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2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5104 | Child Day-Care › Section 5104.36 | Record for Each Eligible Child.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
The licensee or administrator of a child care center, type A family child care home, or licensed type B family child care home, an in-home aide providing child care services, the director or administrator of an approved child day camp, and a border state child care provider shall keep a record for each eligible child, to be made available to the county department of job and family services or the department of job and family services on request. The record shall include all of the following:
(A) The name and date of birth of the child;
(B) The name and address of the child's caretaker parent;
(C) The name and address of the caretaker parent's place of employment or program of education or training;
(D) The hours for which child care services have been provided for the child;
(E) Any other information required by the county department of job and family services or the state department of job and family services.
Last updated August 31, 2023 at 10:51 AM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5104 | Child Day-Care › Section 5104.37 | Activities to Assist Families and Family Day-Care Homes; Reports.

Effective:
April 7, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 45 - 134th General Assembly
(A) In addition to the duties described in division (D) of section 5104.30 of the Revised Code, the director of job and family services shall engage in activities to do the following:
(1) Encourage the establishment and licensure of family day-care homes in this state, especially in areas with the greatest need for child care;
(2) Connect families and caretaker parents in need of child care with family day-care homes not meeting the license capacity specified on their licenses, as described in division (E) of section 5104.03 of the Revised Code.
(B) The director may contract with one or more third-party entities to assist the director in performing the duties described in division (A) of this section.
(C) Not later than May 30, 2023, and periodically thereafter, the director shall submit to the general assembly a report documenting any barriers that may prevent the establishment or licensure of family day-care homes. The director shall submit the required report in accordance with section 101.68 of the Revised Code.
Last updated March 2, 2023 at 3:43 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5104 | Child Day-Care › Section 5104.382 | No Contracts to Person Against Whom Finding for Recovery Has Been Issued.

Effective:
May 18, 2005
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 11 - 125th General Assembly
In adopting rules under division (A) of section 5104.38 of the Revised Code establishing criteria for eligibility for publicly funded child care, the director of job and family services may prescribe the amount, duration, and scope of benefits available as publicly funded child care.
Last updated September 27, 2023 at 9:38 AM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5104 | Child Day-Care › Section 5104.40 | Implementation of Rules.

Effective:
May 18, 2005
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 11 - 125th General Assembly
A county department of job and family services shall not be held responsible for implementing any rule adopted under this chapter regarding publicly funded child care until the later of thirty days after the effective date of the rule or thirty days after the county department receives notice of the rule if such notification is required under this chapter.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5104 | Child Day-Care › Section 5104.41 | Homeless Child Care.

Effective:
October 17, 2019
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 166 - 133rd General Assembly
A child and the child's caretaker who are otherwise ineligible for publicly funded child care are eligible for homeless child care for the lesser of the following:
(A) Not more than ninety days;
(B) The period of time they reside in a facility providing emergency shelter for homeless families or the period of time in which the county department determines they are homeless.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5104 | Child Day-Care › Section 5104.42 | Payment Procedure for Publicly Funded Child Care.

Effective:
September 29, 2011
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly
(A) The director of job and family services shall adopt rules pursuant to section 111.15 of the Revised Code establishing a payment procedure for publicly funded child care.
(B) The director, by rule adopted in accordance with section 111.15 of the Revised Code, may establish a methodology for allocating the state and federal funds appropriated for publicly funded child care.
Last updated September 28, 2023 at 10:15 AM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5104 | Child Day-Care › Section 5104.43 | Deposits Into Public Assistance Fund.

Effective:
September 29, 2011
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly
Each county department of job and family services shall deposit all funds received from any source for child care services into the public assistance fund established under section 5101.161 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5104 | Child Day-Care › Section 5104.44 | Effect of Child Support Default on License or Certificate.

Effective:
March 22, 2001
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 180 - 123rd General Assembly
On receipt of a notice pursuant to section 3123.43 of the Revised Code, the department of job and family services shall comply with sections 3123.41 to 3123.50 of the Revised Code and any applicable rules adopted under section 3123.63 of the Revised Code with respect to a license or certificate issued pursuant to this chapter.
Last updated September 28, 2023 at 10:16 AM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5104 | Child Day-Care › Section 5104.50 | [Former r.c. 3301.90, Renumbered by h.b. 33, 135th General Assembly, Effective 1/1/2025] Early Childhood Advisory Council.

