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...money from any of the funds used by the department of job and family services, except the general revenue fund, to the ODJFS audit settlements and contingency fund. Upon receipt of such a request, the director of budget and management may transfer the money requested. The director of budget and management, in consultation with the director of job and family services, may transfer money from the ODJFS audit settlement...

...If the department of job and family services receives money from a refund or reconciliation related to the medicaid program, the department shall transfer the money to the department of medicaid for deposit into the refunds and reconciliation fund created under section 5162.65 of the Revised Code.

...when approved by the director, shall be filed in the office of the secretary of state. The cost of such bonds, when approved by the director, shall be paid from funds available for the department. The bonds required or authorized by this section may, in the discretion of the director, be individual, schedule, or blanket bonds.

... concerns a program administered by the department of job and family services or the director of children and youth, unless the statute authorizing the rule requires that it be adopted in accordance with section 111.15 of the Revised Code; (c) The statute authorizing the rule requires that the rule be adopted in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. (2) Section 111.15 of the Revised Code, excluding ...

... funds appropriated or available to the department of job and family services from public or private entities, including other governmental agencies; public or private institutions, organizations, agencies, and corporations; and individuals. For purposes of this section, the director may enter into contracts or agreements with public and private entities and make grants to public and private entities. To the extent p...

...order of priority to be followed by the department of job and family services when distributing funds for the purpose of providing family planning services, including funds the department receives through Title XX of the "Social Security Act," 88 Stat. 2337 (1974), 42 U.S.C. 1397, as amended, and funds the department receives through Title IV-A of the "Social Security Act," 110 Stat. 2113 (1996), 42 U.S.C. 601, as am...

...cludes an agency, board, commission, or department of the state or a political subdivision of the state; a private, nonprofit entity; a school district; a private school; or a public or private institution of higher education. (2) "Federal financial participation" means the federal government's share of expenditures made by an entity in implementing a program administered by the department of job and family servic...

...reated in the state treasury. Money the department of job and family services or the department of children and youth receives from private foundations in support of pilot projects that promote exemplary programs for enhancing the health, safety, and well-being of children and families shall be credited to the fund. The applicable department may expend the money on such projects, may use the money, to the extent allo...

...The department of job and family services or department of children and youth may enter into contracts to maximize federal revenue without the expenditure of state money. In selecting private entities with which to contract, the applicable department shall engage in a request for proposals process. The applicable department, subject to the approval of the controlling board, may also directly enter into contracts with...

...ion 5101.54 of the Revised Code. (3) "Ohio works first" means the program established by Chapter 5107. of the Revised Code. (4) "Prevention, retention, and contingency" means the program established by Chapter 5108. of the Revised Code. (5) "Public assistance expenditures" means expenditures for all of the following: (a) Ohio works first; (b) County administration of Ohio works first; (c) Prevention, rete...

... the sixteenth day of May annually, the department of job and family services shall certify to the board of county commissioners of each county the amount estimated by the department to be needed in the following state fiscal year to meet the county share, as determined under division (B) of section 5101.16 of the Revised Code, of public assistance expenditures. Each January, the board shall appropriate the amount ce...

...tions made by the general assembly, the department of job and family services may, at its sole discretion, use available federal funds to reimburse county expenditures for county administration of the supplemental nutrition assistance program or medicaid (excluding administrative expenditures for transportation services covered by the medicaid program) even though the county expenditures meet or exceed the maxi...

...ined in 42 U.S.C. 609(a)(7)(B)(i). The department of job and family services may increase a county's share of public assistance expenditures determined under division (B) of section 5101.16 of the Revised Code if the United States secretary of health and human services requires an increase in the state's maintenance of effort because of one or more failures, resulting from the actions or inactions of one or more cou...

...In determining the need of any person under Chapter 5107. of the Revised Code, the first eighty-five dollars plus one-half of the excess over eighty-five dollars of payments made to or in behalf of any person for or with respect to any month under Title I or II of the "Economic Opportunity Act of 1964," 78 Stat. 508, 42 U.S.C.A. 2701, as amended, shall not be regarded as income or resources. No payments made under su...

...administered in whole or in part by the department of job and family services and whether such determination would jeopardize the receipt of any federal grant or payment by the state or any receipt of aid under Chapter 5107. of the Revised Code.

