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

...(A) No employee of the youth and family ombudsmen 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, ...

...vices agency, a Title IV-E agency, or a private provider agency that administers or oversees foster care or placement services 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 discl...

...(A) As used in this section, "public assistance" has the same meaning as in section 5101.26 of the Revised Code. (B) The department of job and family services, in consultation with representatives designated by the 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 servic...

...(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 ...

...Not later than thirty days before submitting a waiver or state plan amendment relating to a public assistance benefit program to the appropriate federal entity, the director of job and family services shall submit a copy of the waiver or state plan amendment to the speaker of the house of representatives, the president of the senate, and the chairpersons of the relevant house of representatives and senate committees ...

...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; (...

...(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: (a) The number of accounts with high balances, as determined by the department; (b) The number of out-of-state transactions; (c) The number of transactions when the final amount process...

...(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 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.

...iety, association, or agency, public or private, that receives or cares for children for two or more consecutive weeks; (b) Any individual, including the operator of a foster home, who, for hire, gain, or reward, receives or cares for children for two or more consecutive weeks, unless the individual is related to them by blood or marriage; (c) Any individual not in the regular employ of a court, or of an instit...

...person who has completed life-saving or water safety training is present; (b) Visiting and communications policies, provided that the center ensures that children have contact with their family; (c) Qualified residential treatment program requirements; (d) Treatment-focused requirements established for residential agencies. (7) A center shall provide notification and documentation of critical incidents to...

...are for children, or places children in private homes, at a frequency established by rules adopted under division (A) of this section. (2) When the department of children and youth is satisfied as to the care given such children, and that the requirements of the statutes and rules covering the management of such institutions and associations are being complied with, it shall issue to the institution or association...

...Except as provided in section 5103.033 of the Revised Code, the department of children and youth may not issue a certificate under section 5103.03 of the Revised Code to a foster home unless the prospective foster caregiver successfully completes preplacement training through a preplacement training program approved by the department of children and youth under section 5103.038 of the Revised Code or preplacement tra...

...(A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section and in section 5103.033 of the Revised Code, the department of children and youth may revoke a foster home certificate under section 5103.03 of the Revised Code if the foster caregiver fails to successfully complete continuing training in accordance with the foster caregiver's needs assessment and continuing training plan developed and implemented under section 5...

...of a public children services agency or private child placing agency pursuant to an agreement entered into under section 5103.15 of the Revised Code regarding a child who was less than six months of age on the date the agreement was executed if the prospective foster caregiver or foster caregiver successfully completes the following: (1) A preplacement training program approved under section 5103.038 of the Revise...

...(A) Private child placing agencies and private noncustodial agencies operating a preplacement or continuing training program approved by the department of children and youth under section 5103.038 of the Revised Code shall make the program available to a prospective foster caregiver or foster caregiver without regard to the type of recommending agency from which the prospective foster caregiver or foster caregiver se...

...A public children services agency, private child placing agency, or private noncustodial agency acting as a recommending agency for a foster caregiver shall develop and implement a written needs assessment and continuing training plan for the foster caregiver in accordance with rules adopted under section 5103.0316 of the Revised Code.

...(A) For the purpose of determining whether a prospective foster caregiver or foster caregiver has satisfied the requirement of section 5103.031 or 5103.032 of the Revised Code, a recommending agency shall accept training obtained from either of the following: (1) Any preplacement or continuing training program approved by the department of children and youth under section 5103.038 of the Revised Code; (2) The O...

...(A) Prior to employing or appointing a person as board president, or as an administrator or officer, an institution or association shall do the following regarding the person: (1) Request a summary report of a search of the uniform statewide automated child welfare information system in accordance with divisions (A) and (B) of section 5103.18 of the Revised Code; (2) Request a certified search of the findings f...

...ion 5103.0316 of the Revised Code, each private child placing agency and private noncustodial agency that seeks to operate a preplacement training program or continuing training program under section 5103.034 of the Revised Code shall submit to the department of children and youth a proposal outlining the program. The proposal may be the same as, a modification of, or different from, a model design developed by the d...

...(A) The department of children and youth may suspend, without a prior hearing, the certificate of an institution or association, as defined in section 5103.02 of the Revised Code, which includes a foster caregiver, if any of the following occur: (1) A child dies or suffers a serious injury while placed or residing with the institution or association, including a foster home, as defined in section 5103.02 of the Rev...

...(A) Prior to employing a person or engaging a subcontractor, intern, or volunteer, an institution or association, as defined in division (A)(1)(a) of section 5103.02 of the Revised Code, that is a residential facility, as defined in division (A)(8) of section 5103.05 of the Revised Code, shall do the following regarding the person, subcontractor, intern, or volunteer: (1) Obtain a search of the United States depar...

...A public children services agency, private child placing agency, or private noncustodial agency acting as a recommending agency for a foster caregiver shall reimburse the foster caregiver in a lump sum for attending a preplacement training program operated under section 5103.034 or 5103.30 of the Revised Code and shall reimburse the foster caregiver a stipend for attending a continuing training program operated under...

...f children and youth shall compensate a private child placing agency or private noncustodial agency for the cost of procuring or operating preplacement and continuing training programs approved by the department of children and youth under section 5103.038 of the Revised Code for prospective foster caregivers and foster caregivers who are recommended for certification by the agency. The compensation shall be paid ...

...The department of children and youth shall adopt rules regarding the compensation of a recommending agency for any training the agency requires a foster caregiver to undergo as a condition of the agency recommending the department certify the foster caregiver's foster home under section 5103.03 of the Revised Code if the training is in excess of the training required under section 5103.031 of the Revised Code. The...