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2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5107 | Ohio Works First Program › Section 5107.43 | Placement in Assigned Activity.

Effective:
July 1, 2000
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 471 - 123rd General Assembly
(A) After a minor head of household or adult is assigned to a work activity, developmental activity, or alternative work activity under section 5107.42 of the Revised Code, a county department of job and family services shall place the minor head of household or adult in the assigned activity as soon as the activity becomes available.
(B)(1) Except as provided in rules adopted under section 5107.05 of the Revised Code, a minor head of household or adult placed in one or more work activities or developmental activities shall participate in the activities at least the following number of hours each week as determined by the county department:
(a) In the case of a minor head of household or adult in an assistance group that includes only one adult, thirty hours;
(b) In the case of adults in an assistance group that includes two adults, thirty-five hours between the two adults.
(2) Of the hours specified in division (B)(1) of this section, a minor head of household or adult shall participate in one or more work activities at least twenty hours a week. After the minor head of household or adult has participated in a work activity established under section 5107.58 of the Revised Code for one thousand forty hours, the minor head of household or adult may not participate in that work activity for more than five hours a week. The minor head of household or adult may participate in one or more developmental activities for up to ten hours a week, including a developmental activity that is identical to a work activity established under section 5107.58 of the Revised Code.
(3) If a minor head of household or adult and county department agree, the minor head of household or adult may volunteer to participate in work activities and developmental activities for more than the number of weekly hours the county department determines under division (B)(1) of this section.
(C) A minor head of household or adult placed in one or more alternative work activities shall participate in the activities a number of hours each week a county department determines.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5107 | Ohio Works First Program › Section 5107.44 | Exceeding Federal Minimum Work Activity Participation Rates.

Effective:
July 1, 2000
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 471 - 123rd General Assembly
County departments of job and family services, on a statewide average basis, shall exceed the federal minimum work activity participation rates established by section 407(a) of Title IV-A, 42 U.S.C.A. 607(a), by not less than five percentage points.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5107 | Ohio Works First Program › Section 5107.50 | Job Search and Readiness Program.

Effective:
July 1, 2000
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 471 - 123rd General Assembly
There is hereby established, as a work activity under Ohio works first, the job search and readiness program under which applicants for and participants of Ohio works first are trained in strategies and skills in obtaining employment and engage in self-directed, job search activities. County departments of job and family services shall develop and administer the program and may utilize the services of private or government entities under contract with the county department or the department of job and family services in operating the program.
A county department may assign a minor head of household or adult applying for Ohio works first to the job search and readiness program before the applicant's eligibility for Ohio works first is determined.
An applicant or participant assigned to the job search and readiness program may not participate in the program for more than six weeks, unless the unemployment rate of the state is at least fifty per cent greater than the unemployment rate of the United States, in which case the applicant or participant may participate in the program not more than twelve weeks. An applicant or participant may not participate in the program more than four consecutive weeks. For one time only per applicant or participant, a county department shall consider the applicant or participant to have participated in the program one week after the applicant or participant participates for three or four, as specified by the county department, days during the week.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5107 | Ohio Works First Program › Section 5107.52 | Subsidized Employment Program.

