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...ars 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, uncles, nephews, and nieces, including such relatives with the prefix "great," "great-great," "grand," or "great-grand"; (4...

...erral services and assistance obtaining support services 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...

...al 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.

...or 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 for the kinship care navigator program. No county department of job and family services or public children services agency shall be ...

...he director of children and youth shall supervise public children services agencies' duties under this section. (E) The director of children and youth shall adopt rules under division (C) of section 5101.801 of the Revised Code as necessary to implement the kinship permanency incentive program. The rules shall establish all of the following: (1) The application process for the program; (2) The placement appr...

...As used in sections 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.

...ship 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.

...ivers 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.

...all 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.

...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.

...s for the administration of the kinship support program in accordance with section 111.15 of the Revised Code.

...alienable whether by way of assignment, charge, or otherwise and exempt from execution, attachment, garnishment, and other like processes.

...determined by the certifying agency, which is either the custodial agency, private child placing agency, or private non-custodial agency.

...t appointed by the chief justice of the supreme court; (4) The directors of health, children and youth, rehabilitation and correction, mental health and addiction services, youth services, and education and workforce, or their designees; (5) One representative of the Ohio family and children first cabinet council created under section 121.37 of the Revised Code appointed by the chairperson of the council; (6...

...and youth shall provide staff and other support services as necessary for the commission to fulfill its duties. (C) The commission may accept gifts, grants, donations, contributions, benefits, and other funds from any public agency or private source to carry out any or all of the commission's duties. The funds shall be deposited into the Ohio commission on fatherhood fund, which is hereby created in the state trea...

...ves, governor, and chief justice of the supreme court. The first report is due not later than one year after the last of the initial appointments to the commission is made under section 5180.701 of the Revised Code.

...Sections 101.82 to 101.87 of the Revised Code do not apply to the Ohio commission on fatherhood.

...make recommendations to the director of children and youth concerning the funding, approval, and implementation of fatherhood programs in this state that meet at least one of the four purposes of the temporary assistance for needy families block grant, as specified in 42 U.S.C. 601. (B) The department of children and youth may provide funding under this section to government entities and, to the extent permitted b...

...n others and would benefit from greater support. (B) The initiative must include the following: (1) A statewide media campaign that increases the awareness of the importance of fathers being involved in their children's lives. The media campaign may include print, television, digital, and social media elements and appearances by and involvement from public figures and influencers. (2) Resources and information ...

...m in finding employment, managing child support obligations, transitioning from a period of incarceration, accessing health care, understanding child development, and enhancing parenting skills. Services provided must be tailored to the needs of the father being served. Case management services must be provided by the grant recipient, either directly or by subcontract, to the fathers who are served by the grants unde...

...ress the unique needs of the fathers of children who are served by the organization. The organization must do all of the following: (1) Conduct an initial assessment of its engagement with those fathers and its provision of and referral to father-oriented services; (2) Create an action plan to address any gaps identified through the assessment and implement the action plan; (3) Engage with the Ohio commission o...

...vices, including parenting and adoption support; (3) Provides services to pregnant women and parents or other relatives caring for children twelve months of age or younger, including clothing, counseling, diapers, food, furniture, health care, parenting classes, postpartum recovery, shelter, and any other supportive services, programs, or related outreach; (4) Does not charge pregnant women and parents or other...