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Section 5101.542 | Electronic benefit transfer card.

...(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...

Section 5101.544 | Failure of household member to perform required action.

... 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.

Section 5101.545 | Application to participate in elderly simplified application project.

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

Section 5101.547 | Employment and training program redesign.

...(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...

Section 5101.55 | Abortion.

...(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.

Section 5101.56 | Use of state or local funds for abortion services.

...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...

Section 5101.57 | Use of public facilities for nontheurapeutic abortions prohibited.

...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 ...

Section 5101.60 | Adult protective services definitions.

...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 ...

Section 5101.61 | Implementing adult protective services.

...(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...

Section 5101.611 | Reimbursing costs of providing services.

...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...

Section 5101.62 | Training program.

...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...

Section 5101.621 | Memorandum of understanding related to responsibilities in cases of adult abuse, neglect, and exploitation.

...(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 ...

Section 5101.63 | Reporting abuse, neglect or exploitation of adult.

...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...

Section 5101.631 | Uniform statewide automated adult protective services information system.

...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 ...

Section 5101.632 | Access to educational materials.

...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.

Section 5101.64 | Referring cases of abuse.

...(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...

Section 5101.65 | Investigations.

...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...

Section 5101.651 | Temporary restraining order.

...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...

Section 5101.652 | Authority to contract with other entities to perform certain duties.

...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...

Section 5101.66 | Request or consent to receiving protective services.

...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.

Section 5101.68 | Petitioning for court order to provide protective services.

...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.

Section 5101.681 | Notice of 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...

Section 5101.682 | Hearing.

...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 ...

Section 5101.69 | Temporary restraining order to restrain person from interfering with provision of protective services.

...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...

Section 5101.70 | Emergency order.

...(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;...

Section 5101.701 | Ex parte emergency order authorizing provision of protective services.

...under this section, a petition shall be filed with the court in accordance with division (A) of section 5101.70 of the Revised Code. (2) If the day following the day on which the order was issued is not a working day, the petition shall be filed with the court on the next working day. (3) Except as provided in section 5101.702 of the Revised Code, proceedings on the petition shall be conducted in accordance with se...

Section 5101.702 | Hearing.

...(A) If an order is issued pursuant to section 5101.701 of the Revised Code, the court shall hold a hearing not later than twenty-four hours after the issuance to determine whether there is probable cause for the order, except that if the day following the day on which the order is issued is not a working day, the court shall hold the hearing on the next working day. (B) At the hearing, the court: (1) Shall determin...

Section 5101.71 | Evaluating ability to pay for services.

...nt to pay for such services, the county department of job and family services shall make an evaluation regarding such means. If the evaluation establishes that the adult has such financial means, the department shall initiate procedures for reimbursement pursuant to rules adopted under section 5101.61 of the Revised Code. If the evaluation establishes that the adult does not have such financial means, the services sh...

Section 5101.73 | Denial or obstruction of access to adult victim's residence.

...of the adult, the county prosecutor 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...

Section 5101.74 | Elder abuse commission.

...he county commissioners' association of Ohio; (d) One representative of the Ohio association of area agencies on aging; (e) One representative of the board of nursing; (f) One representative of the Ohio coalition for adult protective services; (g) One person who represents the interests of elder abuse victims; (h) One person who represents the interests of elderly persons; (i) One representative of the Oh...

Section 5101.741 | Duties of commission.

...(A) The elder abuse commission shall formulate and recommend strategies on all of the following: (1) Increasing awareness of and improving education on elder abuse; (2) Increasing research on elder abuse; (3) Improving policy, funding, and programming related to elder abuse, including estimated funding necessary to implement specific recommendations; (4) Improving the judicial response to elder abuse victims;...

Section 5101.76 | Procurement of epinephrine autoinjectors for camps.

... under this section shall report to the department of children and youth each procurement and occurrence in which an epinephrine autoinjector is used from a camp's supply of epinephrine autoinjectors. (G) As used in this section, "licensed health professional authorized to prescribe drugs" and "prescriber" have the same meanings as in section 4729.01 of the Revised Code.

Section 5101.77 | Procurement of inhalers for camps.

... under this section shall report to the department of children and youth each procurement and occurrence in which an inhaler is used from a camp's supply of inhalers.

Section 5101.78 | Procurement of glucagon, qualified immunity - camps.