Effective:
January 1, 2025
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
The governor shall create the early childhood advisory council in accordance with 42 U.S.C. 9837b(b)(1) and shall appoint one of its members to serve as chairperson of the council. The council shall serve as the state advisory council on early childhood education and care, as described in 42 U.S.C. 9837b(b)(1). In addition to the duties specified in 42 U.S.C. 9837b(b)(1), the council shall promote family-centered programs and services that acknowledge and support the social, emotional, cognitive, intellectual, and physical development of children and the vital role of families in ensuring the well-being and success of children.
Last updated October 3, 2023 at 1:00 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5104 | Child Day-Care › Section 5104.51 | Preschool Program Licensing.

Effective:
January 1, 2025
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
The department of children and youth shall license a preschool program pursuant to sections 3301.52 to 3301.59 of the Revised Code.
Last updated October 4, 2023 at 1:52 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5104 | Child Day-Care › Section 5104.52 | Kindergarten Readiness Assessment.

Effective:
January 1, 2025
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
(A) The department of children and youth shall develop a diagnostic assessment designed to measure each student's readiness for kindergarten. The kindergarten readiness assessment shall not include components to identify gifted students. Blank copies of the kindergarten readiness assessment shall be public records.
(B) When the kindergarten readiness assessment has been completed, the department shall inform all school districts of its completion and the department shall make the kindergarten readiness assessment available to districts at no cost to the district.
(C) School districts shall administer the kindergarten readiness assessment pursuant to section 3301.0715 of the Revised Code beginning the first school year following the development of the kindergarten readiness assessment. Prior to that school year, school districts shall administer the kindergarten readiness assessment that was developed by the department of education under section 3301.0715 of the Revised as it existed prior to the effective date of this section.
Last updated October 4, 2023 at 1:52 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5107 | Ohio Works First Program › Section 5107.01 | Legislative Policy.

Effective:
October 1, 1997
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 408 - 122nd General Assembly
(A) The Ohio general assembly hereby states the following beliefs with regard to the Ohio works first program:
(1) That the first priority for minor heads of household and adults participating in the program is to work, which includes keeping an employer's schedule and satisfying the employer's work requirements, and to develop marketable skills.
(2) That many minor heads of household and adults participating in the program need to complete high school or receive training for an occupation in order to qualify for employment.
(B) The general assembly recognizes that some provisions of the Ohio works first program as operated pursuant to federal waivers granted by the United States secretary of health and human services pursuant to requests made under former section 5101.09 of the Revised Code enacted by Substitute House Bill No. 167 of the 121st general assembly and pursuant to requests made under section 5107.30 of the Revised Code, regarding the LEAP program, prior to the enactment of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (P.L. 104-193) are inconsistent with that act. It is the intent of the general assembly to rely on the federal waivers for authority to conduct the program in the manner specified in this chapter to ensure the work readiness of program participants by requiring at least twenty hours of weekly participation in work activities, including, except as limited by division (B)(2) of section 5107.43 of the Revised Code, a work activity established under section 5107.58 of the Revised Code in which a participant is enrolled full-time in post-secondary education leading to vocation, and no more than ten hours of weekly participation in developmental activities in accordance with sections 5107.40 to 5107.69 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5107 | Ohio Works First Program › Section 5107.03 | Administration of Program.

Effective:
September 29, 2007
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 119 - 127th General Assembly
There is hereby established the Ohio works first 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 Title IV-A state plan submitted to the United States secretary of health and human services under section 5101.80 of the Revised Code, amendments to the plan, and federal waivers granted by the United States secretary.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5107 | Ohio Works First Program › Section 5107.04 | Sources of Cash Assistance Payments.

