Ohio Admin. Code 5101:2-16-41.1 - Ohio department of job and family services (ODJFS) responsibilities for reimbursement to early learning initiative (ELI) agencies
(A) The Ohio
department of job and family services (ODJFS) shall reimburse early learning
initiative (ELI) agencies under contract with ODJFS and the Ohio department of
education (ODE) to provide ELI services. ODJFS shall not directly reimburse
providers who are under contract with ELI agencies.
(B) ODJFS shall reimburse ELI agencies in an
amount not to exceed nine thousand nine hundred thirty-eight dollars per child
per state fiscal year. Reimbursement for weekly attendance shall be calculated
as follows:
(1) An amount not to exceed one
hundred ninety one dollars and twelve cents per child for a full-time week when
the child is in approved attendance for twenty-five or more hours, or
(2) An amount not to exceed one hundred forty
three dollars and thirty-four cents per child for a part-time week when the
child is in approved attendance fifteen hours to twenty-four and nine-tenths
hours, or
(3) An hourly rate as
listed in the appendix to this rule when the child is in approved attendance
one tenth of an hour up to fourteen and nine-tenths hours in a
week.
(C) For ELI agency
services, a week is Monday through Friday.
(D) ODJFS shall reimburse ELI agencies for up
to twenty-five absent days per child each twelve month period that the child
receives services. The ELI agency will be reimbursed for five hours per absent
day. The ELI agency shall report any absent days when the child is expected to
be in attendance and not present, regardless of the effect on reimbursement.
(1) An absent day shall only be used after
the caretaker has initiated the care for the child with the ELI provider, the
authorized child has attended the program and all enrollment forms have been
signed by the caretaker.
(2) An
absent day may only be used during holidays if the child would have been
expected to be in attendance if the agency was available to provide
care.
(3) An absent day shall not
be used after a child's last day of attendance per non-consecutive
authorization periods.
(E) The ELI agency or the provider who
provides ELI services shall maintain a daily attendance record for each child,
signed by the caretaker, indicating the hours of care provided.
(F) ODJFS shall reimburse ELI agencies by
means of electronic funds transfer (EFT).
(G) ODJFS shall reimburse ELI agencies in
accordance with the slot allocation method approved by ODJFS and ODE.
(H) Payments of up to five hundred dollars
per year for each authorized and enrolled ELI child may be made to contracted
agencies for approved participation in a quality improvement plan as defined
and monitored by ODE.
Notes
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 206.67.12 (Temp), 5104.02
Rule Amplifies: 206.67.12 (Temp), 5104.02
Prior Effective Dates: 7/1/05 (Emer.), 9/26/05, 1/13/06 (Emer.), 4/13/06, 2/1/07, 3/30/07 (Emer.)
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