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2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5101 | Department of Job and Family Services- General Provisions › Section 5101.1412 | Voluntary Participation Agreement for Child's Care and Placement.

Effective:
September 30, 2021
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly
(A) Without the approval of a court, an emancipated young adult who receives payments, or on whose behalf payments are received, under division (A) of section 5101.1411 of the Revised Code, may enter into a voluntary participation agreement with the department of job and family services, or its representative, for the emancipated young adult's care and placement. The agreement shall stay in effect until one of the following occurs:
(1) The emancipated young adult enrolled in the program notifies the department, or its representative, that they want to terminate the agreement.
(2) The emancipated young adult becomes ineligible for the program.
(B) In order to maintain Title IV-E eligibility for the emancipated young adult, both of the following apply:
(1) Not later than one hundred eighty days after the effective date of the voluntary participation agreement, the department or its representative must petition the court for, and obtain, a judicial determination that the emancipated young adult's best interest is served by continuing the care and placement with the department or its representative.
(2) Not later than twelve months after the effective date of the voluntary participation agreement, and at least once every twelve months thereafter, the department or its representative must petition the court for, and obtain, a judicial determination that the department or its representative has made reasonable efforts to finalize a permanency plan to prepare the emancipated young adult for independence.
Last updated September 27, 2023 at 11:56 AM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5101 | Department of Job and Family Services- General Provisions › Section 5101.1413 | Payment of Nonfederal Share.

Effective:
September 13, 2016
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 50 - 131st General Assembly
Notwithstanding section 5101.141 of the Revised Code and any rules adopted thereunder, the department of job and family services shall pay the full nonfederal share of payments made pursuant to section 5101.1411 of the Revised Code. No public children services agency shall be responsible for the cost of any payments made pursuant to section 5101.1411 of the Revised Code.
Last updated September 27, 2023 at 11:57 AM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5101 | Department of Job and Family Services- General Provisions › Section 5101.1414 | Adoption of Rules.

Effective:
October 17, 2019
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 166 - 133rd General Assembly
(A) Not later than nine months after September 13, 2016, the effective date of H.B. 50 of the 131st general assembly, the department of job and family services shall adopt rules necessary to carry out the purposes of sections 5101.1411 to 5101.1413 of the Revised Code, including rules that do all of the following:
(1) Allow an emancipated young adult described in division (A)(1) of section 5101.1411 of the Revised Code who is directly receiving foster care payments, or on whose behalf such foster care payments are received, or an adopted young adult whose adoptive parents are receiving adoption assistance payments, to maintain eligibility while transitioning into, or out of, qualified employment or educational activities;
(2) Require that a thirty-day notice of termination be given by the department to an emancipated young adult described in division (A)(1) of section 5101.1411 of the Revised Code who is receiving foster care payments, or on whose behalf such foster care payments are received, or to a parent receiving adoption assistance payments for an adopted young adult described in division (B)(1) of section 5101.1411 of the Revised Code, who is determined to be ineligible for payments;
(3) Establish the scope of practice and training necessary for case managers and supervisors who care for emancipated young adults described in division (A)(1) of section 5101.1411 of the Revised Code who are receiving foster care payments, or on whose behalf such foster care payments are received, under section 5101.1411 of the Revised Code.
(B) The department of job and family services shall create an advisory council to evaluate and make recommendations for statewide implementation of sections 5101.1411 and 5101.1412 of the Revised Code not later than one month after September 13, 2016, the effective date of H.B. 50 of the 131st general assembly.
Last updated September 27, 2023 at 12:00 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5101 | Department of Job and Family Services- General Provisions › Section 5101.1415 | Person Eligible for Temporary or Permanent Custody Until Age Twenty-One.

Effective:
September 30, 2021
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly
The provisions of divisions (A) and (D) to (G) of section 5101.1411 of the Revised Code shall not apply if the person is eligible for temporary or permanent custody until age twenty-one pursuant to a dispositional order under sections 2151.353, 2151.414, and 2151.415 of the Revised Code.
Last updated August 24, 2021 at 2:33 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5101 | Department of Job and Family Services- General Provisions › Section 5101.1416 | Kinship Guardianship Assistance.