...means any or all of the following: (1) Ohio works first; (2) Prevention, retention, and contingency; (3) Disability financial assistance provided prior to December 31, 2017, under former Chapter 5115. of the Revised Code; (4) General assistance provided prior to July 17, 1995, under former Chapter 5113. of the Revised Code. (B) As part of the procedure for the determination of overpayment to a recipient of publi...

...ublic assistance and for which the tax department retains income tax returns. Within fourteen days of receipt of the request, the commissioner shall inform the auditor of state whether the individual filed an individual income tax return for the taxable years in question, of the amount of the federal adjusted gross income as reported on such returns, of the addresses on such returns, and whether the returns we...

...able under programs administered by the department of job and family services or the department of children and youth: (1) Benefits or services provided to any of the following: (a) Persons who were not eligible for the benefits or services but who secured the benefits or services through fraud or misrepresentation; (b) Persons who were eligible for the benefits or services but who intentionally diverted the...

...(A) The director of job and family services shall work with the tax commissioner to collect overpayments of assistance under Chapter 5107., former Chapter 5115., former Chapter 5113., or section 5101.54 of the Revised Code from refunds of state income taxes for taxable year 1992 and thereafter that are payable to the recipients of such overpayments. Any overpayment of assistance, whether obtained by fraud or misrepr...

...y for and use of grants provided by the department of job and family services to the grantee for the administration of workforce development activities funded under the "Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act," 29 U.S.C. 3101 et seq. (C) The director may award grants to local areas only through grant agreements entered into under this section. (D) In the case of a local area comprised of multiple political subdiv...

... 6301.01 of the Revised Code, and other OhioMeansJobs center partners for the purpose of implementing the requirements of section 121 of the "Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act," 29 U.S.C. 3151.

...y, or property in lieu of money, to the department of job and family services or the department of children and youth and that either department awards to a county grantee. "Grant" may include state funds the department awards to a county grantee to match the federal financial assistance. "Grant" does not mean either of the following: (a) Technical assistance that provides services instead of money; (b) Other a...

...The director of job and family services or the director of children and youth may provide for a grant agreement entered into under section 5101.21 of the Revised Code to have a retroactive effective date of the first day of July of an odd-numbered year if both of the following are the case: (A) The agreement is entered into after that date and before the last day of that July. (B) The board of county commissione...

...The department of job and family services or the director of children and youth shall publish in a manner accessible to the public all of the following that concern family services duties for which grants included in grant agreements entered into under section 5101.21 of the Revised Code are awarded: state plans for receipt of federal financial participation, agreements between the department and a federal agency, an...

...The director of job and family services and the director of children and youth may enter into a written agreement with one or more state agencies, as defined in section 117.01 of the Revised Code, and state universities and colleges to assist in the coordination, provision, or enhancement of the family services duties of a county family services agency or the workforce development activities of a local board, as defi...

...If the director of job and family services or the director of children and youth enters into an agreement or contracts with, or issues a grant to, a religious organization under section 5101.214 of the Revised Code, the religious organization shall comply with section 104 of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity and Reconciliation Act of 1996 (P.L. 104-193).

...s in a manner that is beneficial to the department of job and family services, the department of children and youth, and the county that the board serves and improves family services duties for the recipients of the services.

...The department of job and family services and the department of children and youth, as applicable, may establish performance and other administrative standards for the administration and outcomes of family services duties and determine at intervals the departments decide the degree to which a county family services agency complies with a performance or other administrative standard. The departments may use statistica...

...by division (C) of this section, if the department of job and family services or the department of children and youth determines that a county family services agency has failed to comply with a performance or other administrative standard established under section 5101.22 of the Revised Code or by federal law for the administration or outcome of a family services duty, the department shall require the agency to devel...

...The director of job and family services or the director of children and youth may adopt rules in accordance with section 111.15 of the Revised Code to implement sections 5101.22 to 5101.222 of the Revised Code. If the director adopts the rules, the director shall adopt the rules as if they were internal management rules.

...bject to the availability of funds, the department of job and family services and the department of children and youth may provide annual financial, administrative, or other incentive awards to county family services agencies and local areas as defined in section 6301.01 of the Revised Code. A county family services agency or local area may spend an incentive awarded under this section only for the purpose for which ...