Effective:
July 1, 2007
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 187 - 126th General Assembly
(A) There is hereby established, as a work activity under Ohio works first, the subsidized employment program, under which private and government employers receive payments from appropriations to the department of job and family services for a portion of the costs of salaries, wages, and benefits those employers pay to or on behalf of employees who are participants of the subsidized employment program at the time of employment.
(B) The director of job and family services may redetermine rates of payments to employers under this section annually.
(C) A state agency or political subdivision may create or fill vacant full-time and part-time positions, including classified and unclassified positions for those positions that are included in the civil service under Chapter 124. of the Revised Code, for or with participants of the subsidized employment program. The director shall specify in rules adopted under section 5107.05 of the Revised Code the maximum amount of time the department will subsidize the positions. After the subsidy expires, the agency or subdivision may hire the participant for an unclassified position or as an employee in the classified civil service. The director of administrative services may adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code governing this division.
(D) Participants of the subsidized employment program for whom payments are made under this section:
(1) Shall be considered regular employees of the employer, entitled to the same employment benefits and opportunities for advancement and affiliation with employee organizations that are available to other regular employees of the employer, and the employer shall pay premiums to the bureau of workers' compensation on account of employees for whom payments are made;
(2) Shall be paid at the same rate as other employees doing similar work for the employer.
(E) An agreement for employment of a subsidized employment program participant by a private employer shall require that the participant be given preference for any unsubsidized full-time position with the employer that becomes available after the participant completes any probationary or training period specified in the agreement.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5107 | Ohio Works First Program › Section 5107.54 | Work Experience Program.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
(A) There is hereby established, as a work activity under Ohio works first, the work experience program. A participant of Ohio works first placed in the program shall receive work experience from private and government entities.
Participants of Ohio works first assigned to the work experience program are not employees of the department of job and family services or a county department of job and family services. The operation of the work experience program does not constitute the operation of an employment agency by the department of job and family services or a county department of job and family services.
(B) County departments of job and family services shall develop work projects to which participants of Ohio works first are assigned under the work experience program. Work projects may include assignments with private and government entities. Examples of work projects a county department may develop include unpaid internships, refurbishing publicly assisted housing, and having a participant volunteer to work at the head start agency in which the participant's minor child is enrolled. Each county department shall make a list of the work projects available to the public.
(C) Unless a county department of job and family services pays the premiums for the entity, a private or government entity with which a participant of Ohio works first is placed in and participates in the work experience program shall pay premiums to the bureau of workers' compensation on account of the participant.
Last updated August 16, 2023 at 1:52 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5107 | Ohio Works First Program › Section 5107.541 | Assignment Under Work Experience Program.