Effective:
September 30, 2021
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly
(A) Not later than nine months after the effective date of this section , the director of job and family services shall submit an amendment to the state plan required by 42 U.S.C. 671 to the United States secretary of health and human services to implement 42 U.S.C. 673(d) to provide kinship guardianship assistance under Title IV-E on behalf of a child to a relative who meets the following requirements:
(1) The relative has cared for the eligible child pursuant to division (B) of this section as a foster caregiver as defined by section 5103.02 of the Revised Code for at least six consecutive months.
(2) Both of the following apply:
(a) A juvenile court issued an order granting legal custody of the child to the relative, or a probate court issued an order granting guardianship of the child to the relative, and the order is not a temporary court order.
(b) The relative has committed to care for the child on a permanent basis.
(3) The relative signs a kinship guardianship assistance agreement required by 42 U.S.C. 673.
(B) A child is an eligible child for kinship guardianship assistance under this section if the following are met:
(1) The child has been removed from his or her home pursuant to a voluntary placement agreement or as a result of a judicial determination to the effect that continuation in the home would be contrary to the welfare of the child.
(2) The child has been eligible for foster care maintenance payments under section 5101.141 of the Revised Code while residing for at least six consecutive months in the home of a relative described in division (A) of this section.
(3) Returning the child home or adoption of the child are not appropriate permanency options for the child.
(4) The child demonstrates a strong attachment to the child's relative described in division (A) of this section and the relative has a strong commitment to caring permanently for the child.
(5) With respect to a child who has attained fourteen years of age, the child has been consulted regarding the kinship guardianship arrangement.
Last updated September 9, 2021 at 4:00 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5101 | Department of Job and Family Services- General Provisions › Section 5101.1417 | Rules to Carry Out Federal Foster Care, Adoption, and Kinship Guardian Assistance.

Effective:
September 30, 2021
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly
Not later than nine months after the effective date of this section , the department of job and family services shall adopt rules necessary to carry out the purposes of sections 5101.141, 5101.1411, and 5101.1416 of the Revised Code, and 42 U.S.C. 673(d) of the "Social Security Act," including rules that do all of the following:
(A) Allow a kinship guardianship young adult described in division (C) of section 5101.1411 of the Revised Code on whose behalf kinship guardianship assistance is received, to maintain eligibility while transitioning into, or out of, qualified employment or educational activities;
(B) Require that a thirty-day notice of termination be given by the department to a person receiving kinship guardianship assistance for a kinship guardianship young adult described in division (C) of section 5101.1411 of the Revised Code, who is determined to be ineligible for assistance.
Last updated September 28, 2023 at 3:48 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5101 | Department of Job and Family Services- General Provisions › Section 5101.15 | Schedule of Reimbursement.

Effective:
July 1, 2000
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 471 - 123rd General Assembly
Within available funds the department of job and family services may reimburse counties in accordance with this section for a portion of the salaries paid to child welfare workers employed under section 5153.12 of the Revised Code. No county with a population of eighty thousand or less, according to the latest census accepted by the department as official, shall be entitled to reimbursement on the salaries of more than two child welfare workers, and no county with a population of more than eighty thousand, according to such census, shall be entitled to reimbursement on the salaries of more than two child welfare workers plus one additional child welfare worker for each one hundred thousand of population in excess of eighty thousand.
The maximum reimbursement to which a county may be entitled on any child welfare worker shall be as follows:
(A) Twenty-seven hundred dollars a year for a child welfare worker who is a graduate of an accredited high school, college, or university;
(B) Thirty-three hundred dollars a year for a child welfare worker who has one year or more of graduate training in social work or a field which the department finds to be related to social work;
(C) Thirty-nine hundred dollars a year for a child welfare worker who has completed two years of social work training.
The salary of the executive director, designated in accordance with section 5153.10 of the Revised Code, shall be subject to reimbursement under this section, provided that the executive director qualifies under division (A), (B), or (C) of this section. No funds shall be allocated under this section until the director of job and family services has approved a plan of child welfare services for the county submitted by the public children services agency.
Last updated September 28, 2023 at 3:52 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5101 | Department of Job and Family Services- General Provisions › Section 5101.162 | Reimbursing County Expenditures for County Administration of Food Stamps or Medicaid.