Effective:
September 29, 2007
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 119 - 127th General Assembly
As used in this section, "cost-of-living adjustment" means the cost-of-living adjustment made by the United States commissioner of social security under 42 U.S.C. 415(i) for benefits provided under Title II of the "Social Security Act of 1935."
The department of job and family services shall make all cash assistance payments for Ohio works first from funds appropriated for the Ohio works first program. The amount of a cash assistance payment the department is to make to an assistance group shall be determined in accordance with rules adopted under section 5107.05 of the Revised Code and shall not exceed the payment standard. The department shall increase the payment standard on January 1, 2009, and the first day of each January thereafter by the cost-of-living adjustment made in the immediately preceding December.
A county department of job and family services may use county funds to increase the amount of cash assistance an assistance group receives. An increase in the amount of cash assistance that results from such a use of county funds shall not be included as countable income, gross earned income, or gross unearned income of the assistance group.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5107 | Ohio Works First Program › Section 5107.11 | Minor Child's Assistance Group.

Effective:
September 29, 1999
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 283 - 123rd General Assembly
(A) A specified relative of a minor child residing with the minor child is not required to be included in the minor child's assistance group. To the extent permitted by rules adopted under section 5107.05 of the Revised Code governing assistance group composition requirements and except as provided in division (B) of this section, the specified relative may choose to be included in the minor child's assistance group.
(B) If a specified relative resides with the specified relative's own minor child and another minor child who is related to the specified relative in a manner that makes the specified relative a specified relative, the specified relative shall be, to the extent provided by rules adopted under section 5107.05 of the Revised Code governing assistance group composition requirements, a member of the assistance group of the specified relative's own minor child but may not be a member of the other minor child's assistance group.
(C) A guardian or custodian may not be a member of the assistance group of the minor child for whom the guardian or custodian is guardian or custodian, unless the guardian or custodian is a specified relative of the minor child.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5107 | Ohio Works First Program › Section 5107.12 | Application for Participation by Assistance Group.

Effective:
January 27, 2012
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 337 - 129th General Assembly
An assistance group seeking to participate in the Ohio works first program shall apply to a county department of job and family services using an application containing information the director of job and family services requires pursuant to rules adopted under section 5107.05 of the Revised Code and any additional information the county department requires. If cash assistance under the program is to be paid by the director of budget and management through the medium of direct deposit as provided by section 329.03 of the Revised Code, the application shall be accompanied by information the director needs to make direct deposits.
When a county department receives an application for participation in Ohio works first, it shall promptly make an investigation and record of the circumstances of the applicant in order to ascertain the facts surrounding the application and to obtain such other information as may be required. Upon the completion of the investigation, the county department shall determine as soon as possible whether the applicant is eligible to participate, the amount of cash assistance the applicant should receive, and the approximate date when participation shall begin. The amount of cash assistance so determined shall be certified to the department of job and family services in such form as the department shall prescribe. Warrants, direct deposits, or debit cards shall be delivered or made payable in the manner the department may prescribe.
To the extent required by rules adopted under section 5107.05 of the Revised Code, a participant of Ohio works first shall notify the county department immediately upon the receipt or possession of additional income not previously reported to the county department. Any failure to so notify a county department shall be regarded as prima-facie evidence of an intent to defraud.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5107 | Ohio Works First Program › Section 5107.121 | Information Regarding Eligibility Redetermination.

Effective:
September 29, 2007
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 119 - 127th General Assembly
A county department of job and family services shall provide assistance groups applying for or undergoing a redetermination of eligibility for Ohio works first written and oral information about both of the following:
(A) The availability of counseling and supportive services pursuant to division (B) of section 5107.71 of the Revised Code for members of the assistance group who have been subjected to domestic violence;
(B) The availability of waivers under section 5107.714 of the Revised Code exempting members of the assistance group who have been subjected to domestic violence from a requirement of the Ohio works first program.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5107 | Ohio Works First Program › Section 5107.14 | Written Self-Sufficiency Contracts.

