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...(A) Any nonprofit agency or organization seeking designation as a community action agency by the department of job and family services shall obtain the endorsement of the chief elected officials of at least two-thirds of the municipal corporations and the counties within the community to be served by the agency or organization. (B) Any nonprofit agency or organization that receives the endorsement provided for in ...

...(A) As used in this section, poverty guideline means the official poverty guideline as revised annually by the United States secretary of health and human services in accordance with section 673 of the Community Services Block Grant Act, 95 Stat. 511 (1981), 42 U.S.C.A. 9902, as amended, for a family size equal to the size of the family of the person whose income is being determined. (B) The department of human serv...

...r marriage, or who is not the appointed guardian of any of the children; (b) Is not certified as a foster home; (c) Receives or cares for children for two or more consecutive weeks. "Group home for children" does not include any facility that provides care for children from only a single-family group, placed at the facility by the children's parents or other relative having custody. (7) "Law enforcement o...

...(A) As used in this section, "Title IV-E agency" has the same meaning as in section 5101.132 of the Revised Code. (B) Upon receiving the care and placement of a child, a Title IV-E agency shall determine if the child is eligible for or receiving benefits administered by the United States social security administration, the United States department of veterans affairs, the Ohio public employee retirement system, the...

...(A) As used in this section and section 5103.131 of the Revised Code: (1)(a) "Children's crisis care facility" means a facility that has as its primary purpose the provision of residential and other care to either or both of the following: (i) One or more preteens voluntarily placed in the facility by the preteen's parent or other caretaker who is facing a crisis that causes the parent or other caretaker to see...

...The department of children and youth may apply to the United States secretary of health and human services for a federal grant under the "Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act," 42 U.S.C. 5116, and the "Family First Prevention Services Act," 42 U.S.C. 50711, 50723, and 50741, to assist children's crisis care facilities certified under section 5103.13 of the Revised Code in providing temporary residential and other...

...A residential infant care center shall do the following: (A) If using medication to treat infants, hold a terminal distributor of dangerous drugs license issued by the state board of pharmacy under section 4729.54 of the Revised Code. (B) Comply, except as otherwise provided in this section and section 5103.6011 of the Revised Code, with all requirements under rule 5101:2-9-02 of the Administrative Code; (C)...

...The department of children and youth may apply to the United States secretary of health and human services for a federal grant under the "Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act," 42 U.S.C. 5116, and the "Family First Prevention Services Act," 42 U.S.C. 50711, 50723, and 50741 to assist residential infant care centers certified under section 5103.603 of the Revised Code in providing temporary residential and other c...

...(A) The director of children and youth shall provide consultation, technical assistance, and training to child care centers, type A family child care homes, and type B family child care homes to improve programs and facilities providing child care. As part of these activities, the director shall provide assistance in meeting the requirements of this chapter and rules adopted pursuant to this chapter and shall furnish...

...(A) The department of children and youth shall prescribe an application form for use in making eligibility determinations for publicly funded child care. The form shall be as brief and simple as practicable. (B) In administering the process of applying for publicly funded child care, the county department of job and family services shall implement policies designed to ensure that the application process is as acce...

...In addition to any other rules adopted under this chapter, the director of children and youth shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code governing financial and administrative requirements for publicly funded child care and establishing all of the following: (A) Procedures and criteria to be used in making determinations of eligibility for publicly funded child care that give priority to...

...(A) The child care cred program is created in the department of children and youth, under which the costs of child care are shared by participating employees, their employers, and, subject to available funds, the department. The distribution of the costs shall be as follows: employees are responsible for forty per cent; employers are responsible for forty per cent; and, subject to available funds, the department is r...

...(A) An assistance group is ineligible to participate in Ohio works first unless the following enter into a written self-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...

...(A) There is hereby established, as a work activity under Ohio works first, the work experience program. A participant of Ohio works first placed in the program shall receive work experience from private and government entities. Participants of Ohio works first assigned to the work experience program are not employees of the department of job and family services or a county department of job and family services. T...

...(A)(1) The director of development shall prescribe the form of the application for assistance under the Ohio energy credit program. The application shall be in the form of a signed statement, shall require no more information than is necessary to establish an applicant's eligibility under section 5117.07 of the Revised Code, and shall be clear and concise in its format, requirements, and instructions. The form shall ...

...(A) As used in this chapter: (1) "Addiction" means the chronic and habitual use of alcoholic beverages, the use of a drug of abuse as defined in section 3719.011 of the Revised Code, or the use of gambling by an individual to the extent that the individual no longer can control the individual's use of alcohol, the individual becomes physically or psychologically dependent on the drug, the individual's use of alcoh...

... disabilities, pregnant women, parents, guardians or custodians of children at risk of abuse or neglect, and other special target populations, including racial and ethnic minorities, as determined by the department; (4) Develop standards and measures for both of the following: (a) Evaluating the effectiveness of addiction services, including opioid treatment programs, of mental health services, and of recovery su...

...erson identified, or the person's legal guardian, if any, or if the person is a minor, the person's parent or legal guardian, consents; (2) When disclosure is provided for in this chapter or Chapter 340. or 5122. of the Revised Code or in accordance with other provisions of state or federal law authorizing such disclosure; (3) That hospitals, boards of alcohol, drug addiction, and mental health services, licensed...

... residents; and residents' families and guardians. The court shall provide a hearing on the petition within five court days of the time it was filed, except that the court may appoint a receiver prior to that time if it determines that the circumstances necessitate such action. Following a hearing on the petition, and upon a determination that the appointment of a receiver is warranted, the court shall appoint a re...

...(A) As used in this section, "telehealth services" has the same meaning as in section 4743.09 of the Revised Code. (B) Each community mental health services provider and community addiction services provider shall establish written policies and procedures describing how the provider will ensure that staff persons assisting clients with receiving telehealth services or providing telehealth services are fully trained...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Certificate of high school equivalence" means either: (a) A statement that is issued by the department of education and workforce that indicates that its holder has achieved the equivalent of a high school education as measured by scores obtained on a high school equivalency test approved by the department of education and workforce pursuant to division (B) of section 3301.80 o...

...(A)(1) Except as provided in this division, the director of rehabilitation and correction, by rule, shall promulgate minimum standards for jails in Ohio, including minimum security jails dedicated under section 341.34 or 753.21 of the Revised Code. Whenever the director files a rule or an amendment to a rule in final form with both the secretary of state and the director of the legislative service commission pursuant...

...(A) To the extent that funds are available, the department of rehabilitation and correction, in accordance with this section and sections 5120.104 and 5120.105 of the Revised Code, may construct or provide for the construction of halfway house facilities for offenders whom a court places in a halfway house pursuant to section 2929.16 or 2929.26 of the Revised Code or who are eligible for community supervision by the ...

...(A) For each inmate committed to the department of rehabilitation and correction, except as provided in division (B) of this section, the department shall prepare a written reentry plan for the inmate to help guide the inmate's rehabilitation program during imprisonment, to assist in the inmate's reentry into the community, and to assess the inmate's needs upon release. (B) Division (A) of this section does n...

...erson identified, or the person's legal guardian, if any, consents to disclosure, and the chief clinical officer or designee of mental health services of the department of rehabilitation and correction determines that disclosure is in the best interests of the person. (2) Disclosure is required by a court order signed by a judge. (3) An inmate patient seeks access to the inmate patient's own psychiatric and medic...