Effective:
April 12, 2021
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 442 - 133rd General Assembly
A county department of job and family services may contract with the chief administrator of a nonpublic school or with any school district board of education that has adopted a resolution under section 3319.089 of the Revised Code to provide for a participant of the work experience program who has a minor child enrolled in the nonpublic school or a public school in the district to be assigned under the work experience program to volunteer or work for compensation at the school in which the child is enrolled. Unless it is not possible or practical, a contract shall provide for a participant to volunteer or work at the school as a classroom aide. If that is impossible or impractical, the contract may provide for the participant to volunteer to work in another position at the school. A contract may provide for the nonpublic school or board of education to receive funding to pay for coordinating, training, and supervising participants volunteering or working in schools.
A participant volunteering or working as a classroom aide under this section shall not be considered an employee of a political subdivision for purposes of Chapter 2744. of the Revised Code and is not entitled to any immunity or defense available under that chapter, the common law of this state, or section 9.86 of the Revised Code.
An assignment under this section shall include attending academic home enrichment classes that provide instruction for parents in creating a home environment that prepares and enables children to learn at school.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5107 | Ohio Works First Program › Section 5107.58 | Education Program.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
In accordance with a federal waiver granted by the United States secretary of health and human services pursuant to a request made under former section 5101.09 of the Revised Code, county departments of job and family services may establish and administer as a work activity for minor heads of households and adults participating in Ohio works first an education program under which the participant is enrolled full-time in post-secondary education leading to vocation at a state institution of higher education, as defined in section 3345.031 of the Revised Code; a private nonprofit college or university that possesses a certificate of authorization issued pursuant to Chapter 1713. of the Revised Code, or is exempted by division (E) of section 1713.02 of the Revised Code from the requirement of a certificate; a school that holds a certificate of registration and program authorization issued by the state board of career colleges and schools under Chapter 3332. of the Revised Code; a private institution exempt from regulation under Chapter 3332. of the Revised Code as prescribed in section 3333.046 of the Revised Code; or a school that has entered into a contract with the county department of job and family services. The participant shall make reasonable efforts, as determined by the county department, to obtain a loan, scholarship, grant, or other assistance to pay for the tuition, including a federal Pell grant under 20 U.S.C.A. 1070a and an Ohio college opportunity grant under section 3333.122 of the Revised Code. If the participant has made reasonable efforts but is unable to obtain sufficient assistance to pay the tuition the program may pay the tuition. On or after October 1, 1998, the county department may enter into a loan agreement with the participant to pay the tuition. The total period for which tuition is paid and loans made shall not exceed two years. If the participant, pursuant to division (B)(3) of section 5107.43 of the Revised Code, volunteers to participate in the education program for more hours each week than the participant is assigned to the program, the program may pay or the county department may loan the cost of the tuition for the additional voluntary hours as well as the cost of the tuition for the assigned number of hours. The participant may receive, for not more than three years, support services, including publicly funded child care under Chapter 5104. of the Revised Code and transportation, that the participant needs to participate in the program. To receive support services in the third year, the participant must be, as determined by the educational institution in which the participant is enrolled, in good standing with the institution.
A county department that provides loans under this section shall establish procedures governing loan application for and approval and administration of loans granted pursuant to this section.
Last updated August 16, 2023 at 1:55 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5107 | Ohio Works First Program › Section 5107.60 | Administering Additional Work Activities.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
In accordance with Title IV-A, federal regulations, state law, the Title IV-A state plan prepared under section 5101.80 of the Revised Code, and amendments to the plan, county departments of job and family services shall establish and administer the following work activities, in addition to the work activities established under sections 5107.50, 5107.52, 5107.54, and 5107.58 of the Revised Code, for minor heads of households and adults participating in Ohio works first:
(A) Unsubsidized employment activities, including activities a county department determines are legitimate entrepreneurial activities;
(B) On-the-job training activities, including training to become an employee of a child care center or type A family child care home, administrator of a licensed type B family child care home, or in-home aide;
(C) Community service activities including a program under which a participant of Ohio works first who is the parent, guardian, custodian, or specified relative responsible for the care of a minor child enrolled in grade twelve or lower is involved in the minor child's education on a regular basis;
(D) Vocational educational training activities;
(E) Jobs skills training activities that are directly related to employment;
(F) Education activities that are directly related to employment for participants who have not earned a high school diploma or certificate of high school equivalence;
(G) Education activities for participants who have not completed secondary school or received a certificate of high school equivalence under which the participants attend a secondary school or a course of study leading to a certificate of high school equivalence, including LEAP participation by a minor head of household;
(H) Child-care service activities aiding another participant assigned to a community service activity or other work activity. A county department may provide for a participant assigned to this work activity to receive training necessary to provide child-care services.
Last updated August 17, 2023 at 2:01 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5107 | Ohio Works First Program › Section 5107.61 | Serving as Ombudsperson.

Effective:
September 29, 1999
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 283 - 123rd General Assembly
Service as an Ohio works first ombudsperson pursuant to section 329.07 of the Revised Code may be an assignment under the work experience program or a work activity established under section 5107.60 of the Revised Code to which a participant of Ohio works first is assigned under section 5107.42 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5107 | Ohio Works First Program › Section 5107.62 | Developmental Activities for Minor Heads of Households and Adults Participating in Ohio Works First.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
County departments of job and family services shall establish and administer developmental activities for minor heads of households and adults participating in Ohio works first. In establishing developmental activities, county departments are not limited by the restrictions that Title IV-A imposes on work activities. Developmental activities may be identical or similar to, or different from, work activities and alternative work activities.
In accordance with a federal waiver granted by the United States secretary of health and human services pursuant to a request made under former section 5101.09 of the Revised Code, a county department may establish and administer a developmental activity under which a minor head of household or adult attends a school, special education program, or adult high school continuation program that conforms to the minimum standards prescribed by the director of education and workforce or instructional courses designed to prepare the minor head of household or adult to earn a certificate of high school equivalence. Pursuant to the waiver, a minor head of household or adult assigned to this developmental activity is required to earn a high school diploma, adult education diploma, or certificate of high school equivalence not later than two years after the date the minor head of household or adult is placed in the activity.
Last updated September 19, 2023 at 11:31 AM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5107 | Ohio Works First Program › Section 5107.64 | Alternative Work Activities.

