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...The Ohio child welfare training program may condition a prospective foster caregiver or foster caregiver's enrollment in its preplacement and continuing training provided under divisions (B) and (C) of section 5103.30 of the Revised Code on the availability of space in the training if the prospective foster caregiver or foster caregiver's recommending agency is a private child placing agency or private noncustodial a...

...When the Ohio child welfare training program provides preplacement or continuing training to a prospective foster caregiver or foster caregiver whose recommending agency is a private child placing agency or private noncustodial agency, the department of children and youth shall not pay the Ohio child welfare training program the allowance the department would otherwise pay to the private child placing agency or priva...

...purposes of adequately funding the Ohio child welfare training program, the department of children and youth may use any of the following: (1) The federal financial participation funds withheld pursuant to division (E) of section 5101.141 of the Revised Code in an amount determined by the department; (2) Funds available under Title XX, Title IV-B, and Title IV-E to pay for training costs; (3) Other available...

...The Ohio child welfare training program coordinator shall do all the following: (A) Manage, coordinate, and evaluate all of the program's training provided under section 5103.30 of the Revised Code; (B) Develop curriculum, resources, and products for the training; (C) Provide fiscal management and technical assistance to regional training staff established under section 5103.41 of the Revised Code; (D) Co...

...The director of children and youth shall establish the Ohio child welfare training program steering committee. Sections 101.82 to 101.87 of the Revised Code do not apply to the committee.

...The director of children and youth shall appoint all of the following to serve on the Ohio child welfare training program steering committee: (A) Employees of the department of children and youth; (B) One representative of each of the regional training centers established under section 5103.41 of the Revised Code; (C) One representative of a statewide organization that represents the interests of public chil...

...The Ohio child welfare training program steering committee shall do all of the following: (A) Following procedures the committee shall establish, adopt, amend, and rescind by-laws as necessary regarding the committee's governance, frequency of meetings, and other matters concerning the committee's operation; (B) Conduct strategic planning activities regarding the Ohio child welfare training program; (C) Prov...

...services, in consultation with the Ohio child welfare training program steering committee, shall designate training regions in the state. The department of children and youth, at times it selects, shall review the composition of the training regions. The committee, at times it selects, shall also review the training regions' composition and provide the department recommendations on changes. The department of children...

...eworker supervisor employed by a public children services agency located in the training region; (D) Analyzing training needs of PCSA caseworkers and PCSA caseworker supervisors employed by a public children services agency and other training populations described in section 5103.30 of the Revised Code and located in the training region; (E) Coordinating the training for the region with the Ohio child welfare t...

...he Revised Code. (B) The director of children and youth shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code to implement standards set forth in division (D) of this section and section 5103.54 of the Revised Code that are substantially similar, as determined by the director, to other similarly situated providers of residential care to children. (C) The director of children and youth shall issu...

...(A) The director of children and youth may inspect a private, nonprofit therapeutic wilderness camp at any time. (B) The director may request access to the camp's records or to the written policies adopted by the camp pursuant to section 5103.50 of the Revised Code.

...of the Revised Code. If the director of children and youth determines that a camp is operating without a license, the director may petition the court of common pleas in the county in which the camp is located for an order enjoining its operation. The court shall grant injunctive relief upon a showing that the camp is operating without a license.

...(A) The director of children and youth shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code to establish the following: (1) Policies and procedures for enforcing the minimum standards of operation for private, nonprofit therapeutic wilderness camps; (2) Procedures the director shall follow if the director determines that conditions at a camp pose imminent risk to the life, health, or safety of ...

...A parent of a child attending a private, nonprofit therapeutic wilderness camp is not relieved of the parent's obligations regarding compulsory school attendance pursuant to section 3321.04 or 3321.042 of the Revised Code.

... Providing rehabilitative services to a child placed in a specialized foster home program or to the child's family; (2) Conducting home studies as an assessor for specialized foster homes; (3) Providing clinical direction to specialized foster caregivers; (4) Supervision of treatment team leaders. (B) "Specialized foster home" has the same meaning as in section 5103.02 of the Revised Code.

...al treatment staff employed by a public children services agency who are not subject to the licensing requirements of Chapter 4757. of the Revised Code shall meet the requirements of sections 5153.112 and 5153.122 of the Revised Code. (B)(1) Professional treatment staff employed by a private child placing agency or private noncustodial agency who are not subject to the licensing requirements of Chapter 4757. of th...

...The department of children and youth shall work with private child placing agencies and private noncustodial agencies to establish a comprehensive, competency-based professional treatment staff training program for employees of private child placing agencies and private noncustodial agencies that meets the requirements of division (B)(1) of section 5103.58 of the Revised Code.

...he Revised Code: (A) "Infant" means a child who is less than one year of age. (B) "Residential infant care center" means a facility that has as its primary purpose the provision of residential services for infants affected by substance use and the preservation of families through infant diversion practices and programs.

...3, 2022, shall apply to the director of children and youth to obtain a certificate for the facility. (B) A person who, on June 13, 2022, is operating a children's crisis care facility that has as its primary purpose the provision of residential services for infants affected by substance use and the preservation of families through infant diversion practices and programs shall be deemed a residential infant care ce...

...The director of children and youth shall issue a certificate to a person to operate a residential infant care center as follows: (A) Pursuant to division (A) of section 5103.602 of the Revised Code if the center complies with all of the requirements under sections 5103.608 to 5103.6012 of the Revised Code and, if applicable, all of the rules adopted under section 5103.6018 of the Revised Code; (B)(1) Pursuant t...

...ing care for the infant. (C) A public children services agency or private child placing agency requires additional time to determine placement of the infant.

...ian, or legal custodian; (2) A public children services agency; (3) A private child placing agency. (B) As used in this section, "legal custody" has the same meaning as in section 2151.011 of the Revised Code.

...) Require both of the following: (1) Child-care staff, volunteers, and interns in positions responsible for the daily direct care or supervision of children to be at least eighteen years old and have a high school diploma or certificate of high school equivalence; (2) Volunteers and interns who are under twenty-one years of age to be supervised. (F) Request a criminal records check with respect to volunteers...

...on and after the date the department of children and youth adopts rules regarding certification under section 5103.6018 of the Revised Code.

...not count volunteers or interns to meet child-to-staff ratios, except for in emergency situations, including an extremely ill staff member.