Family, Children and
Adult Services Procedure Letter (FCASPL) No. 312, issued by the Ohio Department
of Job and Family Services ODJFS on September 23,
2016 announced
a change in federal financial participation (FFP) payment rates for federal
Title IV-E Adoption Assistance and Foster Care Maintenance Payment
rates. The new FFP rates for Federal Fiscal Year 2017, extending from
October 1, 2016 through September 30, 2017 will be 62.32%. This rate
is slightly lower than the 62.47% rate for Federal Fiscal Year 2016 The
non-federal state and county financial participation rates rose from $37.36% in 2016 to $37.63% for Federal Fiscal
2017,
As readers will recall,
the first portion of a federal Title IV-E Adoption Assistance payment of up to
$250 per month is covered entirely by federal and state funds. The county
is responsible for the non-federal portion of any adoption assistance payment
over $250 up to the child’s foster care payment rate.
The following examples
illustrate to the distribution of funding regarding Title IV-E Adoption
Assistance payments.
A Monthly Adoption
Assistance Payment of $500 per Month
An adoption assistance
payment of $500 would be funded as approximately as follows. The totals may be off by a few cents.
Financial
Participation
|
Federal
(62.37%)
|
State
(37.63%)
|
County
(37.63%)
|
First $250
|
$155.93
|
$94
|
$0
|
Remaining
$250
|
$155.93
|
$0
|
$94
|
$500
|
$311.86
|
$94
|
$94
|
A Monthly Adoption Assistance Payment of $1,000 per Month
A monthly adoption
assistance payment of $1,000 would break down as approximately as follows with
respect to financial participation.
Financial
Participation
|
Federal
(62.37%)
|
State
(37.63%)
|
County
(37.63%)
|
First $250
|
$155.93
|
$94
|
$0
|
Remaining
$750
|
$467.78
|
$0
|
$282.23
|
$1,000
|
$623.71
|
$94.40
|
$282.23
|
Approximate Federal, State and County Shares of Monthly
Adoption Assistance Payments
$400 – County $56.45 Federal
$249.48 State $94
$600 – County $131.71 Federal
$374.22 State $94
$700 – County $169.34 Federal
$436.59 State $94
$800 – County $206.97 Federal
$498.96 State $94
