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...The department of children and youth shall adopt rules necessary to carry out the purposes of sections 5180.42, 5180.428, and 5180.4213 of the Revised Code, and 42 U.S.C. 673(d) of the "Social Security Act," including rules that do all of the following: (A) Allow a kinship guardianship young adult described in division (C) of section 5180.428 of the Revised Code on whose behalf kinship guardianship assistance is r...

...er a child's adoption is finalized, the department of children and youth considers the child to be in need of public care or protective services, the department may, to the extent state funds are available for this purpose, enter into an agreement with the child's adoptive parent under which the department may make post adoption special services subsidy payments on behalf of the child as needed when both of the follo...

...Within available funds the department of children and youth may reimburse counties in accordance with this section for a portion of the salaries paid to child welfare workers employed under section 5153.12 of the Revised Code. No county with a population of eighty thousand or less, according to the latest census accepted by the department as official, shall be entitled to reimbursement on the salaries of more than tw...

...disorder; (5) A medical condition causing distress, pain, dysfunction, or social problems as diagnosed by a qualified professional that results in ongoing medical treatment.

...ns 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 the parent was a foster caregiver...

...(A) To receive a grant payment 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 th...

... shall also adopt rules authorizing the department to withhold and remit to the Internal Revenue Service federal income tax from grant payments 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,...

...Any document provided to the department of children and youth under division (C) of section 5180.453 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.

...and," or "great-grand"; (4) First cousins and first cousins once removed. (B) Stepparents and stepsiblings of the child; (C) Spouses and former spouses of individuals named in divisions (A) and (B) of this section; (D) A legal guardian of the child; (E) A legal custodian of the child; (F) Any nonrelative adult that has a familiar and long-standing relationship or bond with the child or the family, w...

...The department of children and youth shall establish a statewide kinship care navigator program to assist kinship caregivers who are seeking information regarding, or assistance obtaining, services and benefits available at the state and local level that address the needs of those caregivers residing in each county. The program shall provide to kinship caregivers information and referral services and assistance obtai...

...irector 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) Any ot...

...hip care navigator region established under section 5180.511 of the Revised Code shall provide information and referral services and assistance in obtaining support services for kinship caregivers within its region.

...The department of children and youth shall adopt rules to implement the kinship care navigator program. The rules shall be adopted under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, except that rules governing fiscal and administrative matters related to implementation of the program are internal management rules and shall be adopted under section 111.15 of the Revised Code.

...ship care navigator program shall be funded to the extent that general revenue funds have been appropriated by the general assembly for that purpose. (2) The director of children and youth shall take any action necessary to obtain funds available for the kinship care navigator program under Title IV-E of the "Social Security Act," 42 U.S.C. 670, as amended. (B) The department shall pay the full nonfederal share...

... as in section 5107.02 of the Revised Code. (2) "Federal poverty guidelines" has the same meaning as in section 5101.46 of the Revised Code. (3) "Kinship caregiver" has the same meaning as in section 5180.50 of the Revised Code. (B) Subject to division (E) of section 5101.801 of the Revised Code, there is hereby created the kinship permanency incentive program to promote permanency for a minor child in the l...

...s 5180.531 to 5180.536 of the Revised Code: (A) "Cost-of-living adjustment" has the same meaning as in section 5107.04 of the Revised Code. (B) "Kinship caregiver" has the same meaning as in section 5180.50 of the Revised Code.

...lished the kinship support program. The department of children and youth shall coordinate and administer the program to the extent funds are appropriated and allocated for this purpose.

...The kinship support program shall provide financial payments to kinship caregivers who: (A) Receive placement of a child who is in the temporary or permanent custody of a public children services agency or under the Title IV-E agency with legal responsibility for the care and placement of the child; and (B) Do not have foster home certification under section 5103.03 of the Revised Code.

...Kinship support program payments under section 5180.532 of the Revised Code shall be ten dollars and twenty cents per child, per day, to the extent funds are available. The department of children and youth shall increase the payment amount on January 1, 2022, and on the first day of each January thereafter by the cost-of-living adjustment made in the immediately preceding December.

...hip support program payments shall be made to kinship caregivers for not more than six months after the date of placement of a child with the kinship caregiver.

...Kinship support program payments under section 5180.532 of the Revised Code shall cease when any of the following occur: (A) The kinship caregiver obtains foster home certification under section 5103.03 of the Revised Code. (B) In accordance with section 5180.534 of the Revised Code; (C) Placement with the kinship caregiver is terminated or otherwise ceases.

...ce with section 111.15 of the Revised Code.

...Benefits and services provided under the kinship guardianship assistance program, extended kinship guardianship assistance program, kinship support program, and kinship permanency incentive program are inalienable whether by way of assignment, charge, or otherwise and exempt from execution, attachment, garnishment, and other like processes.

...n obtaining foster home certification under section 5103.03 of the Revised Code, shall receive foster care maintenance payments equal to the custodial agency rate as determined by the certifying agency, which is either the custodial agency, private child placing agency, or private non-custodial agency.

...(A) There is hereby created in the department of children and youth the Ohio commission on fatherhood. The commission shall consist of the following members: (1)(a) Four members of the house of representatives appointed by the speaker of the house, not more than two of whom are members of the same political party. Two of the members must be from legislative districts that include a county or part of a county that ...