Effective:
September 29, 2013
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly
Subject to available federal funds and appropriations made by the general assembly, the department of job and family services may, at its sole discretion, use available federal funds to reimburse county expenditures for county administration of the supplemental nutrition assistance program or medicaid (excluding administrative expenditures for transportation services covered by the medicaid program) even though the county expenditures meet or exceed the maximum allowable reimbursement amount established by rules adopted under section 5101.161 of the Revised Code. The director of job and family services may adopt internal management rules in accordance with section 111.15 of the Revised Code to implement this section.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5101 | Department of Job and Family Services- General Provisions › Section 5101.163 | Increase in County Share of Public Assistance Expenditures.

Effective:
September 29, 2005
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 66 - 126th General Assembly
As used in this section, "maintenance of effort" means qualified state expenditures as defined in 42 U.S.C. 609(a)(7)(B)(i).
The department of job and family services may increase a county's share of public assistance expenditures determined under division (B) of section 5101.16 of the Revised Code if the United States secretary of health and human services requires an increase in the state's maintenance of effort because of one or more failures, resulting from the actions or inactions of one or more county family services agencies, to meet a requirement under Title IV-A of the "Social Security Act," 110 Stat. 2113 (1996), 42 U.S.C. 601, as amended. The department may so increase a county's share of public assistance expenditures only to the amount the county's county family services agencies are responsible for the increase in the state's maintenance of effort as determined pursuant to rules the director of job and family services shall adopt under section 111.15 of the Revised Code. The department is not required to make the increase in accordance with section 5101.24 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5101 | Department of Job and Family Services- General Provisions › Section 5101.17 | Payments Made Under Economic Opportunity Act Not Regarded as Income or Resources.

Effective:
December 31, 2017
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly
In determining the need of any person under Chapter 5107. of the Revised Code, the first eighty-five dollars plus one-half of the excess over eighty-five dollars of payments made to or in behalf of any person for or with respect to any month under Title I or II of the "Economic Opportunity Act of 1964," 78 Stat. 508, 42 U.S.C.A. 2701, as amended, shall not be regarded as income or resources. No payments made under such titles shall be regarded as income or resources of another individual except to the extent that they are made available to the other individual. No grant made to any family under Title III of such act shall be regarded as income or resources in determining the need of any member of such family under Chapter 5107. of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5101 | Department of Job and Family Services- General Provisions › Section 5101.18 | Determining What Payments Shall Be Regarded or Disregarded as Income in Determining Aid.

Effective:
December 31, 2017
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly
When the director of job and family services adopts rules under section 5107.05 of the Revised Code regarding income requirements for the Ohio works first program, the director shall determine what payments shall be regarded or disregarded. In making this determination, the director shall consider:
(A) The source of the payment;
(B) The amount of the payment;
(C) The purpose for which the payment was made;
(D) Whether regarding the payment as income would be in the public interest;
(E) Whether treating the payment as income would be detrimental to any of the programs administered in whole or in part by the department of job and family services and whether such determination would jeopardize the receipt of any federal grant or payment by the state or any receipt of aid under Chapter 5107. of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5101 | Department of Job and Family Services- General Provisions › Section 5101.183 | Rules Regarding Recovering Cost of Social Services Provided or Diverted to Ineligible Persons.

Effective:
September 29, 2013
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly
(A) The director of job and family services, in accordance with section 111.15 of the Revised Code, may adopt rules under which county family services agencies shall take action to recover the cost of the following benefits and services available under programs administered by the department of job and family services:
(1) Benefits or services provided to any of the following:
(a) Persons who were not eligible for the benefits or services but who secured the benefits or services through fraud or misrepresentation;
(b) Persons who were eligible for the benefits or services but who intentionally diverted the benefits or services to other persons who were not eligible for the benefits or services.
(2) Any benefits or services provided by a county family services agency for which recovery is required or permitted by federal law for the federal programs administered by the agency.
(B) A county family services agency may bring a civil action against a recipient of benefits or services to recover any costs described in division (A) of this section.
(C) A county family services agency shall retain any money it recovers under division (A) of this section and shall use the money to meet a family services duty, except that, if federal law requires the department of job and family services to return any portion of the money so recovered to the federal government, the county family services agency shall pay that portion to the department of job and family services.
Last updated September 27, 2023 at 12:13 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5101 | Department of Job and Family Services- General Provisions › Section 5101.184 | Collecting Overpayments of Assistance From State and Federal Income Tax Refunds.