... under this section shall report to the department of children and youth each procurement and each occurrence in which a dose of the drug is used from the camp's supply.

Section 5101.80 | Administering Title IV-A of the Social Security Act.

..., 42 U.S.C. 601, as amended: (a) The Ohio works first program established under Chapter 5107. of the Revised Code; (b) The prevention, retention, and contingency program established under Chapter 5108. of the Revised Code; (c) A program established by the general assembly or an executive order issued by the governor that is administered or supervised by the department of job and family services or department...

Section 5101.801 | Benefits and services that are not defined as assistance.

...r the entity to receive funds under the Ohio parenting and pregnancy program created under section 5101.804 of the Revised Code. (4) To the extent permitted by federal law, the department may enter into an agreement with a private, not-for-profit entity for the entity to receive funds as recommended by the Ohio commission on fatherhood under section 5101.805 of the Revised Code. (C) The department of job and fa...

Section 5101.802 | Kinship permanency incentive program.

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Custodian," "guardian," and "minor child" have the same meanings as in section 5107.02 of the Revised Code. (2) "Federal poverty guidelines" has the same meaning as in section 5101.46 of the Revised Code. (3) "Kinship caregiver" has the same meaning as in section 5101.85 of the Revised Code. (B) Subject to division (E) of section 5101.801 of the Revised Code, there is her...

Section 5101.803 | Title IV-A demonstration program.

...ciency and personal responsibility. The department of job and family services and the department of children and youth, as applicable, may provide funding for such projects to government entities and, to the extent permitted by federal law, private, not-for-profit entities with which either department enters into agreements under division (B)(2) of section 5101.801 of the Revised Code. In accordance with criteria ...

Section 5101.804 | Ohio parenting and pregnancy program.

...he extent permitted by federal law, the department of children and youth may provide funds under the program to entities with which the department enters into agreements under division (B)(3) of section 5101.801 of the Revised Code. In accordance with criteria the department develops, the department may solicit proposals from entities seeking to provide services under the program. The department may enter into an agr...

Section 5101.805 | Recommendations for TANF programs.

... specified in 42 U.S.C. 601. (B) The department of job and family services may provide funding under this section to government entities and, to the extent permitted by federal law, private, not-for-profit entities with which the department enters into agreements under division (B)(4) of section 5101.801 of the Revised Code.

Section 5101.806 | TANF spending plan.

...(A) The department of job and family services shall prepare and submit to the governor not later than the first day of November in each even-numbered year a TANF spending plan describing the anticipated spending of temporary assistance for needy families block grant funds for the upcoming state fiscal biennium. The report shall be prepared in such a manner as to facilitate the inclusion of the information contained i...

Section 5101.81 | Examination of Title IV-A state plan by legislature.

...etary of health and human services, the department of job and family services shall submit the plan to all of the following members of the general assembly: (1) The president and minority leader of the senate; (2) The speaker and minority leader of the house of representatives; (3) The chairpersons and ranking minority members of the house and senate committees with primary responsibility for appropriations. (B) ...

Section 5101.82 | Title IV-A reserve fund.

...reserve fund money appropriated for the Ohio works first program established under Chapter 5107. of the Revised Code and the prevention, retention, and contingency program established under Chapter 5108. of the Revised Code that is available at the end of a federal fiscal year after the appropriation is reconciled. The director of budget and management shall transfer money in the Title IV-A reserve fund to the genera...

Section 5101.821 | TANF federal fund.

...ent shall use money in the fund for the Ohio works first program established under Chapter 5107. of the Revised Code; the prevention, retention, and contingency program established under Chapter 5108. of the Revised Code; social services provided pursuant to section 5101.461 of the Revised Code; and any other purposes consistent with Title IV-A, federal regulations, federal waivers granted by the United States secret...

Section 5101.83 | Repaying fraudulent assistance.

... an error that is the fault of a county department of job and family services, the Ohio department of job and family services, or the department of children and youth. (B) If a county director of job and family services determines that an assistance group has received fraudulent assistance, the assistance group is ineligible to participate in the Ohio works first program, the prevention, retention, and contingency...

Section 5101.84 | Eligibility for aid.

...An individual otherwise ineligible for aid under Chapter 5107. or 5108. of the Revised Code or supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits under the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.) because of paragraph (a) of 21 U.S.C. 862a is eligible for the aid or benefits if the individual meets all other eligibility requirements for the aid or benefits.

