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...The director of job and family services and the director of children and youth may enter into a written agreement with one or more state agencies, as defined in section 117.01 of the Revised Code, and state universities and colleges to assist in the coordination, provision, or enhancement of the family services duties of a county family services agency or the workforce development activities of a local board, as defi...

...If the director of job and family services or the director of children and youth enters into an agreement or contracts with, or issues a grant to, a religious organization under section 5101.214 of the Revised Code, the religious organization shall comply with section 104 of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity and Reconciliation Act of 1996 (P.L. 104-193).

...ovide for the directors to amend or rescind a rule the directors previously adopted; (B) Provide for the directors to modify procedures or establish alternative procedures to accommodate special circumstances in a county; (C) Provide for the directors and board to jointly identify operational problems of mutual concern and develop a joint plan to address the problems; (D) Establish a framework for the direct...

...The department of job and family services and the department of children and youth, as applicable, may establish performance and other administrative standards for the administration and outcomes of family services duties and determine at intervals the departments decide the degree to which a county family services agency complies with a performance or other administrative standard. The departments may use statistica...

... agency that fails to comply with that kind of performance or other administrative standard to take action in accordance with rules adopted by the department governing the standard. (D) At the request of a county family services agency, the department shall assist the agency with the development of a corrective action plan under this section and provide the agency technical assistance in the implementation of the ...

...The director of job and family services or the director of children and youth may adopt rules in accordance with section 111.15 of the Revised Code to implement sections 5101.22 to 5101.222 of the Revised Code. If the director adopts the rules, the director shall adopt the rules as if they were internal management rules.

...Subject to the availability of funds, the department of job and family services and the department of children and youth may provide annual financial, administrative, or other incentive awards to county family services agencies and local areas as defined in section 6301.01 of the Revised Code. A county family services agency or local area may spend an incentive awarded under this section only for the purpose for whic...

...ildren and youth, for an adverse audit finding, adverse quality control finding, final disallowance of federal financial participation, or other sanction or penalty regarding the family services duty. (C) The department may take one or more of the following actions against the responsible county grantee when authorized by division (B)(1), (2), (3), or (4) of this section: (1) Require the responsible county gran...

... family services, for an adverse audit finding, adverse quality control finding, final disallowance of federal financial participation, or other sanction or penalty regarding the workforce development activity. (C) The department may take one or more of the following actions against the responsible entity when authorized by division (B)(1), (2), (3), or (4) of this section: (1) Require the responsible entity to sub...

...The department of job and family services or the director of children and youth may certify a claim to the attorney general under section 131.02 of the Revised Code for the attorney general to take action under that section against a responsible county grantee or responsible entity to recover any funds that the department determines the responsible county grantee or responsible entity owes the department for actions ...

...nd, before adopting the rules, give the public an opportunity to review and comment on the proposed rules.

...(A) If the department of job and family services or the department of children and youth determines that a grant awarded to a county grantee in a grant agreement entered into under section 5101.21 of the Revised Code, an allocation, advance, or reimbursement the department makes to a county family services agency, or a cash draw a county family services agency makes exceeds the allowable amount for the grant, allocat...

...The department of job and family services, and the department of children and youth in consultation with county representatives, shall develop annual training goals and model training curriculum for employees of county family services agencies and identify a variety of state funded training opportunities to meet the proposed goals.

...gency. (C) "Fugitive felon" means an individual who is fleeing to avoid prosecution, or custody or confinement after conviction, under the laws of the place from which the individual is fleeing, for a crime or an attempt to commit a crime that is a felony under the laws of the place from which the individual is fleeing or, in the case of New Jersey, a high misdemeanor, regardless of whether the individual has depa...

...tration of a program that assists needy individuals with the costs of public utility services, information regarding a recipient of financial assistance provided under a program administered by the department or a county agency pursuant to Chapter 5107. or 5108. of the Revised Code to an entity administering the public utility services program. (C)(1) To the extent permitted by federal law and subject to division ...

...payment, enrollment, or eligibility for public assistance cannot be conditioned on signing the authorization unless the authorization is necessary for determining eligibility for the public assistance program. (B) When an individual requests information pursuant to section 5101.27 of the Revised Code regarding the individual's receipt of public assistance and does not wish to provide a statement of purpose, the sta...

... participate as an active member in the public assistance reporting information system. The department may disclose information regarding a public assistance recipient to the extent necessary to participate as an active member in the public assistance reporting information system.

...ncy shall provide information regarding public assistance recipients to enable the department of job and family services, department of children and youth, or county agency to determine, for eligibility purposes, whether a recipient or a member of a recipient's assistance group is a fugitive felon or violating a condition of probation, a community control sanction, parole, or a post-release control sanction imposed u...

...een convicted of, pleaded guilty to, or indicted or otherwise charged with any offense described in division (C)(1) of section 2151.86 of the Revised Code: (i) The foster caregiver's name, date of birth, and county of residence; (ii) The date of the foster caregiver's certification; (iii) The date of each placement of a foster child into the foster caregiver's home; (iv) If applicable, the date of the rem...

... participating in the administration of public assistance programs. The rules shall comply with applicable federal statutes and regulations. (1) The rules shall specify conditions and procedures for the release of information which may include, among other conditions and procedures, both of the following: (a) Permitting providers of services or assistance under public assistance programs limited access to inform...

...action agency" is not a state agency or public office. (E) "Community" means a city, village, county, multicity or multicounty unit, a neighborhood or other area, disregarding boundaries or political subdivisions, which provides a suitable organizational base and possesses a commonality of needs and interests for a community action program suitable to be served by a community action agency. (F) "Service area" mea...

...The director of job and family services shall employ and fix the compensation of professional and technical unclassified personnel as necessary to carry out the provisions of sections 5101.311 to 5101.317 of the Revised Code.

...ly accepted accounting principles by an independent auditing firm that has no connection with any community action agency receiving community services block grant funds or with any employee of the division. (G) Serve as a statewide advocate for social and economic opportunities for low-income persons.

...the use of any information regarding an individual receiving assistance pursuant to a department of job and family services program under sections 5101.311 to 5101.318 of the Revised Code for any purpose not directly related to the administration of a department assistance program. (B) To the extent permitted by federal law, the department, and any entity that receives department funds to administer a department p...

... or grants to meet immediate and urgent individual and family needs, including the need for health services, nutritious food, housing, and employment-related assistance; (vi) Remove obstacles and solve personal and family problems that block the achievement of self-sufficiency; (vii) Achieve greater participation in the affairs of the community; (viii) Undertake family planning, consistent with personal and fam...