... provider of a family service duty, the department of job and family services or the department of children and youth may take action under division (C) of this section against the responsible county grantee if the department determines any of the following are the case: (1) A requirement of a grant agreement entered into under section 5101.21 of the Revised Code that includes a grant for the family services duty,...

...ted officials of a local area. (B) The department of job and family services may take action under division (C) of this section against the responsible entity, regardless of who performs the workforce development activity, if the department determines any of the following are the case: (1) An entity has failed to comply with the terms and conditions of a grant agreement executed between the department and a local a...

...The department of job and family services or the director of children and youth may certify a claim to the attorney general under section 131.02 of the Revised Code for the attorney general to take action under that section against a responsible county grantee or responsible entity to recover any funds that the department determines the responsible county grantee or responsible entity owes the department for actions ...

...The director of job and family services and the director of children and youth may adopt rules in accordance with section 111.15 of the Revised Code establishing reporting requirements for family services duties and workforce development activities. If the directors adopt the rules, the directors shall adopt the rules as if they were internal management rules and, before adopting the rules, give the public an opportu...

...(A) If the department of job and family services or the department of children and youth determines that a grant awarded to a county grantee in a grant agreement entered into under section 5101.21 of the Revised Code, an allocation, advance, or reimbursement the department makes to a county family services agency, or a cash draw a county family services agency makes exceeds the allowable amount for the grant, allocat...

...The department of job and family services, and the department of children and youth in consultation with county representatives, shall develop annual training goals and model training curriculum for employees of county family services agencies and identify a variety of state funded training opportunities to meet the proposed goals.

.... (B) "County agency" means a county department of job and family services or a public children services agency. (C) "Fugitive felon" means an individual who is fleeing to avoid prosecution, or custody or confinement after conviction, under the laws of the place from which the individual is fleeing, for a crime or an attempt to commit a crime that is a felony under the laws of the place from which the individua...

...he extent permitted by federal law, the department of job and family services, the department of children and youth, and county agencies shall do all of the following: (1) Release information regarding a public assistance recipient for purposes directly connected to the administration of the program to a government entity responsible for administering that public assistance program; (2) Provide information rega...

... revoke the authorization; (b) If the department of job and family services' or department of children and youth's privacy notice contains a description of how the individual or authorized representative may revoke the authorization, a reference to that privacy notice. (10) A statement that treatment, payment, enrollment, or eligibility for public assistance cannot be conditioned on signing the authorization unle...

...The department of job and family services or the department of children and youth shall enter into any necessary agreements with the United States department of health and human services and neighboring states to join and 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 part...

...(A)(1) On request of the department of job and family services, the department of children and youth, or a county agency, a law enforcement agency shall provide information regarding public assistance recipients to enable the department of job and family services, department of children and youth, or county agency to determine, for eligibility purposes, whether a recipient or a member of a recipient's assistance grou...

...When contained in a record held by the department of job and family services, the department of children and youth, or 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...

...nformation generated or received by the department of job and family services, the department of children and youth, county agencies, other state and county entities, contractors, grantees, private entities, or officials 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 fo...

...ted as a community action agency by the department of job and family services pursuant to sections 5101.313 and 5101.315 of the Revised Code. A "community 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...

...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.

...ces, the governor, the president of the Ohio senate, and the speaker of the Ohio house of representatives, a comprehensive report that includes: (1) Certification that all community action agencies designated to receive funds from the "Community Services Block Grant Act" are in compliance with section 5101.315 of the Revised Code; (2) A program plan for the next federal fiscal year that has been made available fo...

...dual 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 the administration of a department assistance program. (B) To the extent permitted by federal law, the department, and any entity that receives department funds to administer a department program to assist individuals, shall release in...

...ion 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 division (A) of this section shall be designated by the d...

...ncy 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 recommendations for improved administration of the community action agency, to the department; (G) Adopt a code of ethics for the board of directors and the employees of the community action agency; (H) Adopt written policies describing...

...munity action agency's designation, the department of job and family services shall: (1) Determine whether a community action agency is in compliance with section 5101.315 of the Revised Code; (2) Consult with the chief elected officials of political subdivisions located within a community action agency's service area, and, in designating a new community action agency, obtain their endorsement of the agency in a...

