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...has been adjudicated to be a delinquent child for committing an act that if committed by an adult would have constituted such a violation: (1) A violation of section 2903.01, 2903.02, 2903.03, 2903.04, 2903.11, 2903.12, 2903.13, 2903.16, 2903.21, 2903.34, 2905.01, 2905.02, 2905.05, 2907.02, 2907.03, 2907.04, 2907.05, 2907.06, 2907.07, 2907.08, 2907.09, 2907.21, 2907.22, 2907.23, 2907.25, 2907.31, 2907.32, 2907.321...

...The department of children and youth may deny a foster home certificate on the grounds that a person at least twelve years of age but less than eighteen years of age residing with the foster caregiver or prospective foster caregiver has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to an offense described in division (A) of section 5103.0319 of the Revised Code or has been adjudicated to be a delinquent child for committing an...

...cy may recommend that the department of children and youth revoke the certificate. (B) Review the placement in the foster home of any child of whom the agency has temporary, legal, or permanent custody. After review, the agency may, consistent with any juvenile court order, remove the child from the foster home in which the child is residing and place the child in another certified foster home. (C) If the agenc...

...ceipt of a recommendation from a public children services agency, private child placing agency, or private noncustodial agency regarding an application for a family foster home or treatment foster home certification under section 5103.03 of the Revised Code, the department of children and youth shall decide whether to issue the certificate. The department shall notify the agency and the applicant of its decision. If ...

...t every two years thereafter, a private child placing agency or private noncustodial agency shall provide the department of children and youth evidence of an independent financial statement audit performed by a licensed public accounting firm following applicable AICPA auditing standards for the two most recent fiscal years. (C) The independent audits must demonstrate that the agency operated in a fiscally account...

...A public children services agency, private child placing agency, or private noncustodial agency to which the duty to inspect and approve a family foster home or treatment foster home has been delegated under section 5103.03 of the Revised Code shall provide for an assessor who meets the requirements of section 3107.014 of the Revised Code to conduct a home study of the home.

... of the Revised Code, the department of children and youth shall review once every two years the department's rules governing visits and contacts by a public children services agency or private child placing agency with a child in the agency's custody and placed in foster care in this state. The department shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code to ensure compliance with the department's...

...cy may recommend that the department of children and youth revoke a foster home certificate under section 5103.03 of the Revised Code if the foster caregiver refused to accept the placement of any children into the foster home during the preceding twelve months. Based on the agency's recommendation, the department may revoke a foster home certificate pursuant to an adjudication under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code....

...Any physical examination required in the determination of foster home placement may be conducted by any individual authorized by the Revised Code to conduct physical examinations, including a physician assistant, a clinical nurse specialist, a certified nurse practitioner, or a certified nurse-midwife. Any written documentation of the physical examination shall be completed by the individual who conducted the examina...

...isqualifying offense, the department of children and youth shall provide notice of that arrest, conviction, or guilty plea to both the recommending agency relative to the foster caregiver and the custodial agency of any child currently placed with that caregiver. (B) If a recommending agency receives notice from the department of children and youth pursuant to division (A) of this section that a foster caregiver h...

...y submit a request to the department of children and youth, on a case-by-case basis only, to waive any non-safety standards for a kinship caregiver seeking foster home certification. Non-safety standards include training hours and other requirements under sections 5103.031 and 5103.032 of the Revised Code and standards established by rules adopted under sections 5103.03 and 5103.0316 of the Revised Code, in accordanc...

... 5103.0513 of the Revised Code: (1) "Children's residential center" means a facility that is operated by a private child placing agency, private noncustodial agency, or public children services agency, that has been certified by the department of children and youth to operate a children's residential center, and in which eleven or more children, including the children of any staff residing at the facility, are giv...

...(A) Each private child placing agency, private noncustodial agency, public children services agency, or superintendent of a county or district children's home shall establish a community engagement plan in accordance with rules adopted under division (B) of this section for each residential facility the agency, entity, or superintendent operates. (B) The department of children and youth shall adopt rules in accord...

...l facility that is operated by a public children services agency, private child placing agency, private noncustodial agency, or superintendent of a county or district children's home for the placement of foster children.

...s a waiver requested by the director of children and youth to allow conditional appointment or employment in a residential facility, an appointing or hiring officer may appoint or employ conditionally a person before obtaining the results of a criminal records check regarding the person, provided that the officer shall request a criminal records check regarding the person under division (A) of this section before the...

...date of this section, the department of children and youth shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code that do all of the following: (A) Divide the state into regions; (B) Determine an ideal number of residential facilities for each region by reviewing the total number of children in foster care in the region requiring care in a residential facility within the past three years; (C) Est...

...e date of this section, the director of children and youth shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code to establish both of the following: (A) A procedure for individuals in a community in which a residential facility is located to communicate concerns, complaints, or other pertinent information to the department regarding the facility; (B) Standards for tracking and retaining communica...

...If the department of children and youth has determined that a residential facility has violated a requirement for certification and issues a corrective action plan for the facility to remedy the violation, the operator of the facility shall provide documentary evidence of the correction. Self-attestation of the correction without documentary evidence shall not be sufficient proof of correction of the violation.

...action plan issued by the department of children and youth for a finding of noncompliance. The department may provide notification of the failure to fulfill the requirements of a corrective action plan to the county, township, or municipal corporation. (B) The county, township, or municipal corporation shall notify the holder of the permit either by certified mail or, if the county, township, or municipal corporati...

...(A) The department of children and youth shall conduct a site visit of a residential facility at least annually to ensure certification compliance. The department may conduct a site visit more than once a year in accordance with rules adopted under division (B) of this section. The department is not required to provide advance notification to the residential facility of a site visit. (B) Not later than ninety days ...

...nders regarding emergencies involving a child under the care and supervision of the facility.

... annually thereafter, the department of children and youth shall survey staff of all residential facilities and of public children services agencies and private child placing agencies working with children under the care and supervision of residential facilities regarding the status of these children. The survey shall examine concerns regarding residential facility operations, the children residing in the facility, a...

...date of this section, the department of children and youth, in conjunction with the department of education and workforce, shall create a standard form to be used by a public children services agency or private child placing agency with custody of a child placed in a residential facility to convey information necessary to support the child's education. (B)(1) A public children services agency or private child placi...

...The department of children and youth may enter into contracts with the department of education and workforce authorizing the department of children and youth to administer funds received by the department of education and workforce under the "State Dependent Care Development Grants Act," 100 Stat. 968 (1986), 42 U.S.C.A. 9871, as amended. In fulfilling its duties under such a contract, the department of children and ...

...ices and initiatives. The department of children and youth shall allocate moneys from the fund according to the following distribution: (A) Fifty per cent of the moneys in the fund shall be used for foster care services and initiatives. (B) Fifty per cent of the moneys in the fund shall be used for adoption services and initiatives.