Effective:
December 31, 2017
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly
(A) The director of job and family services shall work with the tax commissioner to collect overpayments of assistance under Chapter 5107., former Chapter 5115., former Chapter 5113., or section 5101.54 of the Revised Code from refunds of state income taxes for taxable year 1992 and thereafter that are payable to the recipients of such overpayments.
Any overpayment of assistance, whether obtained by fraud or misrepresentation, as the result of an error by the recipient or by the agency making the payment, or in any other manner, may be collected under this section. Any reduction under section 5747.12 or 5747.121 of the Revised Code to an income tax refund shall be made before a reduction under this section. No reduction shall be made under this section if the amount of the refund is less than twenty-five dollars after any reduction under section 5747.12 of the Revised Code. A reduction under this section shall be made before any part of the refund is contributed under section 5747.113 of the Revised Code, or is credited under section 5747.12 of the Revised Code against tax due in any subsequent year.
The director and the tax commissioner, by rules adopted in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, shall establish procedures to implement this division. The procedures shall provide for notice to a recipient of assistance and an opportunity for the recipient to be heard before the recipient's income tax refund is reduced.
(B) The director of job and family services may enter into agreements with the federal government to collect overpayments of assistance from refunds of federal income taxes that are payable to recipients of the overpayments.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5101 | Department of Job and Family Services- General Provisions › Section 5101.19 | Adoption Grant Program Definitions.

Effective:
April 7, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 45 - 134th General Assembly
As used in sections 5101.19 to 5101.194 of the Revised Code:
(A) "Adopted child" means a person who is less than eighteen years of age when the person becomes subject to a final order of adoption, an interlocutory order of adoption, or when the adoption is recognized by this state under section 3107.18 of the Revised Code.
(B) "Adoption" includes an adoption arranged by an attorney, a public children services agency, private child placing agency, or a private noncustodial agency, an interstate adoption, or an international or foreign adoption.
(C) "Adoptive parent" means the person or persons who obtain parental rights and responsibilities over an adopted child pursuant to a final order of adoption, an interlocutory order of adoption, or an adoption recognized by this state under section 3107.18 of the Revised Code.
(D) "Casework services" means services performed or arranged by a public children services agency, private child placing agency, private noncustodial agency, or public entity with whom the department of job and family services has a Title IV-E subgrant agreement in effect, to manage the progress, provide supervision and protection of the child and the child's parent, guardian, or custodian.
(E) "Foster caregiver" has the same meaning as in section 5103.02 of the Revised Code.
(F) "Qualified professional" means an individual that is, but not limited to, any one of the following:
(1) Audiologist;
(2) Orthopedist;
(3) Physician;
(4) Certified nurse practitioner;
(5) Physician assistant;
(6) Psychiatrist;
(7) Psychologist;
(8) School psychologist;
(9) Licensed marriage and family therapist;
(10) Speech and language pathologist;
(11) Licensed independent social worker;
(12) Licensed professional clinical counselor;
(13) Licensed social worker who is under the direct supervision of a licensed independent social worker;
(14) Licensed professional counselor who is under the direct supervision of a licensed professional clinical counselor.
(G) "Special needs" means any of the following:
(1) A developmental disability as defined in section 5123.01 of the Revised Code;
(2) A physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more of the major life activities;
(3) Any physiological disorder or condition, cosmetic disfigurement, or anatomical loss affecting one or more body systems;
(4) Any mental or psychological disorder;
(5) A medical condition causing distress, pain, dysfunction, or social problems as diagnosed by a qualified professional that results in ongoing medical treatment.
Last updated September 27, 2023 at 12:16 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5101 | Department of Job and Family Services- General Provisions › Section 5101.191 | Adoption Grant Program.

Effective:
April 7, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 45 - 134th General Assembly
(A) The director of job and family services shall establish and administer the Ohio adoption grant program in accordance with sections 5101.19 to 5101.194 of the Revised Code.
(B) The director shall provide one, but not both, of the following one-time payments for an adopted child to the child's adoptive parent if the requirements of division (A) of section 5101.192 of the Revised Code, but not division (B) of that section, are satisfied regarding the child:
(1) Ten thousand dollars;
(2) Fifteen thousand dollars, if the parent was a foster caregiver who cared for the child prior to adoption.
(C) The director shall provide a one-time payment for an adopted child of twenty thousand dollars to the child's adoptive parent if the requirements of divisions (A) and (B) of section 5101.192 of the Revised Code are satisfied regarding the child.
Last updated September 27, 2023 at 12:18 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5101 | Department of Job and Family Services- General Provisions › Section 5101.192 | Adoption Grant Program Eligibility.

