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...nd family needs, including the need for health services, nutritious food, housing, and employment-related assistance; (vi) Remove obstacles and solve personal and family problems that block the achievement of self-sufficiency; (vii) Achieve greater participation in the affairs of the community; (viii) Undertake family planning, consistent with personal and family goals and religious and moral convictions; (ix...

...The board of directors of a community action agency shall: (A) Select, appoint, and may remove the executive director of the community action agency; (B) Approve contracts, annual program budgets, and policies of the community action agency; (C) Advise the elected officials of any political subdivision located within its service area, and state and federal elected officials who represent its service area, of t...

...(A) Prior to designating a new community action agency or rescinding a community 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 ...

...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...

... 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 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 de...

...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 ...

...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...

...(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...

...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...

...The necessary expenses of such officers and employees of the state, county, and municipal boards, benevolent and correctional institutions, officials responsible for the administration of public funds used for the relief and maintenance of the poor, officials authorized to administer laws on community control sanctions, and members of the boards of county visitors as are invited by the department of job and family s...

...ith respect to the department of mental health and addiction services, a board of alcohol, drug addiction, and mental health services; and with respect to the department of developmental disabilities, a county board of developmental disabilities. (3) "Federal poverty guidelines" means the poverty guidelines as revised annually by the United States department of health and human services in accordance with section ...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Title IV-A" means Title IV-A of the "Social Security Act," 110 Stat. 2113 (1996), 42 U.S.C. 601, as amended. (2) "Title XX" has the same meaning as in section 5101.46 of the Revised Code. (B) To the 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 assistan...

...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) of this section to any county department of job and family services. (2) The department may accept applications, determine eligibility, redetermine eligibility, and perform related administrat...

...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...

...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., 5106., and 5151. of the Revised Code with income f...

...ily services shall administer the supplemental nutrition assistance program in accordance with the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.). The department of job and family services may: (1) Prepare and submit to the secretary of the United States department of agriculture a plan for the administration of the supplemental nutrition assistance program; (2) Prescribe forms for applications, certifi...

...The supplemental nutrition assistance program fund is hereby created in the state treasury. The fund shall consist of federal reimbursement for supplemental nutrition assistance program administrative expenses and other supplemental nutrition assistance program expenses. The department of job and family services shall use the money credited to the fund to pay for supplemental nutrition assistance p...

...on 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 benefit transfer card containing the amount of benefits the household is eligible to receive under the program. The card shall be sent to the member of the household in whose name application for the supplemental n...

...sure program integrity within the supplemental 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 f...

...ction, an increased allotment of supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits as the result of a decrease in the income of the household to the extent that the decrease 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 federa...

...ed application project within the supplemental nutrition assistance program.

...ne payment error rates within the supplemental nutrition assistance program. The methodology and technical system shall follow the procedures outlined in the quality control review handbook published by the United States food and nutrition service in accordance with 7 C.F.R. 275.14, except that the methodology and technical system may deviate from the outlined procedures with regard to payment errors that are not sub...