Effective Date: November 12, 2002.
(A) Each PCSA shall, when
requested, provide services and support to former foster care recipients, who
emancipated from that agency's custody due to attaining 18 years of age. A PCSA
shall evaluate the strengths and needs of the young adult to determine the
services to be offered. The services and supports are to complement the young
adult's own efforts to achieve self- sufficiency, and shall be available until
the young adult's twenty-first birthday.
(B) Based on the evaluation required
by paragraph (A) of this rule, the PCSA and the young adult shall develop a
mutually agreed on written plan for the provision of services. The plan shall
clearly outline the responsibilities of the young adult and the PCSA. The
written plan shall be signed by the young adult and a representative of the
agency.
(C) Before a PCSA provides services to
a young adult between the ages of eighteen and twenty-one, the PCSA shall
explore and coordinate services with other community resources.
(D) Independent living services that
are available to young adults aged eighteen to twenty-one include, but are not
limited to:
(1) Daily living skills;
(2) Assistance in obtaining a high school diploma or general equivalency diploma (GED);
(3) Assistance in preparation for post secondary education and training;
(4) Assistance with career exploration, vocational training, job placement and retention;
(5) Preventive health activities (smoking avoidance, nutritional education, and pregnancy prevention);
(6) Financial, housing, employment, education, and self-esteem counseling;
(7) Development of positive relationships and support systems; and
(8) Drug and alcohol abuse prevention and treatment.
(E) A PCSA may use up to thirty per
cent of its federal independent living allocation for room and board for
eighteen to twenty-one year old emancipated young adults. Room and board may
include but is not limited to:
(1) Assistance with rent;
(2) Initial rent deposit;
(3) Utilities; and
(4) Utility deposits.
(F) Under no circumstances shall
the PCSA use any of its independent living allocation for room and board for
youth under the age of eighteen or past the young adult's twenty-first birthday.
(G) All PCSAs shall report applicable
independent living services information for young adults as described in this
rule, and any other information deemed necessary by the director of ODJFS, as
required in rule 5101:2-33-05of the Administrative Code to the family and
children services information system (FACSIS).
(H) The PCSA shall provide a copy of
the agency's grievance policy as required by rule 5101:2-33-04 of the
Administrative Code to each young adult who requests independent living services
from the agency.
Effective: 11/12/2002
R.C. 119.032 review dates: 11/12/2007
CERTIFIED ELECTRONICALLY
Date: 10/03/2002 02:36 PM
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 5101.141, 5103.03
Rule Amplifies: 5101.141, 5103.03