Effective:
September 29, 2015
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly
County departments of job and family services shall establish and administer alternative work activities for minor heads of households and adults participating in Ohio works first. In establishing alternative work activities, county departments are not limited by the restrictions Title IV-A imposes on work activities. The following are examples of alternative work activities that a county department may establish:
(A) Parenting classes and life-skills training;
(B) Participation in addiction services provided by a community addiction services provider, as defined in section 5119.01 of the Revised Code;
(C) In the case of a homeless assistance group, finding a home;
(D) In the case of a minor head of household or adult with a disability, active work in an individual written rehabilitation plan with the opportunities for Ohioans with disabilities agency;
(E) In the case of a minor head of household or adult who has been the victim of domestic violence, residing in a domestic violence shelter, receiving counseling or treatment related to the domestic violence, or participating in criminal justice activities against the domestic violence offender;
(F) An education program under which a participant who does not speak English attends English as a second language course.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5107 | Ohio Works First Program › Section 5107.65 | Works First Participants Not to Displace Employees.

Effective:
July 1, 2000
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 471 - 123rd General Assembly
(A) (1) No participant of Ohio works first shall be assigned to a work activity, developmental activity, or alternative work activity when the employer removes or discharges a person, for the purpose of substituting the participant in the person's place, in any of the following circumstances:
(a) The person is already employed as a regular full-time or part-time employee of the employer;
(b) The person has been employed full time or part time as a participant in a work activity, developmental activity, or alternative work activity;
(c) The person is or has been involved in a dispute between a labor organization and the employer;
(d) The person is on layoff from the same or any substantially equivalent job.
(B) No employer shall hire a participant of Ohio works first part-time to circumvent hiring a full-time employee.
(C) County departments of job and family services shall establish and maintain a grievance procedure for resolving complaints by individuals or their representatives that the assignment of a participant of Ohio works first violates this section.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5107 | Ohio Works First Program › Section 5107.66 | Support Services.

Effective:
May 18, 2005
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 11 - 125th General Assembly
Subject to the availability of funds and except as limited by section 5107.58 of the Revised Code, county departments of job and family services shall provide for participants of Ohio works first placed in a work activity, developmental activity, or alternative work activity to receive support services the county department determines to be necessary. County departments may provide for applicants of Ohio works first placed in the work activity established under section 5107.50 of the Revised Code to receive support services the county department determines to be necessary. Support services may include publicly funded child care under Chapter 5104. of the Revised Code, transportation, and other services.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5107 | Ohio Works First Program › Section 5107.67 | Public Employee and Unemployment Compensation Laws Do Not Apply.

Effective:
October 1, 1997
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 408 - 122nd General Assembly
Except for a participant of Ohio works first who is assigned to a work activity established under section 5107.52 or division (A) of section 5107.60 of the Revised Code, credit for work performed by a participant in a work activity, developmental activity, or alternative work activity does not constitute remuneration for the purpose of Chapter 124., 144., or 145. of the Revised Code and services performed by the participant do not constitute employment for the purpose of Chapter 4141. of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5107 | Ohio Works First Program › Section 5107.68 | County to Implement and Enforce Program.

Effective:
July 1, 2000
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 471 - 123rd General Assembly
(A) The county directors of job and family services shall implement and enforce the requirements of sections 5107.40 to 5107.69 of the Revised Code. State and local agencies shall cooperate with county departments of job and family services to the maximum extent possible in the implementation of those sections.
(B) In employing persons to administer and supervise work activities, developmental activities, and alternative work activities under Ohio works first, a county department of job and family services shall give first consideration to applicants for and participants of Ohio works first, provided such applicants and participants qualify for the administrative and supervisory positions to be filled. An applicant or participant shall be eligible for first consideration only within the county in which the applicant applies for or participant participates in Ohio works first.
(C) To the maximum extent practicable, necessary support services provided under section 5107.66 of the Revised Code shall be performed by participants of Ohio works first placed in a work activity, developmental activity, or alternative work activity.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5107 | Ohio Works First Program › Section 5107.69 | No Jeopardy to Federal Funding.

