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...ayment, enrollment, or eligibility for public assistance cannot be conditioned on signing the authorization unless the authorization is necessary for determining eligibility for the public assistance program. (B) When an individual requests information pursuant to section 5101.27 of the Revised Code regarding the individual's receipt of public assistance and does not wish to provide a statement of purpose, the...

... participate as an active member in the public assistance reporting information system. The department may disclose information regarding a public assistance recipient to the extent necessary to participate as an active member in the public assistance reporting information system.

...ncy shall provide information regarding public assistance recipients to enable the department or county agency to determine, for eligibility purposes, whether a recipient or a member of a recipient's assistance group is a fugitive felon or violating a condition of probation, a community control sanction, parole, or a post-release control sanction imposed under state or federal law. (2) A county agency may enter in...

... a county agency, the following are not public records for purposes of section 149.43 of the Revised Code: (A) Names and other identifying information regarding children enrolled in or attending a child care center or home subject to licensure or registration under Chapter 5104. of the Revised Code; (B) Names and other identifying information regarding children placed with an institution or association certifie...

... participating in the administration of public assistance programs. The rules shall comply with applicable federal statutes and regulations. (1) The rules shall specify conditions and procedures for the release of information which may include, among other conditions and procedures, both of the following: (a) Permitting providers of services or assistance under public assistance programs limited access to in...

...action agency" is not a state agency or public office. (E) "Community" means a city, village, county, multicity or multicounty unit, a neighborhood or other area, disregarding boundaries or political subdivisions, which provides a suitable organizational base and possesses a commonality of needs and interests for a community action program suitable to be served by a community action agency. (F) "Service area" mea...

...The director of job and family services shall employ and fix the compensation of professional and technical unclassified personnel as necessary to carry out the provisions of sections 5101.311 to 5101.317 of the Revised Code.

...l year that has been made available for public inspection and that details how community services block grant funds will be disbursed and used during that fiscal year; (3) Information detailing how funds were expended for the current fiscal year; (4) An audit of community services block grant expenditures for the preceding federal fiscal year that is conducted in accordance with generally accepted accounting prin...

...(A) Except as permitted by this section, or when required by federal law, no person or government entity shall solicit, release, disclose, receive, use, or knowingly permit or participate in the use of any information regarding an individual receiving assistance pursuant to a department of job and family services program under sections 5101.311 to 5101.318 of the Revised Code for any purpose not directly related to t...

...(A) Any nonprofit agency or organization seeking designation as a community action agency by the department of job and family services shall obtain the endorsement of the chief elected officials of at least two-thirds of the municipal corporations and the counties within the community to be served by the agency or organization. (B) Any nonprofit agency or organization that receives the endorsement provided for in ...

...em of any needed changes; (D) Convene public meetings to provide community members the opportunity to comment on public policies and programs to reduce poverty; (E) Annually evaluate the policies and programs of the community action agency according to criteria determined by department of job and family services rule; (F) Submit the results of the evaluation required by division (E) of this section, along with ...

...e Revised Code; (3) Hold at least one public meeting within a community action agency's service area for the purpose of allowing citizens to comment on the community action agency's delivery of services; (4) Evaluate the proposed service area of the community action agency, and, as may be necessary, modify the boundaries of the service area so that low-income persons in the area are adequately and efficiently ser...

...The general assembly shall conduct public hearings on community services block grant funds, as required by section 676 of the "Community Services Block Grant Act," 42 U.S.C. 9901.

...(A) The department of job and family services and the department of children and youth shall work with the superintendent of the bureau of criminal identification and investigation to develop procedures and formats necessary to produce the notices described in division (D) of section 109.5721 of the Revised Code in a format that is acceptable for use by the applicable department. Each department may adopt rules in ac...

...(A) As used in this section, "benefits" means any of the following: (1) Cash assistance paid under Chapter 5107. of the Revised Code; (2) Supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits provided under section 5101.54 of the Revised Code; (3) Any other program administered by the department of job and family services under which assistance is provided or service rendered; (4) Any other program, service, or assi...

...(6) Five representatives of the general public appointed by the governor. These members shall have extensive experience in issues related to fatherhood. (B) Members appointed to the Ohio commission on fatherhood shall serve two-year terms. A member appointed pursuant to division (A)(1) of this section shall serve on the commission until the end of the general assembly from which the member was appointed or until t...

...ons, benefits, and other funds from any public agency or private source to carry out any or all of the commission's duties. The funds shall be deposited into the Ohio commission on fatherhood fund, which is hereby created in the state treasury. All gifts, grants, donations, contributions, benefits, and other funds received by the commission pursuant to this division shall be used solely to support the operations of t...

...rs with their families; (f) Increase public awareness of the critical role fathers play. (2) Describes the commission's expectations for the outcomes of fatherhood-related programs and initiatives and the methods the commission uses for conducting annual measures of those outcomes; (3) Evaluates the number of fathers and children served and the number and types of additional services provided as a result of t...

...Sections 101.82 to 101.87 of the Revised Code do not apply to the Ohio commission on fatherhood.

...t of job and family services; (iv) A public children services agency; (v) A private or government entity administering, in whole or in part, a family services program for or on behalf of the department of job and family services, the department of children and youth, or a county department of job and family services or public children services agency. (b) If the department of medicaid contracts with the depa...

...The department of job and family services may employ or contract with hearing officers to draft and recommend state hearing decisions under division (B) of section 5101.35 of the Revised Code. The department may employ or contract with hearing authorities to issue state hearing decisions under division (B) of section 5101.35 of the Revised Code. A hearing authority employed or contracted with under this section...

...Any application for public assistance gives a right of subrogation to the department of job and family services for any workers' compensation benefits payable to a person who is subject to a support order, as defined in section 3119.01 of the Revised Code, on behalf of the applicant, to the extent of any public assistance payments made on the applicant's behalf. If the director of job and family services, in consulta...

...he subject of the audit report is not a public record under section 149.43 of the Revised Code. (E) The director of job and family services or director of children and youth may adopt rules as necessary to implement this section. The rules shall be adopted in accordance with section 111.15 of the Revised Code as if they were internal management rules.

...The department of job and family services may appoint and commission any competent officer, employee, agency, or person to serve as a special agent, investigator, or representative to perform a designated duty for and in behalf of the department. Specific credentials shall be given by the department to each person so designated, and each credential shall state: (A) The person's name; (B) Agency with which such pers...

...The department of job and family services may call an annual conference, of the officials specified in section 5101.45 of the Revised Code and representatives of the various social agencies in the state, to be known as the "Ohio welfare conference." The conference shall: (A) Facilitate discussion of the problems and methods of practical human improvement; (B) Increase the efficiency of agencies and institutions dev...