884, 5101.885, 5101.886, 5101.887, 5101.889, 5103.0329
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