Effective:
July 1, 2000
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 471 - 123rd General Assembly
If the United States secretary of health and human services informs the department of job and family services that implementation of sections 5107.40 to 5107.69 of the Revised Code jeopardizes federal funding for the Ohio works first program, the department shall ensure that county departments of job and family services require minor heads of household and adults participating in Ohio works first to participate in work activities, developmental activities, and alternative work activities in a manner consistent with 42 U.S.C.A. 607.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5107 | Ohio Works First Program › Section 5107.70 | Conducting Assessments of Assistance Groups.

Effective:
September 29, 2007
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 119 - 127th General Assembly
A county department of job and family services, at times it determines, may conduct assessments of assistance groups participating in Ohio works first to determine whether any members of the group are in need of other assistance or services provided by the county department or other private or government entities. Assessments may include the following:
(A) Whether any member of the assistance group has a substance abuse problem;
(B) Whether there are any other circumstances that may limit an assistance group member's employability.
The county department may refer an assistance group member to a private or government entity that provides assistance or services the county department determines the member needs. The entity may be a public children services agency, chapter of alcoholics anonymous, narcotics anonymous, or cocaine anonymous, or any other entity the county department considers appropriate.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5107 | Ohio Works First Program › Section 5107.71 | County Department Duties Under Program Rules.

Effective:
September 29, 2007
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 119 - 127th General Assembly
Each county department of job and family services shall do all of the following in accordance with rules adopted under section 5107.05 of the Revised Code:
(A) Identify members of assistance groups applying for and participating in Ohio works first who have been subjected to domestic violence by utilizing the domestic violence screening process established in the rules;
(B) Refer a member who has been subjected to domestic violence to counseling and supportive services;
(C) Except as provided in section 5107.713 of the Revised Code, maintain the confidentiality of information about a member who has been subjected to domestic violence;
(D) Make a determination of whether a member who has been subjected to domestic violence should be issued a waiver under section 5107.714 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5107 | Ohio Works First Program › Section 5107.711 | Domestic Violence Screening Process.

Effective:
September 29, 2007
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 119 - 127th General Assembly
When utilizing the domestic violence screening process established in rules adopted under section 5107.05 of the Revised Code to identify members of assistance groups applying for and participating in Ohio works first who have been subjected to domestic violence, a county department of job and family services shall do both of the following:
(A) Where available, rely on records from any of the following:
(1) Police, courts, and other governmental entities;
(2) Shelters and legal, religious, medical, and other professionals from whom an assistance group member sought assistance in dealing with domestic violence;
(3) Other persons with knowledge of the domestic violence.
(B) Rely on an assistance group member's allegation of domestic violence unless the county department has an independent, reasonable basis to find the allegation not credible.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5107 | Ohio Works First Program › Section 5107.712 | Rejection of Counseling or Supportive Services.

Effective:
September 29, 2007
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 119 - 127th General Assembly
A member of an assistance group applying for or participating in Ohio works first who is referred to counseling or supportive services pursuant to division (B) of section 5107.71 of the Revised Code may decline the counseling, supportive services, or both.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5107 | Ohio Works First Program › Section 5107.713 | Domestic Violence Information Provided to Department.

Effective:
September 29, 2007
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 119 - 127th General Assembly
When a county department of job and family services identifies a member of an assistance group applying for or participating in Ohio works first who has been subjected to domestic violence, the county department shall provide information about the member to the department of job and family services. The department shall maintain the information for federal reporting and statistical analysis purposes only.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5107 | Ohio Works First Program › Section 5107.714 | Waiver Issued to Domestic Violence Victim.

Effective:
September 29, 2007
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 119 - 127th General Assembly
A county department of job and family services shall issue a member of an assistance group participating in Ohio works first a waiver that exempts the member from a requirement of the Ohio works first program if the county department determines that the member has been subjected to domestic violence and requiring compliance with the requirement would make it more difficult for the member to escape domestic violence or unfairly penalize the member. A waiver shall specify the particular requirement being waived. A waiver may not exempt the member from the time limit on participating in the Ohio works first program established by division (B) of section 5107.18 of the Revised Code. A waiver shall be effective for a period of time the county department determines necessary. The county department shall redetermine the member's need for the waiver not less often than a period of time specified in rules adopted under section 5107.05 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5107 | Ohio Works First Program › Section 5107.715 | Explanation for Refusal to Issue Waiver.