Effective:
April 7, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 45 - 134th General Assembly
(A) To receive a grant payment under division (B) of section 5101.191 of the Revised Code, all of the following must be satisfied:
(1) The adoptive parent has not previously received a grant payment from the Ohio adoption grant program for the adopted child for whom the parent is seeking payment.
(2) The adoptive parent does not also currently claim an adoption tax credit pursuant to former section 5747.37 of the Revised Code for the adopted child for whom the parent is seeking payment.
(3) The adoptive parent applies for the grant not later than one year after the final adoption order, interlocutory order of adoption, or recognition of the adoption by this state under section 3107.18 of the Revised Code for the adopted child for whom the grant payment is sought.
(4) The adoption was not by a parent whose spouse is a biological or adoptive parent of the child prior to the adoption for which the payment is sought.
(5) The adoption is finalized on or after January 1, 2023.
(B) To receive a grant payment under division (C) of section 5101.191 of the Revised Code, both of the following must be satisfied:
(1) The requirements of division (A) of this section must be satisfied.
(2) A qualified professional who does not provide casework services to the adopted child diagnoses the child with one or more special needs in the professional's area of expertise prior to the final order of adoption, interlocutory order of adoption, or recognition of the adoption by this state under section 3107.18 of the Revised Code.
Last updated February 7, 2023 at 5:12 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5101 | Department of Job and Family Services- General Provisions › Section 5101.193 | Adoption Grant Program Rules.

Effective:
April 7, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 45 - 134th General Assembly
(A) The director of job and family services shall adopt rules to administer and implement the Ohio adoption grant program. The director, in consultation with the tax commissioner, shall also adopt rules authorizing the department to withhold and remit to the Internal Revenue Service federal income tax from grant payments under division (B) of section 5101.191 of the Revised Code, provided such withholding is authorized under federal law or approved by the Internal Revenue Service.
(B) No application fee shall be charged for the grant program.
(C) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the director may require, as necessary to administer the Ohio adoption grant program, either or both of the following:
(1) The submission of any court or legal document necessary to prove a final order of adoption, an interlocutory order of adoption, or recognition of the adoption under section 3107.18 of the Revised Code;
(2) Any department, agency, or division of the state, including the department of health, to provide any document related to the adoption.
(D) Notwithstanding any provision of section 121.95 of the Revised Code to the contrary, a regulatory restriction contained in a rule adopted under section 5101.193 of the Revised Code is not subject to sections 121.95 to 121.953 of the Revised Code.
Last updated September 27, 2023 at 12:18 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5101 | Department of Job and Family Services- General Provisions › Section 5101.194 | Adoption Grant Program Records.

Effective:
April 7, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 45 - 134th General Assembly
Any document provided to the department of job and family services under division (C) of section 5101.193 of the Revised Code remains a public record under section 149.43 of the Revised Code if it was a public record under that section before being provided to the department.
Last updated September 27, 2023 at 12:20 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5101 | Department of Job and Family Services- General Provisions › Section 5101.201 | Agreements With One-Stop Operators and Partners Implementing Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act.

Effective:
September 29, 2017
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly
As the director of the state agency for the implementation of several workforce programs, the director of job and family services may enter into agreements with local boards, as defined in section 6301.01 of the Revised Code, and other OhioMeansJobs center partners for the purpose of implementing the requirements of section 121 of the "Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act," 29 U.S.C. 3151.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5101 | Department of Job and Family Services- General Provisions › Section 5101.211 | Written Agreements With State Agency, University or College or Private or Government Entity.

Effective:
September 29, 2007
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 119 - 127th General Assembly
The director of job and family services may provide for a grant agreement entered into under section 5101.21 of the Revised Code to have a retroactive effective date of the first day of July of an odd-numbered year if both of the following are the case:
(A) The agreement is entered into after that date and before the last day of that July.
(B) The board of county commissioners requests the retroactive effective date and provides the director good cause satisfactory to the director for the reason the agreement was not entered into on or before the first day of that July.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5101 | Department of Job and Family Services- General Provisions › Section 5101.212 | Duty of Religious Organization Contracting With Department.