Section 5101.85 | Kinship caregiver defined.

...As used in sections 5101.851 to 5101.856 of the Revised Code, "kinship caregiver" means any of the following who is eighteen years of age or older and is caring for a child in place of the child's parents: (A) The following individuals related by blood or adoption to the child: (1) Grandparents, including grandparents with the prefix "great," "great-great," or "great-great-great"; (2) Siblings; (3) Aunts,...

Section 5101.851 | Statewide kinship care navigator program.

...The department of children and youth shall establish a statewide kinship care navigator program to assist kinship caregivers who are seeking information regarding, or assistance obtaining, services and benefits available at the state and local level that address the needs of those caregivers residing in each county. The program shall provide to kinship caregivers information and referral services and assistance obtai...

Section 5101.853 | Establishment of regions.

...The director of children and youth shall divide the state into not less than five and not greater than twelve regions, for the kinship care navigator program under section 5101.851 of the Revised Code. The director shall take the following into consideration when establishing the regions: (A) The population size; (B) The estimated number of kinship caregivers; (C) The expertise of kinship navigators; (D) ...

Section 5101.854 | Content of program for kinship caregivers.

...The program in each kinship care navigator region established under section 5101.853 of the Revised Code shall provide information and referral services and assistance in obtaining support services for kinship caregivers within its region.

Section 5101.855 | Adoption of rules.

...The department of children and youth shall adopt rules to implement the kinship care navigator program. The rules shall be adopted under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, except that rules governing fiscal and administrative matters related to implementation of the program are internal management rules and shall be adopted under section 111.15 of the Revised Code.

Section 5101.856 | Funding for kinship care navigator program.

..., 42 U.S.C. 670, as amended. (B) The department shall pay the full nonfederal share for the kinship care navigator program. No county department of job and family services or public children services agency shall be responsible for the cost of the program.

Section 5101.86 | Adult emergency assistance program.

...that fiscal year for the program to the Ohio state set-aside committee of the federal emergency management agency or to a fiscal agent designated by the committee. The committee shall determine the amount of the appropriation to be allocated to each county, and the committee or its fiscal agent shall distribute the allocations to the counties. Each county's allocation shall be paid to a nonprofit entity that serves a...

Section 5101.87 | Victims of human trafficking fund.

...There is hereby created in the treasury of state the victims of human trafficking fund consisting of money seized in connection with a violation of section 2905.32, 2907.21, or 2907.22 of the Revised Code or acquired from the sale of personal effects, tools, or other property seized because the personal effects, tools, or other property were used in the commission of a violation of section 2905.32, 2907.21, or 2907.2...

Section 5101.88 | Kinship support program definitions.

...As used in sections 5101.881 to 5101.8811 of the Revised Code: (A) "Cost-of-living adjustment" has the same meaning as in section 5107.04 of the Revised Code. (B) "Kinship caregiver" has the same meaning as in section 5101.85 of the Revised Code.

Section 5101.881 | Kinship support program established and administered.

...lished the kinship support program. The department of children and youth shall coordinate and administer the program to the extent funds are appropriated and allocated for this purpose.

Section 5101.884 | Kinship caregivers eligible for payments.

...The kinship support program shall provide financial payments to kinship caregivers who: (A) Receive placement of a child who is in the temporary or permanent custody of a public children services agency or under the Title IV-E agency with legal responsibility for the care and placement of the child; and (B) Do not have foster home certification under section 5103.03 of the Revised Code.

Section 5101.885 | Payment amount.

... to the extent funds are available. The department of children and youth shall increase the payment amount on January 1, 2022, and on the first day of each January thereafter by the cost-of-living adjustment made in the immediately preceding December.

Section 5101.886 | Payments time-limited.

...Kinship support program payments shall be made to kinship caregivers as follows: (A) For not more than nine months after the effective date of this section, if a child has been placed with the kinship caregiver as of the effective date of this section ; (B) For not more than than nine months after the placement of a child with the kinship caregiver, if the placement occurs during the nine-month period that begins...

Section 5101.887 | Conditions requiring payments to cease.

...Kinship support program payments under section 5101.884 of the Revised Code shall cease when any of the following occur: (A) The kinship caregiver obtains foster home certification under section 5103.03 of the Revised Code. (B) In accordance with section 5101.886 of the Revised Code; (C) Placement with the kinship caregiver is terminated or otherwise ceases.

