Record a Request for PASSS

Process: Record a Post Adoption Special Services Subsidy

Record the PASSS subsidy record, and whether it was approved or denied, as follows:

1. From the Home screen, click the Financial tab.

2. Click the Eligibility tab.

3. Click the PASSS link in the navigation bar on the left. The PASSS Program screen appears.

4. Click Person Search and locate and select the child. The system searches first for the child's adoptive case first. If there is no adoptive case, the system searches for any case in which the child is a participant.

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5. Enter the child's Person ID and click Go.

The Subsidy History table displays the records of any subsidies. The Service Summary table displays summary of service records to generate payment.

6. Click Add Application. The PASSS Application screen appears. The adoptive parents' names appear on the screen.

7.  Complete fields on screen. Required fields are:

• 'Application Received Date'

• Family Composition

• Annual Family Gross Income

• Number of Adopted Children in the home must be at least one.

• Number of Children in home (omitting foster children) must be at least two.

8. In the Special Needs Criteria table; click the Add Characteristics button. The system takes you to the Documented Person Characteristics screen.

9. If the PASSS was denied, select at least one of the check boxes in the Reasons Request Denied area. Go to step 13.

10. If the PASSS was approved, select the PASSS Committee Approval or ODJFS Approval of Extraordinary Circumstances check box. The subsidy limit is determined by this selection.

11. Select at least one check box in the Special Needs Criteria area. At least one of these must be selected for the child to be eligible for the subsidy.

12. Click Save. You are returned to the PASSS Program screen.

13. If the child is eligible for the subsidy, click Next Task below. You can complete the subsequent tasks on this subsidy record at any time.