Effective:
September 29, 2007
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 119 - 127th General Assembly
The department of job and family services shall publish in a manner accessible to the public all of the following that concern family services duties for which grants included in grant agreements entered into under section 5101.21 of the Revised Code are awarded: state plans for receipt of federal financial participation, agreements between the department and a federal agency, and executive orders issued by the governor. The department may publish the materials electronically or otherwise.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5101 | Department of Job and Family Services- General Provisions › Section 5101.214 | Agreements to Enhance County Family Services Duties and Workforce Development Activities.

Effective:
September 29, 2017
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly
The director of job and family services may enter into a written agreement with one or more state agencies, as defined in section 117.01 of the Revised Code, and state universities and colleges to assist in the coordination, provision, or enhancement of the family services duties of a county family services agency or the workforce development activities of a local board, as defined in section 6301.01 of the Revised Code. The director also may enter into written agreements or contracts with, or issue grants to, private and government entities under which funds are provided for the enhancement or innovation of family services duties or workforce development activities on the state or local level.
The director may adopt internal management rules in accordance with section 111.15 of the Revised Code to implement this section.
Last updated September 27, 2023 at 12:23 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5101 | Department of Job and Family Services- General Provisions › Section 5101.215 | Agreements With Religious Organization.

Effective:
June 26, 2003
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 95 - 125th General Assembly
If the director of job and family services enters into an agreement or contracts with, or issues a grant to, a religious organization under section 5101.214 of the Revised Code, the religious organization shall comply with section 104 of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity and Reconciliation Act of 1996 (P.L. 104-193).
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5101 | Department of Job and Family Services- General Provisions › Section 5101.216 | Written Operational Agreements With County for Family Service Duties.

Effective:
September 26, 2003
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 95 - 125th General Assembly
The director of job and family services may enter into one or more written operational agreements with boards of county commissioners to do one or more of the following regarding family services duties:
(A) Provide for the director to amend or rescind a rule the director previously adopted;
(B) Provide for the director to modify procedures or establish alternative procedures to accommodate special circumstances in a county;
(C) Provide for the director and board to jointly identify operational problems of mutual concern and develop a joint plan to address the problems;
(D) Establish a framework for the director and board to modify the use of existing resources in a manner that is beneficial to the department of job and family services and the county that the board serves and improves family services duties for the recipients of the services.
Last updated September 27, 2023 at 12:25 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5101 | Department of Job and Family Services- General Provisions › Section 5101.22 | Establishing Performance and Administrative Standards for County Agencies.

Effective:
September 26, 2003
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 95 - 125th General Assembly
The department of job and family services may establish performance and other administrative standards for the administration and outcomes of family services duties and determine at intervals the department decides the degree to which a county family services agency complies with a performance or other administrative standard. The department may use statistical sampling, performance audits, case reviews, or other methods it determines necessary and appropriate to determine compliance with performance and administrative standards.
Last updated September 28, 2023 at 4:20 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5101 | Department of Job and Family Services- General Provisions › Section 5101.221 | County Family Services Agency Corrective Action Plan.

Effective:
September 26, 2003
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 95 - 125th General Assembly
(A) Except as provided by division (C) of this section, if the department of job and family services determines that a county family services agency has failed to comply with a performance or other administrative standard established under section 5101.22 of the Revised Code or by federal law for the administration or outcome of a family services duty, the department shall require the agency to develop, submit to the department for approval, and comply with a corrective action plan.
(B) If a county family services agency fails to develop, submit to the department, or comply with a corrective action plan under division (A) of this section, or the department disapproves the agency's corrective action plan, the department may require the agency to develop, submit to the department for approval, and comply with a corrective action plan that requires the agency to commit existing resources to the plan.
(C) The department may not require a county family services agency to take action under this section for failure to comply with a performance or other administrative standard established for an incentive awarded by the department. Instead, the department may require a county family services agency that fails to comply with that kind of performance or other administrative standard to take action in accordance with rules adopted by the department governing the standard.
(D) At the request of a county family services agency, the department shall assist the agency with the development of a corrective action plan under this section and provide the agency technical assistance in the implementation of the plan.
Last updated September 27, 2023 at 12:04 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5101 | Department of Job and Family Services- General Provisions › Section 5101.222 | Administrative Rules.