Section 5101.889 | Foster care maintenance payments for kinship caregiver certified as foster home.

...A kinship caregiver, on obtaining foster home certification under section 5103.03 of the Revised Code, shall receive foster care maintenance payments equal to the custodial agency rate as determined by the certifying agency, which is either the custodial agency, private child placing agency, or private non-custodial agency.

Section 5101.8811 | Kinship support program rules.

...The director of children and youth may adopt rules for the administration of the kinship support program in accordance with section 111.15 of the Revised Code.

Section 5101.8812 | Inalienability of benefits.

...Benefits and services provided under the kinship guardianship assistance program, extended kinship guardianship assistance program, kinship support program, and kinship permanency incentive program are inalienable whether by way of assignment, charge, or otherwise and exempt from execution, attachment, guardianship, and other like processes.

Section 5101.89 | Youth and family ombudsman office definitions.

...As used in sections 5101.89 to 5101.899 of the Revised Code: (A) "Youth" means a person who is any of the following: (1) Less than eighteen years of age; (2) An emancipated young adult; (3) Is in the temporary or permanent custody of a public children services agency, a planned permanent living arrangement, or in the Title-IV-E-eligible care and placement responsibility of a juvenile court or other government...

Section 5101.891 | Youth and family ombudsman office.

...h advice from the overcoming hurdles in Ohio youth advisory board, to investigate complaints made by youth and to advocate for the best interests of children involved in concerns investigated by the office; (3) Not fewer than two regional ombudsmen; (4) Any necessary support staff. (B) The office shall investigate and resolve concerns made by or on behalf of children and families involved with public children s...

Section 5101.892 | Office duties; annual report.

...sentatives of the overcoming hurdles in Ohio youth advisory board.

Section 5101.893 | Evaluation of annual report.

...Revised Code, the overcoming hurdles in Ohio youth advisory board shall provide an evaluation of the report to the governor and the youth ombudsman of the youth and family ombudsman office.

Section 5101.894 | Reporting suspected violations of state law.

...To the extent permitted by state or federal law, a representative of the youth and family ombudsman office may report to an appropriate authority any suspected violation of state law discovered during the course of a complaint review.

Section 5101.895 | Office administration.

...The department of job and family services shall be responsible for all administrative undertakings for the youth and family ombudsman office, including the provision of offices, equipment, and supplies, as necessary.

Section 5101.897 | Employee prohibitions.

...(A) No employee of the youth and family ombudsman office shall do any of the following: (1) Hold any office of trust or profit; (2) Engage in any occupation or business interfering or inconsistent with the duties of the office; (3) Serve on any committee of any political party; (4) Have any interest that is, or may be, in conflict with the interests and concerns of the office. (B) As used in this section, ...

Section 5101.899 | Record access and confidentiality.

...for the children services system. (C) Files of the office and any records contained in those files are not public records subject to inspection or copying under section 149.43 of the Revised Code. Information contained in investigative and other files maintained by the office shall be disclosed only at the discretion of the office or if disclosure is required by a court order.

Section 5101.90 | Evaluation of county department on helping public assistance recipients obtain employment.

...he county commissioners association of Ohio and the Ohio job and family services directors association, shall establish an evaluation system that rates each county department of job and family services in terms of its success with helping public assistance recipients obtain employment that enables the recipients to cease relying on public assistance. A county department of job and family services may implement...

Section 5101.93 | Warning, explanation for failure to report violation involving a companion animal.

...(A) As used in this section, "social service professional" has the same meaning as in section 959.07 of the Revised Code. (B) For a first or subsequent violation of division (B)(1) of section 959.07 of the Revised Code by a social service professional, the entity with responsibility for employment oversight of that social service professional, as applicable, shall at minimum issue a confidential written warning to ...

Section 5101.971 | Annual report.

...The department of job and family services shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code to govern the implementation of individual development account programs under sections 329.11 to 329.14 of the Revised Code by county departments of job and family services, which shall include rules covering both of the following: (A) Imposing a penalty for unauthorized use of matching contributions; (...

Section 5101.98 | Public assistance programs quarterly report.

