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... judge of the common pleas court of the county the deceased child resided in at the time of death determines, on motion of the public children services agency, that disclosing the information would not be in the best interest of a sibling of the deceased child or another child residing in the household the child resided in at the time of death.

...he agency shall promptly provide to the department of children and youth any information the agency determines to be relevant for the purpose of evaluating the fitness of the person, including, but not limited to, both of the following: (1) A summary report of the chronology of abuse and neglect reports made pursuant to section 2151.421 of the Revised Code of which the person is the subject where the agency determ...

... unless the prosecuting attorney of the county served by the agency determines that such information may not be released pursuant to division (B) of this section. (B) Upon receipt of a written request from the superintendent of public instruction for the additional information described in division (C) of this section, the director shall determine if the prosecuting attorney of the county served by the public childr...

...th other moneys of the agency or of the county. The cost of any such trusteeship shall be paid out of the funds of the trust, but no fee shall be allowed to the executive director as such trustee. At least once a year, or more often if required by the probate court, the executive director shall make a complete report and accounting to the agency as to the disposition of all trust funds administered by the executive d...

...The public children services agency shall, before entering into any agreement obligating the agency with respect to the care of any child, determine the ability of the child, parent, guardian, or other person to pay for the cost of such care, having due regard for other dependents. Such determination shall, if accepted by the parent, guardian, or other person, be made a part of such agreement. If the executive direc...

...ack the child. With the approval of the department of children and youth, any child whose legal residence has been found to be in another state or country may be transferred to the department for return to the place of legal residence, or such child may be returned by the agency. All costs incidental to the transportation of such child and of any escort required shall be paid by the department of children and youth i...

...ncy and subject to certification by the department of children and youth under section 5103.03 of the Revised Code and the requirements of sections 5103.05 and 5103.051 of the Revised Code.

...ncy may, subject to the approval of the department of children and youth and the board of county commissioners, enter into an agreement with the public children services agency of, or a certified organization located in, another county, or with the board of trustees of any district or semipublic children's home, or with any agency or institution outside the state for the furnishing of institutional care to children o...

...The superintendent of the county children's home shall control, manage, operate, and have general charge of such home, subject to the rules, standards, and orders of the public children services agency.

...e children to be admitted for care in a county children's home, the period during which such children shall be cared for therein, and the removal and transfer of children therefrom shall be determined by the executive secretary, subject to the agreement, surrender, or commitment respecting any particular child.

...The superintendent of the county children's home may provide and carry on, in connection with a children's home, such industrial, agricultural, and other pursuits for the children in such home as are deemed expedient by the public children services agency. Any products of such pursuits not needed to maintain the home may be sold, and all receipts from such sales shall be paid into the county treasury.

...he request of the superintendent of the county children's home, the public children services agency may issue orders upon the county auditor for the payment to such superintendent of a sum, not exceeding two hundred dollars at any one time, to be designated the fund for the payment of emergency accounts, and to be used and accounted for by the superintendent. The amounts so paid in any year, after the first full year...

...ed Code respecting certification by the department of children and youth.

...hip trustees, the superintendent of any county home, and other officers and employees of any county, municipal corporation, or other political subdivisions of the state shall make a report to the public children services agency respecting any child in the county coming to their attention, who is deemed to be in need of public care. No child shall be kept or maintained in any county home, except with the approval of ...

...ces agency and with the approval of the department of children and youth, abandon the use of such home and proceed to sell or lease the site, building, furniture, and equipment of such home in the manner most advantageous to the county, or it may use the home for other necessary and proper purposes. The net proceeds of any such sale or lease shall be paid into the county treasury.

...shall be subject to the approval of the department of children and youth.

...All personal property, records, files, and other documents and papers belonging to or in the possession of any agency or institution, the powers and duties of which are transferred by this chapter to the public children services agency, the proceeds of all tax levies in process of collection, the unexpended balances of all current appropriations for the use of such agencies and institutions, and the custody of all wa...

...cy, may, subject to the approval of the department of children and youth, and subject to the terms of any deed, will, or other instrument pursuant to which such funds or properties were acquired, transfer such funds or properties to the public children services agency, to be used for the purposes for which such funds or property were acquired. The transfer of such funds or properties to the agency shall be a full dis...

...Funds in the hands of the public children services agency, donated or transferred to such agency under sections 5153.31 and 5153.32 of the Revised Code, and which are not immediately needed, may be invested in bonds of the United States or of any political subdivision of the state.

...The public children services agency may acquire such property and equipment and purchase such supplies and services as are necessary for the proper conduct of its work, including the ownership, operation, and maintenance of motor vehicles. Neither the director nor an employee of the agency shall sell or supply any article to the agency, or to any institution maintained by such agency, or be personally interested in a...

...a county children services board to the department of children and youth, or from the department of children and youth to a county children services board, the levy shall continue in effect for the period for which it was approved by the electors for the use by the public children services agency that provides children services pursuant to the transfer. In addition to making the usual appropriations, there may be ...

...ies, and subject to the approval of the department of children and youth form themselves into a joint board, and proceed to organize a district for the establishment and support of a children's home, by using a site and buildings already established in one such county, or by providing for the purchase of a site and the erection of necessary buildings thereon.

...The board of county commissioners of any county having a children's home, and the joint boards of county commissioners of district children's homes, shall make annual assessments of taxes sufficient to support and defray all necessary expenses of such home.

...shall be subject to the approval of the department of children and youth.

... the organization of the joint board of county commissioners as provided by section 5153.36 of the Revised Code, or as soon thereafter as practicable, such joint board of county commissioners shall appoint a board of five trustees, which shall hold office and perform it duties until the first annual meeting after the choice of an established site and buildings or after the selection and purchase of a building site, a...