Effective:
September 26, 2003
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 95 - 125th General Assembly
The director of job and family services may adopt rules in accordance with section 111.15 of the Revised Code to implement sections 5101.22 to 5101.222 of the Revised Code. If the director adopts the rules, the director shall adopt the rules as if they were internal management rules.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5101 | Department of Job and Family Services- General Provisions › Section 5101.23 | Providing Incentive Awards to County Agencies.

Effective:
September 29, 2017
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly
Subject to the availability of funds, the department of job and family services may provide annual financial, administrative, or other incentive awards to county family services agencies and local areas as defined in section 6301.01 of the Revised Code. A county family services agency or local area may spend an incentive awarded under this section only for the purpose for which the funds are appropriated. The department may adopt internal management rules in accordance with section 111.15 of the Revised Code to establish the amounts of awards, methodology for distributing the awards, types of awards, and standards for administration.
There is hereby created in the state treasury the social services incentive fund. The director of job and family services may request that the director of budget and management transfer funds in the Title IV-A reserve fund created under section 5101.82 of the Revised Code and other funds appropriated for family services duties or workforce investment activities into the fund. If the director of budget and management determines that the funds identified by the director of job and family services are available and appropriate for transfer, the director of budget and management shall make the transfer. Money in the fund shall be used to provide incentive awards under this section.
Last updated September 27, 2023 at 12:12 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5101 | Department of Job and Family Services- General Provisions › Section 5101.242 | Certification of Claim to Recover Funds.

Effective:
September 29, 2007
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 119 - 127th General Assembly
The department of job and family services may certify a claim to the attorney general under section 131.02 of the Revised Code for the attorney general to take action under that section against a responsible county grantee or responsible entity to recover any funds that the department determines the responsible county grantee or responsible entity owes the department for actions taken under division (C)(2), (3), (4), or (5) of section 5101.24 or 5101.241 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5101 | Department of Job and Family Services- General Provisions › Section 5101.243 | Administrative Rules.

Effective:
September 26, 2003
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 95 - 125th General Assembly
The director of job and family services may adopt rules in accordance with section 111.15 of the Revised Code establishing reporting requirements for family services duties and workforce development activities. If the director adopts the rules, the director shall adopt the rules as if they were internal management rules and, before adopting the rules, give the public an opportunity to review and comment on the proposed rules.
Last updated September 27, 2023 at 12:14 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5101 | Department of Job and Family Services- General Provisions › Section 5101.244 | Adjustment to Recover Expenditures Exceeding Allowable Amount.

Effective:
September 29, 2011
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly
(A) If the department of job and family services determines that a grant awarded to a county grantee in a grant agreement entered into under section 5101.21 of the Revised Code, an allocation, advance, or reimbursement the department makes to a county family services agency, or a cash draw a county family services agency makes exceeds the allowable amount for the grant, allocation, advance, reimbursement, or cash draw, the department may take one or more of the following actions to recover the excess amount:
(1) The department may adjust, offset, withhold, or reduce an allocation, cash draw, advance, reimbursement, or other financial assistance to the county grantee or county family services agency as necessary to recover the excess amount.
(2) The department may enter into an agreement with the county grantee or county family services agency for repayment of the excess amount by the grantee or agency. The department may require that the repayment include interest on the excess amount, calculated from the day that the excess occurred at a rate not exceeding the rate per annum prescribed by section 5703.47 of the Revised Code.
(3) The department may certify a claim to the attorney general under section 131.02 of the Revised Code for the attorney general to take action under that section against the county grantee or county family services agency to recover the excess amount.
(B) In taking an action authorized under this section, the department is not required to take the action in accordance with section 5101.24 of the Revised Code.
(C) The director of job and family services may adopt rules under section 111.15 of the Revised Code as necessary to implement this section. The director shall adopt the rules as if they were internal management rules.
Last updated September 27, 2023 at 12:14 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5101 | Department of Job and Family Services- General Provisions › Section 5101.25 | Developing Annual Training Goals and Model Training Curriculum.