...(A) Quarterly, the department of job and family services shall compile a report on public assistance programs in this state, including the following information: (1) Regarding the supplemental nutrition assistance program, the number of: (a) Accounts with high balances, as determined by the department; (b) Out-of-state transactions; (c) Transactions when the final amount processed was a whole dollar amoun...

Section 5101.99 | Penalty.

...(A) Whoever violates division (A) of section 5101.27 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree. (B) Whoever violates section 5101.133, division (A) of section 5101.63, or division (C)(2) of section 5101.631 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree.

Section 5107.01 | Legislative policy.

...(A) The Ohio general assembly hereby states the following beliefs with regard to the Ohio works first program: (1) That the first priority for minor heads of household and adults participating in the program is to work, which includes keeping an employer's schedule and satisfying the employer's work requirements, and to develop marketable skills. (2) That many minor heads of household and adults participating in th...

Section 5107.02 | Ohio works first program definitions.

...the amount of assistance provided under Ohio works first. (C) "Custodian" means an individual who has legal custody, as defined in section 2151.011 of the Revised Code, of a minor child or comparable status over a minor child created by a court of competent jurisdiction in another state. (D) "Domestic violence" means being subjected to any of the following: (1) Physical acts that resulted in, or threatened t...

Section 5107.03 | Administration of program.

...shed the Ohio works first program. The department of job and family services shall administer the program, as long as federal funds are provided for the program, in accordance with Title IV-A, federal regulations, state law, the Title IV-A state plan submitted to the United States secretary of health and human services under section 5101.80 of the Revised Code, amendments to the plan, and federal waivers grant...

Section 5107.04 | Sources of cash assistance payments.

... make all cash assistance payments for Ohio works first from funds appropriated for the Ohio works first program. The amount of a cash assistance payment the department is to make to an assistance group shall be determined in accordance with rules adopted under section 5107.05 of the Revised Code and shall not exceed the payment standard. The department shall increase the payment standard on January 1, 2009, a...

Section 5107.05 | Adoption of rules.

... following: (1) A payment standard for Ohio works first based on federal and state appropriations that is increased in accordance with section 5107.04 of the Revised Code; (2) For the purpose of section 5107.04 of the Revised Code, the method of determining the amount of cash assistance an assistance group receives under Ohio works first; (3) Requirements for initial and continued eligibility for Ohio works first,...

Section 5107.10 | Time-limited cash assistance.

...rticipate in Ohio works first, a county department of job and family services shall do the following: (a) Determine whether the assistance group's gross income exceeds fifty per cent of the federal poverty guidelines. In making this determination, the county department shall disregard amounts that federal statutes or regulations and sections 5101.17 and 5117.10 of the Revised Code require be disregarded. The assis...

Section 5107.11 | Minor child's assistance group.

...(A) A specified relative of a minor child residing with the minor child is not required to be included in the minor child's assistance group. To the extent permitted by rules adopted under section 5107.05 of the Revised Code governing assistance group composition requirements and except as provided in division (B) of this section, the specified relative may choose to be included in the minor child's assistance group...

Section 5107.12 | Application for participation by assistance group.

...s first program shall apply to a county department of job and family services using an application containing information the director of job and family services requires pursuant to rules adopted under section 5107.05 of the Revised Code and any additional information the county department requires. If cash assistance under the program is to be paid by the director of budget and management through the medium o...

Section 5107.121 | Information regarding eligibility redetermination.

...ng a redetermination of eligibility for Ohio works first written and oral information about both of the following: (A) The availability of counseling and supportive services pursuant to division (B) of section 5107.71 of the Revised Code for members of the assistance group who have been subjected to domestic violence; (B) The availability of waivers under section 5107.714 of the Revised Code exempting members...

Section 5107.14 | Written self-sufficiency contracts.

...lf-sufficiency contract with the county department of job and family services: (1) Each adult member of the assistance group; (2) The assistance group's minor head of household. (B) A self-sufficiency contract shall set forth the rights and responsibilities of the assistance group as applicants for and participants of Ohio works first. Each self-sufficiency contract shall include, based on appraisals conducte...

Section 5107.16 | Sanctioning assistance group for noncompliance with contract.

... group's eligibility to participate in Ohio works first for one payment month or until the failure or refusal ceases, whichever is longer; (2) For a second failure or refusal, the county department shall deny or terminate the assistance group's eligibility to participate in Ohio works first for three payment months or until the failure or refusal ceases, whichever is longer; (3) For a third or subsequent failu...