...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...

...) Any other program administered by the department of job and family services or the department of children and youth under which assistance is provided or service rendered; (4) Any other program, service, or assistance administered by a person or government entity that the department determines may be delivered through the medium of electronic benefit transfer. (B) The department of job and family services or de...

...children and youth, as appropriate, and file notice of appeal with the court within thirty days after the department mails the administrative appeal decision to the appellant. For good cause shown, the court may extend the time for mailing and filing notice of appeal, but such time shall not exceed six months from the date the department mails the administrative appeal decision. Filing notice of appeal with the court...

...The department of job and family services or the department of children and youth 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 ...

...this section, "public assistance" means Ohio works first provided under Chapter 5107. of the Revised Code or prevention, retention, and contingency benefits and services provided under Chapter 5108. of the Revised Code.

...(A) The department of job and family services or the department of children and youth and each county department of job and family services and child support enforcement agency may conduct any audits or investigations that are necessary in the performance of their duties, and to that end they shall have the same power as a judge of a county court to administer oaths and to enforce the attendance and testimony of witn...

...The department of job and family services or the department of children and youth 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...

...ncies 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 devoted to this cause; (C) Disseminate information; (D) Consider such other subjects of general social importance as may be determined upon by the conference itself. The conference sha...

...f county visitors as are invited by the department of job and family services to the conferences provided for in section 5101.44 of the Revised Code, shall be paid from any fund available for their respective offices, boards, and institutions, provided they first procure a certificate from the director of job and family services as evidence that they were invited to and were in attendance at the sessions of such conf...

...family services shall adopt a county profile for the administration and provision of Title XX social services in the county. In developing its county profile, the county department shall take into consideration the comments and recommendations received from the public by the county family services planning committee pursuant to section 329.06 of the Revised Code. As part of its preparation of the county profile, the ...

...e extent authorized by federal law, the department of job and family services or the department of children and youth may use funds received through the Title IV-A temporary assistance for needy families block grant for purposes of providing Title XX social services. The amount used under this section shall not exceed the maximum amount permitted by federal law. The funds and provision of Title XX social services wit...

...ion, both of the following apply to the department of job and family services: (1) The department shall accept applications, determine eligibility, redetermine eligibility, and perform related administrative activities for the supplemental nutrition assistance program administered by the department pursuant to section 5101.54 of the Revised Code. The department may assign the duties described in division (A)(1)...

...The department of job and family services shall administer the distribution of food commodities received under the "Agricultural Adjustment Act," 48 Stat. 31, 7 U.S.C.A. 612c, as amended. The director of job and family services may adopt rules in accordance with section 111.15 of the Revised Code and issue appropriate orders as necessary for administration of the distribution program.

...The department of job and family services shall administer funds received under the "Refugee Act of 1980," 94 Stat. 102, 8 U.S.C.A. 1521, as amended. In administering the funds, the department may establish a refugee cash assistance program and a state legalization impact assistance program. The director of job and family services may adopt rules in accordance with section 111.15 of the Revised Code and issue a...

...The department of job and family services may enter into an agreement with the secretary of health and human services under Public Law 93-66 for the purpose of supplementing the payments of recipients of aid under Title XVI of the "Social Security Act," 49 Stat. 620 (1935), 42 U.S.C. 301, as amended, to the extent necessary to provide individuals who were recipients of aid in December 1973 under former Chapters 5105....

...formation shall be recorded in the case file and shall include: (a) The name of the person who provided the name of the information source; (b) The name and address of the information source; (c) A summary of the information obtained. The period of temporary eligibility shall not exceed one month from the date of certification of temporary eligibility. If eligibility is established by full verification, b...

...tion assistance program expenses. The department of job and family services shall use the money credited to the fund to pay for supplemental nutrition assistance program administrative expenses and other supplemental nutrition assistance program expenses.

...(A) Immediately following a county department of job and family services' certification that a household determined under division (B) of section 5101.54 of the Revised Code to be in immediate need of nutrition assistance is eligible for the supplemental nutrition assistance program, the department of job and family services shall provide for the household to be sent by regular United States mail an electronic benefi...

