Rule 5180:1-3-02 | Regional council county selection process.
(A) Pursuant to section 3109.171 of the Revised Code, the Ohio children's trust fund (OCTF) board, in consultation with the department of children and youth (DCY), will determine the number of regions and counties within each regional council, which will be issued by the board in the prevention plan criteria.
(B) When making the determination in paragraph (A) of this rule, the OCTF board will assess counties within each regional council by considering factors, including but not limited to:
(1) Collaboration amongst counties within an existing region.
(2) Similarity in needs and resources amongst counties within a geographical area.
(3) Metropolitan statistical area alignment.
(4) Child abuse and neglect prevention provider existing infrastructure and capacity.
(5) County makeup of similar regionalized state agency collaboratives, councils, boards, etc.
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