Effective:
September 29, 2013
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly
(A) An assistance group is ineligible to participate in Ohio works first unless the following enter into a written self-sufficiency contract with the county department of job and family services:
(1) Each adult member of the assistance group;
(2) The assistance group's minor head of household.
(B) A self-sufficiency contract shall set forth the rights and responsibilities of the assistance group as applicants for and participants of Ohio works first. Each self-sufficiency contract shall include, based on appraisals conducted under section 5107.41 of the Revised Code and assessments conducted under section 5107.70 of the Revised Code, the following:
(1) The assistance group's plan, developed under section 5107.41 of the Revised Code, to achieve the goal of self sufficiency and personal responsibility through unsubsidized employment within the time limit for participating in Ohio works first established by section 5107.18 of the Revised Code;
(2) Work activities, developmental activities, and alternative work activities to which members of the assistance group are assigned under sections 5107.40 to 5107.69 of the Revised Code;
(3) The responsibility of a caretaker member of the assistance group to cooperate in establishing a minor child's paternity and establishing, modifying, and enforcing a support order for the child in accordance with section 5107.22 of the Revised Code;
(4) Other responsibilities that members of the assistance group must satisfy to participate in Ohio works first and the consequences for failure or refusal to satisfy the responsibilities;
(5) An agreement that, except as otherwise provided in a waiver issued under section 5107.714 of the Revised Code, the assistance group will comply with the conditions of participating in Ohio works first established by this chapter and section 5101.83 of the Revised Code;
(6) Assistance and services the county department will provide to the assistance group;
(7) Assistance and services the child support enforcement agency and public children services agency will provide to the assistance group pursuant to a plan of cooperation entered into under section 307.983 of the Revised Code;
(8) Other provisions designed to assist the assistance group in achieving self sufficiency and personal responsibility;
(9) Procedures for assessing whether responsibilities are being satisfied and whether the contract should be amended;
(10) Procedures for amending the contract.
(C) No self-sufficiency contract shall include provisions regarding the LEAP program.
(D) The county department shall provide without charge a copy of the self-sufficiency contract to each assistance group member who signs it.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5107 | Ohio Works First Program › Section 5107.16 | Sanctioning Assistance Group for Noncompliance With Contract.

Effective:
September 29, 2013
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly
(A) If a member of an assistance group fails or refuses, without good cause, to comply in full with a provision of a self-sufficiency contract entered into under section 5107.14 of the Revised Code, a county department of job and family services shall sanction the assistance group as follows:
(1) For a first failure or refusal, the county department shall deny or terminate the assistance group's eligibility to participate in Ohio works first for one payment month or until the failure or refusal ceases, whichever is longer;
(2) For a second failure or refusal, the county department shall deny or terminate the assistance group's eligibility to participate in Ohio works first for three payment months or until the failure or refusal ceases, whichever is longer;
(3) For a third or subsequent failure or refusal, the county department shall deny or terminate the assistance group's eligibility to participate in Ohio works first for six payment months or until the failure or refusal ceases, whichever is longer.
(B) The director of job and family services shall establish standards for the determination of good cause for failure or refusal to comply in full with a provision of a self-sufficiency contract in rules adopted under section 5107.05 of the Revised Code.
(C) An assistance group member who fails or refuses, without good cause, to comply in full with a provision of a self-sufficiency contract must complete all compliance activities specified in rules adopted under section 5107.05 of the Revised Code in order for the failure or refusal to be considered to have ceased.
(D) After sanctioning an assistance group under division (A) of this section, a county department of job and family services shall continue to work with the assistance group.
(E) An adult eligible for medicaid who is sanctioned under division (A)(3) of this section for a failure or refusal, without good cause, to comply in full with a provision of a self-sufficiency contract related to work responsibilities under sections 5107.40 to 5107.69 of the Revised Code loses eligibility for medicaid unless the adult is otherwise eligible for medicaid pursuant to an eligibility category other than the category associated with Title IV-A.
An assistance group that would be participating in Ohio works first if not for a sanction under this section shall continue to be eligible for all of the following:
(1) Publicly funded child care in accordance with division (A)(3) of section 5104.30 of the Revised Code;
(2) Support services in accordance with section 5107.66 of the Revised Code;
(3) To the extent permitted by the "Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938," 52 Stat. 1060, 29 U.S.C. 201, as amended, to participate in work activities, developmental activities, and alternative work activities in accordance with sections 5107.40 to 5107.69 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5107 | Ohio Works First Program › Section 5107.161 | Written Notice Prior to Sanction.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
Before a county department of job and family services sanctions an assistance group under section 5107.16 of the Revised Code, the state department of job and family services shall provide the assistance group written notice of the sanction in accordance with rules adopted under section 5107.05 of the Revised Code. The written notice shall include a provision printed in bold type face that informs the assistance group that, not later than fifteen calendar days after the state department mailed the written notice to the assistance group, the assistance group may request, for the purpose of explaining why the assistance group believes it should not be sanctioned, a state hearing under division (B) of section 5101.35 of the Revised Code which, at the assistance group's request, may be preceded by a county conference with the county department. The written notice shall include either the telephone number of an Ohio works first ombudsperson provided for under section 329.07 of the Revised Code or the toll-free telephone number of the state department of job and family services that the assistance group may call to obtain the telephone number of an Ohio works first ombudsperson.
Last updated September 18, 2023 at 10:47 AM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5107 | Ohio Works First Program › Section 5107.162 | Request for State Hearing on Sanction.