...ental nutrition assistance program, the department of job and family services shall periodically monitor the balances of supplemental nutrition assistance program accounts. If the department discovers an account with a balance that exceeds five thousand dollars, the department shall take steps to determine whether the account is inactive and, if inactive, identify the causes for the accruing balance.

... is the result of the reduction. The department of job and family services shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code to implement this section. The rules shall be consistent with 7 U.S.C. 2017(d) and federal regulations.

...mit an application to the United States department of agriculture for participation in the elderly simplified application project within the supplemental nutrition assistance program.

...rogram; (c) Errors resulting from the Ohio benefits program on a statewide basis. (C) Prior to implementing the methodology and technical system required under division (B) of this section, the department of job and family services shall consult with the chairpersons of the finance committees of both the house of representatives and the senate. (D) Upon implementation of the methodology and technical system, th...

...(A) The department of job and family services shall redesign the employment and training program established under rules adopted by the department pursuant to division (A)(7) of section 5101.54 of the Revised Code. In redesigning the employment and training program, the department shall ensure that the new program meets the needs of employers in this state. (B) Not later than July 1, 2024, the department shall app...

...in division (A)(2) of this section, the department of job and family services shall not implement the option available under section 6(o)(6) of the "Food and Nutrition Act of 2008," 7 U.S.C. 2015(o)(6). (2) The department of job and family services may implement the option described in division (A)(1) of this section only to prevent a federal penalty and to maintain compliance with federal rules governing the suppl...

...l submit a request to the United States department of agriculture for a waiver to exclude sugar-sweetened beverages as items that may be purchased in this state under the supplemental nutrition assistance program. If a waiver submitted under this section is not approved, the director shall resubmit a request for a waiver on an annual basis.

...he Revised Code. If the United States department of agriculture approves cultivated-protein food products for purchase under the supplemental nutrition assistance program, the director of job and family services shall submit a request to the United States department of agriculture for a waiver that excludes those products from program eligibility in this state.

...(A) No person shall be ordered by a public agency or any person to submit to an abortion. (B) The refusal of any person to submit to an abortion or to give consent therefor shall not result in the loss of public assistance benefits or any other rights or privileges. (C) State or local public funds shall not be used to subsidize an abortion, except as provided in section 5101.56 of the Revised Code.

...l be made on a form created by the Ohio department of job and family services known as the "Abortion Certification Form." The physician's signature shall be in the physician's own handwriting. The certification shall list the name and address of the patient. The certification form shall be attached to the billing invoice. (2) The certification shall be as follows: I certify that, on the basis of my professional...

...a charter under Section 3 of Article X, Ohio Constitution, to the extent that it is exercising the powers of local self-government as provided in that charter and is subject to Section 3 of Article XVIII, Ohio Constitution. (3) "Public facility" means any institution, structure, equipment, or physical asset that is owned, leased, or controlled by this state or any agency, institution, instrumentality, or political ...

...to administer programs on behalf of the department of aging. (E) "Caretaker" means the person assuming the primary responsibility for the care of an adult by any of the following means: (1) On a voluntary basis; (2) By contract; (3) Through receipt of payment for care; (4) As a result of a family relationship; (5) By order of a court of competent jurisdiction. (F) "Community mental health agency" means ...

...(A) The county departments of job and family services shall implement sections 5101.60 to 5101.71 of the Revised Code. (B) The director of job and family services may adopt rules in accordance with section 111.15 of the Revised Code to carry out the purposes of sections 5101.60 to 5101.71 of the Revised Code. The rules adopted pursuant to this division may include a requirement that the county departments provide on...

...The department of job and family services may reimburse county departments of job and family services for all or part of the costs they incur in implementing sections 5101.60 to 5101.73 of the Revised Code. The director of job and family services shall adopt internal management rules in accordance with section 111.15 of the Revised Code that provide for reimbursement of county departments of job and family services u...

...Code. (B) Within available funds, the department of job and family services shall distribute funds to the counties not later than thirty days after the beginning of each calendar quarter for a part of the counties' costs for protective services. Funds provided to a county under this section shall be deposited into the public assistance fund created under section 5101.161 of the Revised Code. (C) In each fiscal ye...

