Ohio Administrative Code › Title 5123 - Department of Developmental Disabilities › Chapter 5123-1 - Community Capital Assistance Funds › Section 5123-1-02 - Community capital assistance funds - acquisition of housing by county boards of developmental disabilities for youth with intensive behavioral support needs

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A)
								Purpose
This rule sets forth a process for the
				department to make available community capital assistance funds to assist
				county boards of developmental disabilities to acquire housing for youth with
				intensive behavioral support needs receiving supported living, including
				supported living funded by a home and community-based services waiver
				administered by the department.
(B)
								Definitions
For the purposes of this rule, the
				following definitions apply:
(1)
									"Appraisal" means a written report completed by a
			 certified or licensed appraiser which includes a floor plan sketch of the
			 housing; front, back, and street scene photographs of the housing; three
			 interior photographs of the housing; a street map that shows the location of
			 the housing and the comparable sales; front photographs of the comparable
			 sales; a statement of assumptions and limiting conditions; and the appraiser's
			 certification.
(2)
									"Community capital assistance funds" means funds
			 appropriated by the general assembly to the department for capital
			 projects.
(3)
									"Construction" means the act or process of assembling
			 or building a fully-accessible one-story single-family home, one-story duplex,
			 or one-story quadplex from raw materials upon a permanent foundation.
			 Construction includes contracting with a builder to construct a residence or
			 the purchase of a manufactured home from a manufacturer.
(4)
									"County board"
			 means a county board of developmental disabilities.
(5)
									"Department"
			 means the Ohio department of developmental disabilities.
(6)
									"Duplex" means a
			 separate or detached residence with two dwelling units designed and arranged
			 for use by two families separated by a horizontal or vertical wall, each of
			 which is heated independently of the other and has its own separate, private
			 means of ingress and egress.
(7)
									"Dwelling unit"
			 means a single, self-contained unit providing independent living facilities for
			 one or more individuals and which contains eating, living, sanitary, sleeping,
			 and cooking facilities, all for the exclusive use by the
			 occupants.
(8)
									"Home and community-based services" has the same
			 meaning as in section
			 5123.01
			 of the Revised Code.
(9)
									"Housing" means a single-family home, a duplex, or a
			 quadplex.
(10)
									"Housing construction project" means a
			 department-approved construction project that enables a county board to
			 contract for the construction of a fully accessible one-story single-family
			 home, one-story duplex, or one-story quadplex.
(11)
									"Quadplex" means
			 a separate or detached residence with four one-bedroom dwelling units designed
			 and arranged for use by four individuals separated by a horizontal or vertical
			 wall, each of which is heated independently of the others and has its own
			 separate, private means of ingress and egress.
(12)
									"Single-family
			 home" means a residential building consisting of one dwelling unit designed and
			 arranged for use by one family. The term includes a permanently-sited
			 manufactured home and a condominium under Chapter 5311. of the Revised
			 Code.
(13)
									"Supported living" has the same meaning as in section
			 5126.01
			 of the Revised Code.
(14)
									"Youth" means an individual with a developmental
			 disability who is:
(a)
										Under the age of eighteen; and
(b)
										Has intensive
			 behavioral needs as evidenced by:
(i)
											Aggressive behavior;
(ii)
											A significant
			 history of trauma; and
(iii)
											Involvement with another child-serving
			 agency.