Effective:
June 30, 2000
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 245 - 123rd General Assembly
If an assistance group requests a state hearing under division (B) of section 5101.35 of the Revised Code not later than fifteen calendar days after the department of job and family services mails the assistance group a written notice of a sanction under section 5107.161 of the Revised Code, a county department of job and family services shall postpone imposition of the sanction until the date a final decision is rendered in the state hearing, unless the assistance group withdraws the request for the state hearing because the assistance group is satisfied with the results of a county conference.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5107 | Ohio Works First Program › Section 5107.17 | Resuming Participation Following Sanction.

Effective:
September 10, 2012
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly
Both of the following must occur before an assistance group may resume participation in Ohio works first following a sanction under section 5107.16 of the Revised Code:
(A) The assistance group must reapply under section 5107.12 of the Revised Code if any of the following apply:
(1) It is the assistance group's regularly scheduled time for an eligibility redetermination;
(2) If the sanction was imposed under division (A)(1) of section 5107.16 of the Revised Code, the failure or refusal on which the sanction was based is not considered to have ceased until after one payment month immediately following the date the sanction began;
(3) If the sanction was imposed under division (A)(2) of section 5107.16 of the Revised Code, the failure or refusal on which the sanction was based is not considered to have ceased until after three payment months immediately following the date the sanction began;
(4) If the sanction was imposed under division (A)(3) of section 5107.16 of the Revised Code, the failure or refusal on which the sanction was based is not considered to have ceased until after six payment months immediately following the date the sanction began.
(B) The adult member of the assistance group or the assistance group's minor head of household whose failure or refusal, without good cause, to comply in full with a provision of a self-sufficiency contract caused the sanction must enter into a new, or amend an existing, self-sufficiency contract under section 5107.14 of the Revised Code, if required to do so by 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 5107.20 | Assignment of Rights to Support.

Effective:
September 29, 2013
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly
As used in this section, "support" means child support, spousal support, and support for a spouse or a former spouse.
Participation in Ohio works first constitutes an assignment to the department of job and family services of any rights members of an assistance group have to support from any other person. The rights to support assigned to the department pursuant to this section constitute an obligation of the person who is responsible for providing the support to the state for the amount of cash assistance provided to the assistance group.
The office of child support in the department of job and family services shall collect and distribute support payments owed to Ohio works first participants, whether assigned to the department or unassigned, in accordance with 42 U.S.C. 654 B and 657 and regulations adopted under those statutes, state statutes, and rules adopted under section 5107.05 of the Revised Code.
Upon implementation of centralized collection and disbursement under Chapter 3121. of the Revised Code, in accordance with 42 U.S.C. 654 B and 657 and regulations adopted under those statutes, the department shall deposit support payments it receives pursuant to this section into the state treasury to the credit of the child support collections fund or the child support administrative fund, both of which are hereby created. Money credited to the funds shall be used to make cash assistance payments under Ohio works first.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5107 | Ohio Works First Program › Section 5107.22 | Cooperation in Establishing Paternity and Obtaining Child Support.

