WHEREAS, the COUNCIL was established and designated in the Substitute House Bill 274, ORC 121.37 (A), for the purpose of creating a systematic method of funding the provision of services to children with multiple needs on a non-categorized basis; and

WHEREAS, the COUNCIL has provided joint planning on behalf of children whose service needs require the resources of multiple child-serving systems (education, juvenile justice, mr/dd, health, mental health, alcohol/drug, human services, public children's services agency) which are represented on the COUNCIL; and

WHEREAS, the COUNCIL has developed a vision statement together with driving principles to effect this vision, and has developed a professionally based, clinically oriented process to identify the needs of children presented to it; and

WHEREAS, the COUNCIL desires to implement a systematic method of funding multi-need services based on various multi-agency participation levels; and

WHEREAS, the PFG desires to support the provision of specialized, multi-need services to specially identified children and their families in a coordinated, focused fashion;

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the mutual promises hereinafter set forth the parties hereto agree as follows:

ARTICLE I. POOLED FUNDS GROUP

1.1.

The Stark County Department of Human Services (hereinafter SCDHS), the Stark County Community Mental Health Board (hereinafter SCCMHB), the Stark County Board of Mental Retardation/Developmental Disabilities (hereinafter SCMR/DD), the Alcohol & Drug Addiction Services Board of Stark County (hereinafter ADASBSC), the Stark County Family Court (hereinafter SCFC), the Alliance City School District (hereinafter ACSD), the Canton City School District (hereinafter CCSD), and the Fairless Local School District (hereinafter FLSD) shall constitute the parties subject to the AGREEMENT at the time of its execution.

ARTICLE II. SCFC POOLED FUNDS ACCOUNT
2.1.	The SCFC shall establish and maintain a "POOLED FUNDS ACCOUNT" for the purpose of purchasing planned services for those eligible children with multiple needs.
2.2.	The funding level participation of those PFG members party to this AGREEMENT shall be those amounts identified and listed in Exhibit A of the AGREEMENT.
2.3.	Each PFG member party to this AGREEMENT hereby agrees to pay per a COUNCIL invoice the monies appropriated pursuant to Paragraph 2.2, above; said payments payable to the Stark County Family Council.
2.4.	Stark County Department of Human Services staff shall pay all children's placement and support services costs authorized by the Family Council. 2.4.1 DHS staff shall pursue all appropriate reimbursements to offset such placement and support service costs. 2.4.2 On a monthly basis, DHS staff shall record all costs paid and reimbursements received per child. Gross costs less reimbursements will be calculated for each child to determine net expenses. 2.4.3 Total net expenses for each month will then be offset by the DHS's monies appropriated pursuant to the Paragraph 2.2, above. The remaining net expenses will be invoiced by DHS for payment by the Family Council; said payments payable to Stark County Department of Human Services.
2.5.	Funds contributed to the POOLED FUNDS ACCOUNT may be used for any of the following purposes: 2.5.1 Payments for invoices received for contracted services; 2.5.2 Provision of funds as "match" support to a provider in order to initiate, enhance, or expand programs/services for multiple-need children/families; or 2.5.3 Expenditure of funds for the administrative operations of the STARK COUNTY FAMILY COUNCIL. .
2.6.	Revenue produced as a result of the POOLED FUNDS ACCOUNT expenditures for the purposes described in section 2.5.2, herein above, shall be regarded as revenue payable for which the "match" was originally authorized.
2.7.	Each PFG member shall receive a quarterly report on the receipt of revenue and the disbursement of approved expenses from the POOLED FUNDS ACCOUNT.

