Family, Children and Adult Services Procedure Letter (FCASPL) No. 346,
issued by the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services ODJFS on September
12, 2019 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 2020, extending from October 1, 2019 through
September 30, 2020 will be 63.02%. The non-federal state and
county financial participation rates will be 36.98%
Federal Fiscal 2020, (October 1, 2019 through September 30, 2020.
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.
Financial
Participation
|
Federal
(63.02%)
|
State
(36.98%)
|
County
(36.98%)
|
First $250
|
$157.55
|
$92.45
|
$0
|
Remaining
$250
|
$157.55
|
$0
|
$92.45
|
$500
|
$315.10
|
$92.45
|
$92.45
|
Approximate Federal, State and County Shares of Monthly Adoption
Assistance Payments
Total
$300
– County $18.37 Federal $189.05 State $92.45
$400 – County
$55.47 Federal $252.08
State $92.45
$600 – County
$129.43 Federal $378.12
State $92.45
$700 – County
$166.41 Federal $441.14
State $92.45
$800 – County
$202.39 Federal $504.16
State $92.05
$900 – County
$240.37 Federal $567.18
State $93.45
$1,000 County
$277.35 Federal $630.20 State $92.45
