Ohio Administrative Code › Title 5101:6 - Hearings › Chapter 5101:6-10 - Hearings for the Comprehensive Case Management and Employment Program › Section 5101:6-10-01 - State hearings: hearings for the comprehensive case management and employment program

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) This rule describes the hearing process
			 for an individual who has been referred for or received comprehensive case
			 management and employment program (CCMEP) services. Nothing in this rule would
			 preclude an appellant from pursuing appeal rights under Section 181(c) of the
			 Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA),
			 Pub. L. No.
			 113-128(as in effect on December 1, 2019) or
			 45 C.F.R.
			 205.10 (as in effect on
			 
								January 1, 2022) for "Temporary Assistance for Needy
			 Families" (TANF).
(B) Definitions.
(1) "Appellant," for the purposes of this
			 rule, means an individual who has been referred for CCMEP services, or who is
			 already receiving CCMEP services, who appeals to the bureau of state hearings
			 any CCMEP-related dispute, and includes an individual younger than age
			 eighteen, if the individual is represented by a parent, legal guardian or
			 custodian, or authorized representative.
(2) "Authorized representative" has the same
			 meaning as described in rule
			 5101:6-1-01 of the
			 Administrative Code.
(3) "Exit
			 notice" means a written notice of adverse action terminating CCMEP eligibility
			 in accordance with rule
			 5101:14-1-06 of the
			 Administrative Code.
(4) "Federal
			 timeliness period" means the date on which a state hearing request is first
			 received by the bureau of state hearings plus ninety calendar days. If the
			 ninetieth calendar day falls on a weekend or holiday, then the next business
			 day shall be the ninetieth day for the purpose of timeliness.
(5) "Individual" means any person, who at the
			 time of initial enrollment is at least age fourteen but not more than age
			 twenty-four years, who is referred for CCMEP services, or who is already
			 receiving CCMEP services; and, if the person is under age eighteen, includes
			 the person's parent, legal guardian or custodian, or authorized
			 representative.
(6) "Informal
			 conference" means a meeting facilitated by the "Equal Opportunity Officer"
			 (EOO) or the EOO designee during which the facts and circumstances attending a
			 complaint are examined in an effort to informally resolve a
			 complaint.
(7) "Issued" and
			 "mailed," when used in reference to notices, decisions, and other documents,
			 means the date the document is sent by either electronic mail or U.S. mail, or
			 hand-delivered, whichever is earlier.
(8) "Local agency" means a county department
			 of job and family services, a workforce development agency, or both. A local
			 agency may also be considered a lead agency for the purposes of this
			 rule.
(9) "Local area" has the same
			 meaning as described in Section 3 of WIOA.
(10) "Local hearing" means a quasi-judicial
			 forum convened and presided over by the local agency hearing officer.
(11) "Parent" means a natural or adoptive
			 parent, or 
									stepparent.
(12) "Services" has the same meaning as
			 described in paragraph (E) of rule
			 5101:14-1-02 of the
			 Administrative Code.