Effective:
July 1, 2000
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 470 - 123rd General Assembly
The department of human services, in consultation with county representatives, shall develop annual training goals and model training curriculum for employees of county family services agencies and identify a variety of state funded training opportunities to meet the proposed goals.
Last updated September 27, 2023 at 12:16 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5101 | Department of Job and Family Services- General Provisions › Section 5101.26 | Disclosure of Information Definitions.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
As used in this section and in sections 5101.27 to 5101.30 of the Revised Code:
(A) "Community control sanction" has the same meaning as in section 2929.01 of the Revised Code.
(B) "County agency" means a county department of job and family services or a public children services agency.
(C) "Fugitive felon" means an individual who is fleeing to avoid prosecution, or custody or confinement after conviction, under the laws of the place from which the individual is fleeing, for a crime or an attempt to commit a crime that is a felony under the laws of the place from which the individual is fleeing or, in the case of New Jersey, a high misdemeanor, regardless of whether the individual has departed from the individual's usual place of residence.
(D) "Information" means records as defined in section 149.011 of the Revised Code, any other documents in any format, and data derived from records and documents that are generated, acquired, or maintained by the department of job and family services, a county agency, or an entity performing duties on behalf of the department or a county agency.
(E) "Law enforcement agency" has the same meaning as in section 109.573 of the Revised Code.
(F) "Post-release control sanction" has the same meaning as in section 2967.01 of the Revised Code.
(G) "Public assistance" means financial assistance or social services that are provided under a program administered by the department of job and family services or a county agency pursuant to Chapter 329., 5101., 5104., 5107., or 5108. of the Revised Code or an executive order issued under section 107.17 of the Revised Code. "Public assistance" does not mean medical assistance provided under a medical assistance program, as defined in section 5160.01 of the Revised Code.
(H) "Public assistance recipient" means an applicant for or recipient or former recipient of public assistance.
(I) "Publicly funded child care" has the same meaning as in section 5104.01 of the Revised Code.
(J) "Tuberculosis control unit" means the county tuberculosis control unit designated by a board of county commissioners under section 339.72 of the Revised Code or the district tuberculosis control unit designated pursuant to an agreement entered into by two or more boards of community commissioners under that section.
Last updated September 22, 2023 at 1:48 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5101 | Department of Job and Family Services- General Provisions › Section 5101.272 | Authorization Form.

Effective:
September 29, 2013
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly
(A) For the purposes of section 5101.27 of the Revised Code, an authorization shall be made on a form that uses language understandable to the average person and contains all of the following:
(1) A description of the information to be used or disclosed that identifies the information in a specific and meaningful fashion;
(2) The name or other specific identification of the person or class of persons authorized to make the requested use or disclosure;
(3) The name or other specific identification of the person or governmental entity to which the information may be released;
(4) A description of each purpose of the requested use or disclosure of the information;
(5) The date on which the authorization expires or an event related either to the individual who is the subject of the request or to the purposes of the requested use or disclosure, the occurrence of which will cause the authorization to expire;
(6) A statement that the information used or disclosed pursuant to the authorization may be disclosed by the recipient of the information and may no longer be protected from disclosure;
(7) The signature of the individual or the individual's authorized representative and the date on which the authorization was signed;
(8) If signed by an authorized representative, a description of the representative's authority to act for the individual;
(9) A statement of the individual or authorized representative's right to prospectively revoke the written authorization in writing, along with one of the following:
(a) A description of how the individual or authorized representative may revoke the authorization;
(b) If the department of job and family services' privacy notice contains a description of how the individual or authorized representative may revoke the authorization, a reference to that privacy notice.
(10) A statement that treatment, payment, enrollment, or eligibility for public assistance cannot be conditioned on signing the authorization unless the authorization is necessary for determining eligibility for the public assistance program.
(B) When an individual requests information pursuant to section 5101.27 of the Revised Code regarding the individual's receipt of public assistance and does not wish to provide a statement of purpose, the statement "at request of the individual" is a sufficient description for purposes of division (A)(4) of this section.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 51 | Public Welfare › Chapter 5101 | Department of Job and Family Services- General Provisions › Section 5101.273 | Membership in the Public Assistance Reporting Information System.

Effective:
September 29, 2013
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly
The department of job and family services shall enter into any necessary agreements with the United States department of health and human services and neighboring states to join and participate as an active member in the public assistance reporting information system. The department may disclose information regarding a public assistance recipient to the extent necessary to participate as an active member in the public assistance reporting information system.