Effective:
September 29, 2007
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 119 - 127th General Assembly
A county department of job and family services that refuses to issue a waiver under section 5107.714 of the Revised Code for a member of an assistance group participating in Ohio works first shall provide the member a written explanation for the refusal. The written explanation shall be provided to the member in a manner protecting the member's confidentiality. The member may appeal the refusal pursuant to section 5101.35 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5107 | Ohio Works First Program › Section 5107.716 | Rejection or Termination of Waiver.

Effective:
September 29, 2007
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 119 - 127th General Assembly
A member of an assistance group participating in Ohio works first may decline a waiver that would otherwise be issued under section 5107.714 of the Revised Code and may terminate at any time a waiver that has been issued under that section.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5107 | Ohio Works First Program › Section 5107.717 | Department to Monitor Implementation of Program.

Effective:
September 29, 2007
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 119 - 127th General Assembly
The department of job and family services shall monitor county departments of job and family services' implementation of sections 5107.71 to 5107.716 of the Revised Code to ensure that the county departments comply with those sections.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5107 | Ohio Works First Program › Section 5107.72 | Referrals for Family Planning.

Effective:
July 1, 2000
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 471 - 123rd General Assembly
Each county department of job and family services shall refer a parent participating in Ohio works first whose minor child is a member of the parent's assistance group to any private or public agency, medical doctor, clinic, or other person or organization which can advise the parent on methods of controlling the size and spacing of the parent's family, consistent with the parent's religious and moral views. A county department shall document each referral it makes under this section.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5107 | Ohio Works First Program › Section 5107.75 | Cash Assistance Under Ohio Works First Is Inalienable.

Effective:
October 1, 1997
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 408 - 122nd General Assembly
Cash assistance under Ohio works first is inalienable whether by way of assignment, charge, or otherwise and exempt from execution, attachment, garnishment, and other like process.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5107 | Ohio Works First Program › Section 5107.76 | Recovering Erroneous Payments.

Effective:
July 1, 2000
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 471 - 123rd General Assembly
As used in this section, "erroneous payments" means payments of cash assistance made under Ohio works first to assistance groups not eligible to receive the assistance, including assistance paid as a result of misrepresentation or fraud and assistance paid due to an error by a member of an assistance group or a county department of job and family services.
Except as provided in rules adopted under section 5107.05 of the Revised Code, each county department of job and family services shall take action to recover erroneous payments. Action may include reducing payments of cash assistance made under Ohio works first to assistance groups that receive erroneous payments or instituting a civil action. If a minor child was a member of an assistance group that received an erroneous payment but becomes a member of a new assistance group that does not include a minor head of household or adult who also was a member of the previous assistance group, a county department shall not take action against the new assistance group to recover the erroneous payment the previous assistance group received.
Each county department of job and family services shall retain fifty per cent of the nonfederal share of the erroneous payments it, prior to October 1, 1996, determines occurred under this section, regardless of when recovery is made. The department of job and family services shall receive the remaining fifty per cent of the nonfederal share of those payments. Each county department shall retain twenty-five per cent of erroneous payments it, on or after October 1, 1996, determines occurred and recovers and the department shall receive the remaining seventy-five per cent.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5107 | Ohio Works First Program › Section 5107.78 | Support Enforcement Tracking System Notice.

Effective:
October 16, 2009
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 128th General Assembly
With each cash assistance payment provided under Ohio works first to an assistance group residing in a county in which the computer system known as support enforcement tracking system is in operation, the department of job and family services shall include a notice of the amount of support payments due a member of the assistance group that a child support enforcement agency collected and paid to the department pursuant to section 5107.20 of the Revised Code during the most recent month for which the department has this information.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5107 | Ohio Works First Program › Section 5107.80 | Quarterly Report on Employment of Former Participants.