Effective:
March 22, 2001
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 180 - 123rd General Assembly
As used in this section, "caretaker" means the parent of a minor child or a relative acting in the parent's place.
Unless good cause for failure or refusal exists as determined pursuant to rules adopted under section 5107.05 of the Revised Code, the caretaker of a minor child shall cooperate, if the caretaker is a member of the child's assistance group, in establishing the child's paternity and establishing, modifying, and enforcing a support order for the child. The child support enforcement agency with responsibility for administering the assistance group's paternity and support order requirements shall determine whether the caretaker is cooperating under this section. Cooperation includes providing sufficient information available to the caretaker to verify the identity of the minor child's father and establish, modify, and enforce a support order. With respect to charter counties only, cooperation also includes appearing at all proceedings to establish, modify, or enforce support for, and to establish paternity with respect to, the child.
A child support enforcement agency shall notify the county department of job and family services serving the county in which a caretaker resides if the agency determines that the caretaker has failed or refused to cooperate under this section without good cause and the caretaker is a member of an assistance group participating in Ohio works first.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5107 | Ohio Works First Program › Section 5107.26 | Terminating Employment Without Just Cause.

Effective:
April 6, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 281 - 134th General Assembly
(A) As used in this section, "transitional child care" means publicly funded child care provided under division (A)(3) of section 5104.34 of the Revised Code.
(B) Except as provided in division (C) of this section:
(1) Each member of an assistance group participating in Ohio works first is ineligible to participate in the program for six payment months if a county department of job and family services determines that a member of the assistance group terminated the member's employment.
(2) Each person who, on the day prior to the day a recipient begins to receive transitional child care, was a member of the recipient's assistance group is ineligible to participate in Ohio works first for six payment months if a county department determines that the recipient terminated the recipient's employment.
(C) No assistance group member shall lose or be denied eligibility to participate in Ohio works first pursuant to division (B) of this section if the termination of employment was because an assistance group member or recipient of transitional child care secured comparable or better employment or the county department of job and family services certifies that the member or recipient terminated the employment with just cause.
Just cause includes the following:
(1) Discrimination by an employer based on age, race, sex, color, disability, religious beliefs, or national origin;
(2) Work demands or conditions that render continued employment unreasonable, such as working without being paid on schedule;
(3) Employment that has become unsuitable due to any of the following:
(a) The wage is less than the federal minimum wage;
(b) The work is at a site subject to a strike or lockout, unless the strike has been enjoined under section 208 of the "Labor-Management Relations Act," 61 Stat. 155 (1947), 29 U.S.C.A. 178, as amended, an injunction has been issued under section 10 of the "Railway Labor Act," 44 Stat. 586 (1926), 45 U.S.C.A. 160, as amended, or an injunction has been issued under section 4117.16 of the Revised Code;
(c) The documented degree of risk to the member or recipient's health and safety is unreasonable;
(d) The member or recipient is physically or mentally unfit to perform the employment, as documented by medical evidence or by reliable information from other sources.
(4) Documented illness of the member or recipient or of another assistance group member of the member or recipient requiring the presence of the member or recipient;
(5) A documented household emergency;
(6) Lack of adequate child care for children of the member or recipient who are under six years of age.
Last updated March 10, 2023 at 12:43 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5107 | Ohio Works First Program › Section 5107.28 | Learnfare Program.

