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...Code shall be fined not less than five hundred nor more than one thousand dollars. (B) Whoever violates section 5103.15, 5103.16, or 5103.17 of the Revised Code shall be fined not less than five hundred nor more than one thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than six months, or both.

...rt with federal funds provided under Title IV-A. (C) "Title IV-A" means Title IV-A of the "Social Security Act," 49 Stat. 620 (1935), 42 U.S.C. 301, as amended.

... for the program, in accordance with Title IV-A, federal regulations, state law, the state Title IV-A plan submitted to the United States secretary of health and human services under section 5101.80 of the Revised Code, and amendments to the plan.

...Under the prevention, retention, and contingency program, each county department of job and family services shall do both of the following in accordance with the statement of policies the county department develops under section 5108.04 of the Revised Code: (A) Provide benefits and services that individuals need to overcome immediate barriers to achieving or maintaining self sufficiency and personal responsibil...

...tober 1, 2003, and shall be updated at least every two years thereafter. A county department may amend its statement of policies to modify, terminate, and establish new policies. A county department also may amend its statement of policies to suspend operation of its prevention, retention, and contingency program temporarily. The county director of job and family services shall sign and date the statement of po...

...be "assistance" as defined in 45 C.F.R. 260.31(a) but rather benefits and services that 45 C.F.R. 260.31(b) excludes from the definition of assistance; (2) Restrictions on the amount, duration, and frequency of the benefits and services; (3) Eligibility requirements for the benefits and services; (4) Fair and equitable procedures for both of the following: (a) The certification of eligibility for the benefits and...

...A county department of job and family services is not required to follow division (C) of section 5108.05 of the Revised Code when amending its statement of policies under section 5108.04 of the Revised Code. Division (C) of section 5108.05 of the Revised Code applies only when a county department adopts its initial and updated statement of policies under section 5108.04 of the Revised Code.

...rent families as permitted by 45 C.F.R. 260.20(c) and (d); (B) How the county department will certify individuals' eligibility for such benefits and services.

...(A) Each statement of policies adopted under section 5108.04 of the Revised Code shall include the board of county commissioners' certification that the county department of job and family services complied with this chapter in adopting the statement of policies. (B) The board of county commissioners shall revise its certification under division (A) of this section if the county department adopts an amendmen...

...n, and contingency program are inalienable whether by way of assignment, charge, or otherwise and exempt from execution, attachment, garnishment, and other like process.

...When a state hearing under division (B) of section 5101.35 of the Revised Code or an administrative appeal under division (C) of that section is held regarding the prevention, retention, and contingency program, the hearing officer, director of job and family services, or director's designee shall base the decision in the hearing or appeal on the county department of job and family services' written statement of poli...

... information as may be required. On completion of the verification procedure, the county department shall determine whether the applicant is eligible for the benefits or services and the approximate date when the benefits or services are to begin.

...overnment entity for compliance with Title IV-A, this chapter of the Revised Code, and the statement of policies; (4) Take actions that are necessary to recover any funds that are not spent in accordance with Title IV-A or this chapter of the Revised Code.

... of job and family services is responsible for funds expended or claimed under the county's prevention, retention, and contingency program that the department of job and family services, auditor of state, United States department of health and human services, or other government entity determines is expended or claimed in a manner that federal or state law or policy does not permit.

...l" has the same meaning as in 45 C.F.R. 261.2(n). (M) "Workforce development activity" has the same meaning as in section 6301.01 of the Revised Code. (N) "Workforce development agency" means a public or private entity designated or certified by a local workforce development board to coordinate the delivery of workforce services for a county. (O) "Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act" means Public Law 113-128,...

... program to the extent funds are available for this purpose under the TANF block grant or the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act.

...gram is all of the following: (A) A Title IV-A program for the purpose of division (A)(4)(c) of section 5101.80 of the Revised Code and, therefore, subject to all statutes applicable to such a program, including sections 5101.16, 5101.35, 5101.80, and 5101.801 of the Revised Code; (B) A workforce development activity and, therefore, subject to all statutes applicable to workforce development activities, including s...

... self-sufficiency contract entered into under section 5107.14 of the Revised Code; (ii) Obtain assistance or services the participant needs according to an assessment conducted under section 5107.70 of the Revised Code. (2) For the purpose of section 5116.11 of the Revised Code, establish procedures for both of the following: (a) Assessing the employment and training needs of individuals participating in the compr...

...nt in workforce development activities funded by the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act. (C) Each individual who is a member of a group, if any, specified in rules adopted under section 5116.06 of the Revised Code as an additional mandatory participation group shall participate in the comprehensive case management and employment program if funds are available for the group under the TANF block grant or the Wor...

...n 5116.06 of the Revised Code, a lead agency shall provide for all of the following to occur: (A) An individual participating in the comprehensive case management and employment program undergoing an assessment of the individual's employment and training needs; (B) An individual opportunity plan being created for the individual as part of the assessment; (C) The individual opportunity plan being reviewed, revised...

...a or a certificate of high school equivalence; (2) Job placement; (3) Job retention support; (4) Other services that aid the individual in achieving the plan's goals. (B) The services an individual receives in accordance with an individual opportunity plan are inalienable by way of assignment, charge, or otherwise and exempt from execution, attachment, garnishment, and other similar processes.

...ised Code, each local workforce development board shall decide whether to authorize the use of its youth workforce investment activity funds for the comprehensive case management and employment program. The decision shall be made for each fiscal biennial period. A board's decision applies to all of the counties the board serves.

... block grant funds shall be made available to the board or any county the board serves for the comprehensive case management and employment program. (C) The department of job and family services shall use available TANF block grant funds to administer, or to contract with a government or private entity to administer, the comprehensive case management and employment program in the counties the board serves.

...irements established by this chapter, rules adopted under section 5116.06 of the Revised Code, and any other rules applicable to the program. (2) Before the beginning of the fiscal biennial period, the board of county commissioners of each of the counties the local workforce development board serves shall designate either of the local participating agencies to serve as the county's lead agency for the purpose of the...

...evelopment board that serves the same county for which the lead agency has been designated to serve as lead agency, shall, in accordance with rules adopted under section 5116.06 of the Revised Code, do all of the following for the fiscal biennial period, or part thereof, for which it is so designated: (1) Prepare and submit to the department of job and family services a plan containing standing procedures for determ...