Effective:
March 22, 2001
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 180 - 123rd General Assembly
The director of job and family services, using information provided by employers under sections 3121.891 and 3121.892 of the Revised Code, shall determine quarterly whether individuals who have ceased to participate in Ohio works first have entered the workforce.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5108 | Prevention, Retention, and Contingency Program › Section 5108.01 | Prevention, Retention, and Contingency Program Definitions.

Effective:
September 29, 2017
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly
As used in this chapter:
(A) "County family services planning committee" means the county family services planning committee established under section 329.06 of the Revised Code.
(B) "Prevention, retention, and contingency program" means the program established by this chapter and funded in part with federal funds provided under Title IV-A.
(C) "Title IV-A" means Title IV-A of the "Social Security Act," 49 Stat. 620 (1935), 42 U.S.C. 301, as amended.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5108 | Prevention, Retention, and Contingency Program › Section 5108.02 | Prevention, Retention, and Contingency Program.

Effective:
July 1, 2000
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 471 - 123rd General Assembly
There is hereby established the prevention, retention, and contingency program. The department of job and family services shall administer the program, as long as federal funds are provided for the program, in accordance with Title IV-A, federal regulations, state law, the state Title IV-A plan submitted to the United States secretary of health and human services under section 5101.80 of the Revised Code, and amendments to the plan.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5108 | Prevention, Retention, and Contingency Program › Section 5108.03 | Model Design for Assistance or Services to Promote Self Sufficiency and Personal Responsibility.

Effective:
September 26, 2003
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 95 - 125th General Assembly
Under the prevention, retention, and contingency program, each county department of job and family services shall do both of the following in accordance with the statement of policies the county department develops under section 5108.04 of the Revised Code:
(A) Provide benefits and services that individuals need to overcome immediate barriers to achieving or maintaining self sufficiency and personal responsibility;
(B) Perform related administrative duties.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5108 | Prevention, Retention, and Contingency Program › Section 5108.04 | Statement of Policies Governing the Prevention, Retention, and Contingency Program.

Effective:
October 16, 2009
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 128th General Assembly
Each county department of job and family services shall adopt a written statement of policies governing the prevention, retention, and contingency program for the county. The statement of policies shall be adopted not later than October 1, 2003, and shall be updated at least every two years thereafter. A county department may amend its statement of policies to modify, terminate, and establish new policies. A county department also may amend its statement of policies to suspend operation of its prevention, retention, and contingency program temporarily. The county director of job and family services shall sign and date the statement of policies and any amendment to it. Neither the statement of policies nor any amendment to it may have an effective date that is earlier than the date of the county director's signature.
Each county department of job and family services shall provide the department of job and family services a written copy of the statement of policies and any amendments it adopts to the statement not later than ten calendar days after the statement or amendment's effective date.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5108 | Prevention, Retention, and Contingency Program › Section 5108.05 | Provision in Statement of Policies.

Effective:
September 26, 2003
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 95 - 125th General Assembly
In adopting a statement of policies under section 5108.04 of the Revised Code for the county's prevention, retention, and contingency program, each county department of job and family services shall do all of the following:
(A) Establish or specify all of the following:
(1) Benefits and services to be provided under the program that are allowable uses of federal Title IV-A funds under 42 U.S.C. 601 and 604(a), except that they may not be "assistance" as defined in 45 C.F.R. 260.31(a) but rather benefits and services that 45 C.F.R. 260.31(b) excludes from the definition of assistance;
(2) Restrictions on the amount, duration, and frequency of the benefits and services;
(3) Eligibility requirements for the benefits and services;
(4) Fair and equitable procedures for both of the following:
(a) The certification of eligibility for the benefits and services that do not have a financial need eligibility requirement;
(b) The determination and verification of eligibility for the benefits and services that have a financial need eligibility requirement.
(5) Objective criteria for the delivery of the benefits and services;
(6) Administrative requirements;
(7) Other matters the county department determines are necessary.
(B) Provide for the statement of policies to be consistent with all of the following:
(1) The plan of cooperation the board of county commissioners develops under section 307.983 of the Revised Code;
(2) The review and analysis of the county family services committee conducted in accordance with division (B)(2) of section 329.06 of the Revised Code;
(3) Title IV-A, federal regulations, state law, the Title IV-A state plan submitted to the United States secretary of health and human services under section 5101.80 of the Revised Code, and amendments to the plan.
(C) Either provide the public and local government entities at least thirty days to submit comments on, or have the county family services planning committee review, the statement of policies, including the design of the county's prevention, retention, and contingency program, before the county director signs and dates the statement of policies.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5108 | Prevention, Retention, and Contingency Program › Section 5108.051 | Inapplicability of Rc 5108.05.