ARTICLE III. MULTI-NEED CHILD SERVICES
3.1.	The funding of services from the POOLED FUNDS ACCOUNT for a child and family with multiple needs presented to the ACCORD should require that the child and family be experiencing problems in multiple child-serving systems.
3.2.	Under this AGREEMENT, the POOLED FUNDS GROUP delegates responsibility for the review and approval of any such purchase of services as authorized by the STARK COUNTY FAMILY COUNCIL. 3.2.1. Approvals for purchase of services, income/credits toward the services and net funds from the POOLED FUNDS ACCOUNT shall be tracked so that there are not more funds committed than there are funds available for the purchase of such services. 3.2.2. Approval for purchase of services should require that the child and family are experiencing problems in multiple child-serving systems. 3.2.3 The existing Appeals process shall be used for any disputes that may arise from decisions regarding the purchase of services.
3.3.	The COUNCIL, in coordination with the identified lead case manager of a child eligible for services paid from the POOLED FUNDS ACCOUNT, will pursue all other appropriate sources of funds/reimbursements applicable to the case, including, but not limited to, parental support, insurance, IV-E, IVA, Medicaid, Social Security, and SSI. Any reimbursement of costs recovered from any one or more sources will be credited to the POOLED FUNDS ACCOUNT.
3.4.	Other agencies participating as member agencies of the COUNCIL may consider a contribution to the service costs of a COUNCIL child on a case by case basis, considering the child's needs and the services provided by that agency. 3.4.1. Any contribution made by a COUNCIL member agency to the total cost of services provided to a COUNCIL child shall be credited to the POOLED FUNDS ACCOUNT.
3.5.	Each PFG member shall receive a quarterly report on the receipt of revenue and the disbursement of approved expenses from the POOLED FUNDS ACCOUNT as well as a Reconciliation Report of children served.

ARTICLE IV. ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS
4.1.	The PFG members party to this AGREEMENT at the time of its execution hereby agree that a maximum of ten (10%) percent of the aggregated PFG members contributions to the "COUNCIL SERVICES POOL" account may be expended for purposes of administrative expenses incurred through the operations of the COUNCIL and its programs.
4.2.	The COUNCIL Board of Trustees shall be responsible for the authorization of any expenditures for administrative purposes from the POOLED FUNDS ACCOUNT 4.2.1. The COUNCIL Board of Trustees may delegate responsibility for the review and approval of any such administrative expenditures to the COUNCIL Director; said delegation of responsibility citing specific policy and protocol to be followed when making such approvals, and stating specific parameters of funding allowable without further authorization from the COUNCIL Board of Trustees.

ARTICLE V. AGREEMENT TERM/AMENDMENT/RENEWAL
5.1.	This AGREEMENT shall be in effect for twelve (12) months, beginning January 1, 1998, and ending December 31, 1998.
5.2.	This AGREEMENT shall take effect as it is executed by each respective PFG member who is a party to the AGREEMENT as set forth in paragraph 1.1. hereof, or as amended to include additional parties.
5.3.	This AGREEMENT may be revised and/or amended upon the mutual written consent of all POOLED FUNDS GROUP members party to the AGREEMENT at the time of its amendment and STARK COUNTY FAMILY COUNCIL.
5.4.	The PFG members party to this AGREEMENT, initial or amended, agree to negotiate for the purpose of establishing a successor AGREEMENT hereto, no less than thirty (30) days prior to the termination of this AGREEMENT. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties by their signatures hereto have executed this AGREEMENT.

STARK COUNTY FAMILY COUNCIL BOARD OF TRUSTEES By:__________________________ Bill Franks   Date Date    President STARK COUNTY FAMILY COUNCIL ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT By:___________________________ A. Leslie Abel, Executive Director   Date Stark County Community Mental Health Board

STARK COUNTY FAMILY COUNCIL POOLED FUNDS GROUP By:__________________________ A.Leslie Abel,      Date Chair

APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGAL SUFFICIENCY: ___________________________ DAVID M. BRIDENSTINE Assistant Prosecuting Attorney

A G R E E M E N T   E X H I B I T   A SCHEDULE OF FUNDING LEVEL PARTICIPATION BY PFG MEMBERS
PFG MEMBER AGENCY	FUNDING LEVEL
SCDHS	$ 10,000.00
SCCMHB	$315,000.00
SCMR/DD	$ 140,000.00
CCSD	$ 13,000.00
ADASBSC	$ 10,000.00
SCFC	$ 10,000.00
ACSD	$ 4,003.00
FLSD	$