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...the temporary or permanent custody of a public children services agency; (b) Who was adopted at the age of sixteen or seventeen and attained the age of sixteen before a Title IV-E adoption assistance agreement became effective; (c) Who has attained the age of eighteen; and (d) Who has not yet attained the age of twenty-one. (2) "Child" means any of the following: (a) A person who meets the requirements...

...oviding services under the project; (4) Amend the state plan required by section 471 of the "Social Security Act," 42 U.S.C. 671, as amended, as needed to implement the project; (5) Conduct ongoing evaluations of the project; (6) Perform other administrative and operational activities required by the agreement with the secretary. (B) The department may apply to the United States secretary of health and hu...

...ng financial requirements applicable to public children services agencies, private child placing agencies, private noncustodial agencies, and government entities that provide Title IV-E reimbursable placement services to children, the department of children and youth may establish both of the following: (1) A single form for the agencies or entities to report costs reimbursable under Title IV-E and costs reimbursa...

...ction permitted under division (C)(2), (4), (5), or (6) of section 5101.24 of the Revised Code. (2) For private child placing agencies or private noncustodial agencies, cancellation of any Title IV-E allowability rates for the agency involved pursuant to section 5180.42 of the Revised Code or revocation pursuant to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code of that agency's certificate issued under section 5103.03 of the Re...

...If a public children services agency fails to comply with the fiscal accountability procedures established by the department of children and youth, the department shall notify the board of county commissioners of the county served by the agency. If a private child placing agency or private noncustodial agency fails to comply with the fiscal accountability procedures, the department shall notify the executive director...

...tment of children and youth sanctions a public children services agency, private child placing agency, or private noncustodial agency, it shall take every possible precaution to ensure that any foster children that have been placed by the agency under sanction are not unnecessarily removed from the certified foster homes in which they reside.

...Money from the children services fund shall not be used to provide a personal loan to any individual.

...ake action under that section against a public children services agency, private child placing agency, private noncustodial agency, or government entity that provides Title IV-E reimbursable placement services to children if all of the following are the case: (A) The agency or entity files a cost report with the department pursuant to rules adopted under division (B) of section 5180.42 of the Revised Code. (B) ...

...gned to promote, or remove barriers to, employment; (4) Is employed for at least eighty hours per month; (5) Is incapable of doing any of the activities described in divisions (D)(1) to (4) of this section due to a physical or mental condition, which incapacity is supported by regularly updated information in the person's case record or plan. (E) Any emancipated young adult described in division (A)(1) of th...

...ved, under division (A) of section 5180.428 of the Revised Code, may enter into a voluntary participation agreement with the department of children and youth, or its representative, for the emancipated young adult's care and placement. The agreement shall stay in effect until one of the following occurs: (1) The emancipated young adult enrolled in the program notifies the department, or its representative, that th...

...ection 5180.428 of the Revised Code. No public children services agency shall be responsible for the cost of any payments made pursuant to section 5180.428 of the Revised Code.

...ransitioning into, or out of, qualified employment or educational activities; (2) Require that a thirty-day notice of termination be given by the department to an emancipated young adult described in division (A)(1) of section 5180.428 of the Revised Code who is receiving foster care payments, or on whose behalf such foster care payments are received, or to a parent receiving adoption assistance payments for an ad...

...ions (A) and (D) to (G) of section 5180.428 of the Revised Code shall not apply if the person is eligible for temporary or permanent custody until age twenty-one pursuant to a dispositional order under sections 2151.353, 2151.414, and 2151.415 of the Revised Code.

...r of children and youth shall implement 42 U.S.C. 673(d) to provide kinship guardianship assistance under Title IV-E on behalf of a child to a relative who meets the following requirements: (1) The relative has cared for the eligible child pursuant to division (B) of this section as a foster caregiver as defined by section 5103.02 of the Revised Code for at least six consecutive months. (2) Both of the followin...

...ransitioning into, or out of, qualified employment or educational activities; (B) Require that a thirty-day notice of termination be given by the department to a person receiving kinship guardianship assistance for a kinship guardianship young adult described in division (C) of section 5180.428 of the Revised Code, who is determined to be ineligible for assistance.

...sess the child's need for services. (4) The total dollar value of post adoption special services subsidy payments made on a child's behalf shall not exceed ten thousand dollars in any fiscal year, unless the department determines that extraordinary circumstances exist that necessitate further funding of services for the child. Under such extraordinary circumstances, the value of the payments made on the child's be...

...ervices for the county submitted by the public children services agency.

... an adoption arranged by an attorney, a public children services agency, private child placing agency, or a private noncustodial agency, an interstate adoption, or an international or foreign adoption. (C) "Adoptive parent" means the person or persons who obtain parental rights and responsibilities over an adopted child pursuant to a final order of adoption, an interlocutory order of adoption, or an adoption recog...

...rogram in accordance with sections 5180.45 to 5180.454 of the Revised Code. (B) The director shall provide either of the following one-time payments for an adopted child to the child's adoptive parent if the requirements of division (A) of section 5180.452 of the Revised Code, but not division (B) of that section, are satisfied regarding the child: (1) Ten thousand dollars; (2) Fifteen thousand dollars, if t...

...ment under division (B) of section 5180.451 of the Revised Code, all of the following must be satisfied: (1) The adoptive parent has not previously received a grant payment from the Ohio adoption grant program for the adopted child for whom the parent is seeking payment. (2) The adoptive parent does not also currently claim an adoption tax credit pursuant to former section 5747.37 of the Revised Code for the ado...

...ents under division (B) of section 5180.451 of the Revised Code, provided such withholding is authorized under federal law or approved by the Internal Revenue Service. (B) No application fee shall be charged for the grant program. (C) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the director may require, as necessary to administer the Ohio adoption grant program, either or both of the following: (1) Certified co...

...53 of the Revised Code remains: (A) A public record under section 149.43 of the Revised Code if it was a public record under that section before being provided to the department; (B) Confidential if it was confidential under any state or federal law before being provided to the department.

...As used in sections 5180.51 to 5180.514 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, ...

...ervices including the following: (A) Publicly funded child care; (B) Respite care; (C) Training related to caring for special needs children; (D) A toll-free telephone number that may be called to obtain basic information about the rights of, and services available to, kinship caregivers; (E) Legal services.

...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 5180.51 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) A...