Effective:
July 1, 2000
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 471 - 123rd General Assembly
(A) As used in this section and in sections 5107.281 to 5107.287 of the Revised Code:
(1) "Cash assistance payment" means the monthly amount an assistance group is eligible to receive under Ohio works first.
(2) "Parent" means the parent, guardian, custodian, or specified relative with charge or care of a learnfare participant.
(3) "Participating student" means a participant of Ohio works first who is subject to the school attendance requirement of the learnfare program as determined under section 5107.281 of the Revised Code.
(B) The department of job and family services shall establish the learnfare program. The board of county commissioners of any county may choose to have the county participate in the learnfare program. The county department of job and family services of each participating county shall administer the program in accordance with sections 5107.28 to 5107.287 of the Revised Code and policies the county department establishes for the program.
(C) The program shall provide for reduction in the cash assistance payment to the assistance group of a participating student if the student fails to comply with the program's school attendance requirement two or more times during a school year.
(D) The program may provide for an incentive to encourage a parent or, if a participating student is eighteen or nineteen years of age, the student to consent to the release of the participating student's school attendance records and the participating student to comply with the program's school attendance requirement.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5107 | Ohio Works First Program › Section 5107.281 | Mandatory Participation in Learnfare Program.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
A participant of Ohio works first who is enrolled in a school district in a county that is participating in the learnfare program and is not younger than age six but not older than age nineteen shall participate in the learnfare program unless one of the following is the case:
(A) The participant is not yet eligible for enrollment in first grade;
(B) The participant is subject to the LEAP program;
(C) The participant has received one of the following:
(1) A high school diploma;
(2) A certificate stating that the participant has achieved the equivalent of a high school education as measured by scores obtained on a high school equivalency test approved by the department of education and workforce pursuant to division (B) of section 3301.80 of the Revised Code.
(D) The participant has been excused from school attendance pursuant to section 3321.04 or is exempt under section 3321.042 of the Revised Code;
(E) If child care services for a member of the participant's household are necessary for the participant to attend school, child care licensed or certified under Chapter 5104. of the Revised Code or under sections 3301.52 to 3301.59 of the Revised Code and transportation to and from the child care are not available;
(F) The participant has been adjudicated a delinquent or unruly child pursuant to section 2151.28 of the Revised Code.
Last updated September 19, 2023 at 11:26 AM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5107 | Ohio Works First Program › Section 5107.282 | Notice of Noncompliance With Learnfare Program's School Attendance Requirement.

Effective:
July 1, 2000
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 471 - 123rd General Assembly
The first time during a school year that a participating student fails to comply with the learnfare program's school attendance requirement, the county department of job and family services shall send the parent a notice warning that, if the student fails a second or subsequent time in the school year to comply with the school attendance requirement, the assistance group's cash assistance payment for the second month following report of the failure under section 5107.287 of the Revised Code will be reduced to the amount the assistance group would be eligible to receive if the student was not a member of the assistance group. The county department shall send the notice not later than the last day of the month that it is informed of the first failure to comply.
If a participating student fails two or more times in a school year to comply with the school attendance requirement, the county department shall reduce the assistance group's cash assistance payment for the second month following report of the failure. The county department shall reduce the cash assistance payment to the amount the assistance group would be eligible to receive if the participating student was not a member of the assistance group.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5107 | Ohio Works First Program › Section 5107.283 | Incentives for Meeting Learnfare School Attendance Requirement.

Effective:
July 1, 2000
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 471 - 123rd General Assembly
The county department of job and family services may provide an incentive established by the county department to the participating student or student's assistance group, whichever is appropriate, if the parent or, if the student is eighteen or nineteen years of age, the student, consents to the release of the student's school attendance records and the student complies with the learnfare school attendance requirement. An incentive may be a cash bonus or other form of incentive. The county department shall not receive any additional state or federal funds to pay for incentives.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5107 | Ohio Works First Program › Section 5107.284 | Reducing Assistance for Refusal to Consent to Release of Records.

Effective:
July 1, 2000
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 471 - 123rd General Assembly
The county department of job and family services shall require the parent of each participating student, or, if the student is eighteen or nineteen years of age, the student to consent to release of the student's school attendance records. If the parent or participating student refuses to consent, the county department shall reduce the assistance group's cash assistance payment for the month immediately following the month of the refusal and each month thereafter until consent is given. The cash assistance payment shall be reduced to the amount the assistance group would be eligible to receive if neither the participating student nor the parent were members of the assistance group.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5107 | Ohio Works First Program › Section 5107.285 | Noncompliance With Learnfare Program's School Attendance Requirement Not to Affect Other Members of Group.

