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in the State of Ohio and approved by the COURT, to function in the role of a "Hearing Officer." However, the attorney may not conduct hearings, meetings, or proceedings designed or intended to simulate official court proceedings. Use of the title "Magistrate" is not permitted by attorneys not duly appointed by the COURT'S Administrative Judge pursuant to Sup. R. 19 and Juv. R. 40. III. BUDGET — Funding for this AGREEMENT is contingent upon the availability of funds and shall not exceed a newly allocated amount of $7,600.00 and any carryover from previous contract terms for the term of the AGREEMENT. Funding allocation is based upon internal COURT reports of percentage of overall YOUTH served by each CDP. Funds are allocated based upon the percent of YOUTH served in the previous two (2) consecutive calendar years. All funds disbursed to the VENDOR from the COURT shall be monitored by the COURT via monthly invoices submitted to the COURT's Fiscal Department. Upon depletion of any carryover funds, the VENDOR shall receive a $200.00 stipend per youth served upon successfully engaging the family and services are completed. Failure to provide adequate or substantial verification of receipt and expenditure of funds shall result in the COURT discontinuing funding. A. VENDORS who maintain a balance of monies from prior contracts with the COURT (as calculated by the COURT pursuant to the COURT's audit practices) shall utilize all carryover monies prior to requesting payment of new funds. New funds will not be issued by the COURT until all carryover monies are exhausted and accounted for via the monthly invoice process utilizing the same $200.00 stipend per youth served upon successfully engaging the family and services are completed. B. VENDORS that charge fees to participants may not reject a YOUTH's participation in the program merely based upon inability to pay. Any fee charged may not exceed the VENDOR's actual cost of the program. C. VENDORS shall invoice the COURT for all programmatic activities, whether for new funding or for credit of spending carryover monies. D. A YOUTH shall be submitted once on the invoice for the month in which services were completed so long as the family was successfully engaged. For example, if a YOUTH was successfully engaged in January and services were completed in February, said YOUTH would be listed on the invoice for the month of February. E. YOUTH that were not successfully engaged are not eligible for a stipend. F. YOUTH are eligible for only one $200.00 stipend regardless of the number of cases referred. YOUTH that receive an additional case referral while services are currently being provided are not eligible for an additional stipend. However, YOUTH that receive a new case referral after prior services were completed are eligible for a new stipend. Page 2 of 9