Section 5107.161 | Written notice prior to sanction.

...clude either the telephone number of an Ohio works first ombudsperson provided for under section 329.07 of the Revised Code or the toll-free telephone number of the state department of job and family services that the assistance group may call to obtain the telephone number of an Ohio works first ombudsperson.

Section 5107.162 | Request for state hearing on sanction.

...er than fifteen calendar days after the department of job and family services mails the assistance group a written notice of a sanction under section 5107.161 of the Revised Code, a county department of job and family services shall postpone imposition of the sanction until the date a final decision is rendered in the state hearing, unless the assistance group withdraws the request for the state hearing because the a...

Section 5107.17 | Resuming participation following sanction.

...tance group may resume participation in Ohio works first following a sanction under section 5107.16 of the Revised Code: (A) The assistance group must reapply under section 5107.12 of the Revised Code if any of the following apply: (1) It is the assistance group's regularly scheduled time for an eligibility redetermination; (2) If the sanction was imposed under division (A)(1) of section 5107.16 of the Revise...

Section 5107.18 | Eligibility time limits.

...ause exists as determined by the county department of job and family services. Good cause may include losing employment, inability to find employment, divorce, domestic violence considerations, and unique personal circumstances. The assistance group must provide a county department of job and family services verification acceptable to the county department of whether any members of the assistance group had employment...

Section 5107.20 | Assignment of rights to support.

...first constitutes an assignment to the department of job and family services of any rights members of an assistance group have to support from any other person. The rights to support assigned to the department pursuant to this section constitute an obligation of the person who is responsible for providing the support to the state for the amount of cash assistance provided to the assistance group. The office of...

Section 5107.22 | Cooperation in establishing paternity and obtaining child support.

...of an assistance group participating in Ohio works first.

Section 5107.24 | Eligibility of pregnant minor or minor parent.

...n home to be eligible to participate in Ohio works first. (2) To the extent permitted by Title IV-A and federal regulations adopted under it, a pregnant minor, minor parent, or child of a minor parent is exempt from the requirement of division (B)(1) of this section if any of the following apply: (a) The minor parent or pregnant minor does not have a parent, guardian, custodian, or specified relative living or ...

Section 5107.26 | Terminating employment without just cause.

...gram for six payment months if a county department of job and family services determines that a member of the assistance group terminated the member's employment. (2) Each person who, on the day prior to the day a recipient begins to receive transitional child care, was a member of the recipient's assistance group is ineligible to participate in Ohio works first for six payment months if a county department determi...

Section 5107.28 | Learnfare program.

... 5107.281 of the Revised Code. (B) The department of job and family services shall establish the learnfare program. The board of county commissioners of any county may choose to have the county participate in the learnfare program. The county department of job and family services of each participating county shall administer the program in accordance with sections 5107.28 to 5107.287 of the Revised Code and policies...

Section 5107.281 | Mandatory participation in learnfare program.

...school equivalency test approved by the department of education and workforce pursuant to division (B) of section 3301.80 of the Revised Code. (D) The participant has been excused from school attendance pursuant to section 3321.04 or is exempt under section 3321.042 of the Revised Code; (E) If child care services for a member of the participant's household are necessary for the participant to attend school, chi...

Section 5107.282 | Notice of noncompliance with learnfare program's school attendance requirement.

...hool attendance requirement, the county department of job and family services shall send the parent a notice warning that, if the student fails a second or subsequent time in the school year to comply with the school attendance requirement, the assistance group's cash assistance payment for the second month following report of the failure under section 5107.287 of the Revised Code will be reduced to the amount the as...

Section 5107.283 | Incentives for meeting learnfare school attendance requirement.

...The county department of job and family services may provide an incentive established by the county department to the participating student or student's assistance group, whichever is appropriate, if the parent or, if the student is eighteen or nineteen years of age, the student, consents to the release of the student's school attendance records and the student complies with the learnfare school attendance requiremen...

Section 5107.284 | Reducing assistance for refusal to consent to release of records.

...The county department of job and family services shall require the parent of each participating student, or, if the student is eighteen or nineteen years of age, the student to consent to release of the student's school attendance records. If the parent or participating student refuses to consent, the county department shall reduce the assistance group's cash assistance payment for the month immediately following the...