...The department of job and family services shall do all of the following: (A) Provide a program of ongoing, comprehensive, formal training on the implementation of sections 5101.60 to 5101.73 of the Revised Code and require all protective services caseworkers and their supervisors to undergo the training; (B) Develop and make available educational materials for individuals who are required under section 5101.63 of t...

...(A) Each county department of job and family services shall prepare a memorandum of understanding that is signed by all of the following: (1) The director of the county department of job and family services; (2) If the county department has entered into an agreement or contract with a private or government entity pursuant to section 5101.652 of the Revised Code, the director of the entity; (3) The county peace ...

...ing as a result of an employee's having filed a report under this section: (1) Discharge, demote, transfer, or prepare a negative work performance evaluation; (2) Reduce benefits, pay, or work privileges; (3) Take any other action detrimental to an employee or in any way retaliate against the employee. (F) The written or oral report provided for in this section and the investigatory report provided for in sec...

...to law enforcement agencies through the Ohio law enforcement gateway established under section 109.57 of the Revised Code. Information contained in the information system may be accessed or used only in a manner, to the extent, and for the purposes authorized by this section and rules adopted by the department. (2) Except as provided in division (C)(1) of this section and in rules adopted by the department pursuant ...

...Each entity that employs or is responsible for licensing or regulating the individuals required under section 5101.63 of the Revised Code to make reports of abuse, neglect, or exploitation of adults shall ensure that the individuals have access to the educational materials developed under division (B) of section 5101.62 of the Revised Code.

...(A) If a county department of job and family services knows or has reasonable cause to believe that the subject of a report made under section 5101.63 of the Revised Code or of an investigation conducted under section 5101.65 of the Revised Code is an individual with a developmental disability as defined in section 5126.01 of the Revised Code, the county department shall refer the case to the county board of developm...

...The county department of job and family services or its designee shall be responsible for the investigation of all reports provided for in section 173.20 or 5101.63 and all cases referred to it under section 5126.31 of the Revised Code and for evaluating the need for and, to the extent of available funds, providing or arranging for the provision of protective services. Investigation of the report provided for in sec...

...partment of job and family services may file a petition in court for a temporary restraining order to prevent the interference or obstruction. The court shall issue a temporary restraining order to prevent the interference or obstruction if it finds there is reasonable cause to believe that the adult is being or has been abused, neglected, or exploited and access to the person's residence has been denied or obstructe...

...The county department of job and family services may enter into an agreement or contract with any private or government entity to perform the following duties: (A) In accordance with division (G) of section 5101.63 of the Revised Code, receive reports made under that section; (B) Perform the county department's duties under section 5101.65 of the Revised Code; (C) Petition the court pursuant to section 5101.68 or...

...Any person who requests or consents to receive protective services shall receive such services only after an investigation and determination of a need for protective services. The investigation shall be performed in the same manner as the investigation of a report pursuant to section 5101.65 of the Revised Code. If the person withdraws consent, the protective services shall be terminated.

...exploitation, the county prosecutor may file the petition. The petition shall state the specific facts alleging the abuse, neglect, or exploitation and shall include a proposed protective service plan. Any plan for protective services shall be specified in the petition.

...Notice of a petition for the provision of court-ordered protective services as provided for in section 5101.68 of the Revised Code shall be personally served upon the adult who is the subject of the petition at least five working days prior to the date set for the hearing as provided in section 5101.682 of the Revised Code. Notice shall be given either orally or in writing in language reasonably understandable to the...

...ettings which have been approved by the department of job and family services as meeting at least minimum community standards for safety, security, and the requirements of daily living. The court shall not order an institutional placement unless it has made a specific finding entered in the record that no less restrictive alternative can be found to meet the needs of the individual. No individual may be committed to ...

...ses to allow such provision, the county department of job and family services or the county prosecutor may petition the court for a temporary restraining order to restrain the person from interfering with the provision of protective services for the adult. (B) The petition shall state specific facts sufficient to demonstrate the need for protective services, the consent of the adult, and the refusal of some other pe...

...(A) Upon petition by the county department of job and family services, the department's designee, or the county prosecutor, the court may issue an order authorizing the provision of protective services on an emergency basis to an adult. The petition for any emergency order shall include all of the following: (1) The name, age, and address of the adult in need of protective services; (2) The nature of the emergency;...