Effective:
September 26, 2003
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 95 - 125th General Assembly
A county department of job and family services is not required to follow division (C) of section 5108.05 of the Revised Code when amending its statement of policies under section 5108.04 of the Revised Code. Division (C) of section 5108.05 of the Revised Code applies only when a county department adopts its initial and updated statement of policies under section 5108.04 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5108 | Prevention, Retention, and Contingency Program › Section 5108.06 | Specification of Benefits and Services.

Effective:
September 26, 2003
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 95 - 125th General Assembly
In adopting a statement of policies under section 5108.04 of the Revised Code for the county's prevention, retention, and contingency program, a county department of job and family services may specify both of the following:
(A) Benefits and services to be provided under the program that prevent and reduce the incidence of out-of-wedlock pregnancies or encourage the formation and maintenance of two-parent families as permitted by 45 C.F.R. 260.20(c) and (d);
(B) How the county department will certify individuals' eligibility for such benefits and services.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5108 | Prevention, Retention, and Contingency Program › Section 5108.07 | County Commissioners' Certification of Compliance With Chapter.

Effective:
October 16, 2009
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 128th General Assembly
(A) Each statement of policies adopted under section 5108.04 of the Revised Code shall include the board of county commissioners' certification that the county department of job and family services complied with this chapter in adopting the statement of policies.
(B) The board of county commissioners shall revise its certification under division (A) of this section if the county department adopts an amendment under section 5108.04 of the Revised Code to suspend operation of its prevention, retention, and contingency program temporarily or any other amendment under that section the board considers to be significant.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5108 | Prevention, Retention, and Contingency Program › Section 5108.08 | Benefits and Services Inalienable.

Effective:
September 5, 2001
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 94 - 124th General Assembly
Benefits and services provided under the prevention, retention, and contingency program are inalienable whether by way of assignment, charge, or otherwise and exempt from execution, attachment, garnishment, and other like process.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5108 | Prevention, Retention, and Contingency Program › Section 5108.09 | Basis for Decision in Administrative Appeal.

Effective:
September 26, 2003
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 95 - 125th General Assembly
When a state hearing under division (B) of section 5101.35 of the Revised Code or an administrative appeal under division (C) of that section is held regarding the prevention, retention, and contingency program, the hearing officer, director of job and family services, or director's designee shall base the decision in the hearing or appeal on the county department of job and family services' written statement of policies adopted under section 5108.04 of the Revised Code and any amendments the county department adopted to the statement if the county department provides a copy of the statement of policies and all amendments to the hearing officer, director, or director's designee at the hearing or appeal.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5108 | Prevention, Retention, and Contingency Program › Section 5108.10 | Applying for Participation.

Effective:
September 26, 2003
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 95 - 125th General Assembly
Eligibility for a benefit or service under a county's prevention, retention, and contingency program shall be certified in accordance with the statement of policies adopted under section 5108.04 of the Revised Code if the benefit or service does not have a financial need eligibility requirement.
Eligibility for a benefit or service shall be determined in accordance with the statement of policies and based on an application containing information the county department of job and family services requires if the benefit or service has a financial need eligibility requirement. When a county department receives an application for such benefits and services, it shall follow verification procedures established by the statement of policies to verify the facts surrounding the application and to obtain such other information as may be required. On completion of the verification procedure, the county department shall determine whether the applicant is eligible for the benefits or services and the approximate date when the benefits or services are to begin.