Effective:
October 1, 1997
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 408 - 122nd General Assembly
Notwithstanding a reduction in a cash assistance payment under section 5107.282 or 5107.284 of the Revised Code, all members of the assistance group who are otherwise eligible to participate in Ohio works first shall continue to be considered participants of the program.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5107 | Ohio Works First Program › Section 5107.286 | Communications Concerning Participating Student's Attendance.

Effective:
July 1, 2000
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 471 - 123rd General Assembly
Communications between the school district and the county department of job and family services concerning a participating student's attendance shall be made only through the attendance officers and assistants appointed under section 3321.14 or 3321.15 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5107 | Ohio Works First Program › Section 5107.287 | Good Cause for Being Absent From School.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
The county department of job and family services shall establish policies defining "good cause for being absent from school" and specifying what constitutes a day of attendance for purposes of the learnfare program's school attendance requirement.
Not later than the fifteenth day of each month of a school year or another time agreed to by the county department of job and family services and department of education and workforce but not later than the thirtieth day of each month, each attendance officer or assistant appointed under section 3321.14 or 3321.15 of the Revised Code who oversees the attendance of students enrolled in the school districts of a county that is participating in the learnfare program shall report to the county department of job and family services the previous month's school attendance record of each participating student. The report shall specify which if any of the participating student's absences are excused because the absence meets the definition of "good cause for being absent from school." No absence for which there is good cause shall be considered in determining whether a participating student has complied with the learnfare program's school attendance requirement.
Last updated September 19, 2023 at 11:29 AM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5107 | Ohio Works First Program › Section 5107.301 | Award to Leap Program Graduates for Post-Secondary Education.

Effective:
January 1, 2006
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 66 - 126th General Assembly
For the purpose of encouraging individuals who have successfully completed the requirements of the LEAP program to enroll in post-secondary education, the director of job and family services may provide an award to such individuals who enroll in post-secondary education. If provided, the award shall be provided in accordance with 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 5107.36 | Fugitive Felons and Probation or Parole Violators Ineligible for Participation.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
An individual is ineligible for assistance under Ohio works first if either of the following apply:
(A) The individual is a fugitive felon as defined in section 5101.26 of the Revised Code;
(B) The individual is violating a condition of probation, a community control sanction, parole, or a post-release control sanction imposed under federal or state law.
Last updated August 16, 2023 at 1:51 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5107 | Ohio Works First Program › Section 5107.37 | Ineligibility of Residents of Public Institutions.

Effective:
September 26, 2003
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 95 - 125th General Assembly
(A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, an individual who resides in a county home, city infirmary, jail, or other public institution is not eligible to participate in Ohio works first.
(B) Division (A) of this section does not apply to a minor child residing with the minor child's mother who participates in a prison nursery program established under section 5120.65 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5107 | Ohio Works First Program › Section 5107.41 | Appraisal of Each Member of Assistance Group Who Is Minor Head of Household or Adult.

Effective:
September 29, 2007
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 119 - 127th General Assembly
As soon as possible after an assistance group submits an application to participate in Ohio works first, the county department of job and family services that receives the application shall schedule and conduct an appraisal of each member of the assistance group who is a minor head of household or adult, other than a minor head of household participating in the LEAP program. The appraisal may include an evaluation of the employment, educational, physiological, and psychological abilities or liabilities, or both, of the minor head of household or adult. At the appraisal, the county department shall develop with the minor head of household or adult a plan for the assistance group to achieve the goal of self sufficiency and personal responsibility through unsubsidized employment within the time limit for participating in the Ohio works first program established by section 5107.18 of the Revised Code. The plan shall include assignments to one or more work activities, developmental activities, or alternative work activities in accordance with section 5107.42 of the Revised Code. The county department shall include the plan in the self-sufficiency contract entered into under section 5107.14 of the Revised Code.
The county department shall conduct more appraisals of the minor head of household or adult at times the county department determines.
If the minor head of household or adult claims to have a medically determinable physiological or psychological impairment, illness, or disability, the county department may require that the minor head of household or adult undergo an independent medical or psychological examination at a time and place reasonably convenient to the minor head of household or adult.