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... less than four times per year. Special meetings may be called by the chairperson and shall be called by the chairperson at the request of the attorney general. The commission may establish its own quorum requirements and procedures regarding the conduct of meetings and other affairs. (D) Members shall serve without compensation, but may be reimbursed for mileage and other actual and necessary expenses incurred in ...

...(A) The elder abuse commission shall formulate and recommend strategies on all of the following: (1) Increasing awareness of and improving education on elder abuse; (2) Increasing research on elder abuse; (3) Improving policy, funding, and programming related to elder abuse, including estimated funding necessary to implement specific recommendations; (4) Improving the judicial response to elder abuse victims;...

...(A) As used in this section and in section 5101.801 of the Revised Code: (1) "County family services agency" has the same meaning as in section 307.981 of the Revised Code. (2) "State agency" has the same meaning as in section 9.82 of the Revised Code. (3) "Title IV-A administrative agency" means both of the following: (a) A county family services agency or state agency administering a Title IV-A program ...

...(A) Except as otherwise provided by the law enacted by the general assembly or executive order issued by the governor establishing the Title IV-A program, a Title IV-A program identified under division (A)(4)(c), (d), (e), (f), (g), or (h) of section 5101.80 of the Revised Code shall provide benefits and services that are not "assistance" as defined in 45 C.F.R. 260.31(a) and are benefits and services that 45 C.F.R. ...

...(A) Subject to division (E) of section 5101.801 of the Revised Code, there is hereby created the Title IV-A demonstration program to provide funding for innovative and promising prevention and intervention projects that meet one or more of the four purposes of the temporary assistance for needy families block grant as specified in 42 U.S.C. 601 and are for individuals with specific and multiple barriers to achieving ...

...(A) The department of job and family services shall prepare and submit to the governor not later than the first day of November in each even-numbered year a TANF spending plan describing the anticipated spending of temporary assistance for needy families block grant funds for the upcoming state fiscal biennium. The report shall be prepared in such a manner as to facilitate the inclusion of the information contained i...

...(A) Prior to submitting the Title IV-A state plan required by section 5101.80 of the Revised Code to the United States secretary of health and human services, the department of job and family services shall submit the plan to all of the following members of the general assembly: (1) The president and minority leader of the senate; (2) The speaker and minority leader of the house of representatives; (3) The chairpe...

...There is hereby created in the state treasury the Title IV-A reserve fund. If authorized by the agreement between the director of budget and management and the United States secretary of the treasury entered into pursuant to section 131.36 of the Revised Code, the director of budget and management may transfer to the Title IV-A reserve fund money appropriated for the Ohio works first program established under Chapter...

...Except as otherwise approved by the director of budget and management, the department of job and family services shall deposit federal funds received under Title IV-A of the "Social Security Act," 42 U.S.C.A. 601, 110 Stat. 2113 (1996), into the temporary assistance for needy families (TANF) federal fund, which is hereby created in the state treasury. The department shall use money in the fund for the Ohio works firs...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Assistance group" has the same meaning as in section 5107.02 of the Revised Code, except that it also means a group provided benefits and services under the prevention, retention, and contingency program or the comprehensive case management and employment program. (2) "Fraudulent assistance" means assistance and services, including cash assistance, provided under the Ohio works...

...An individual otherwise ineligible for aid under Chapter 5107. or 5108. of the Revised Code or supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits under the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.) because of paragraph (a) of 21 U.S.C. 862a is eligible for the aid or benefits if the individual meets all other eligibility requirements for the aid or benefits.

...(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...

...There is hereby created in the treasury of state the victims of human trafficking fund consisting of money seized in connection with a violation of section 2905.32, 2907.21, or 2907.22 of the Revised Code or acquired from the sale of personal effects, tools, or other property seized because the personal effects, tools, or other property were used in the commission of a violation of section 2905.32, 2907.21, or 2907.2...

...the temporary or permanent custody of a public children services agency, a planned permanent living arrangement, or in the Title-IV-E-eligible care and placement responsibility of a juvenile court or other governmental agency that provides Title IV-E reimbursable placement services. (B) "Emancipated young adult" has the same meaning as in section 5180.42 of the Revised Code.

... of children and families involved with public children services agencies, Title IV-E agencies, or private provider agencies that administer or oversee foster care or placement services for the children services system. The office shall ensure the independent and impartial review of youth, family, and community complaints or concerns.

... including children in the custody of a public children services agency or in the care and placement of a Title IV-E agency, related to government services regarding child protective services, foster care, and adoption; (B) Establish procedures for receiving, investigating, and resolving complaints, consistent with state and federal law; (C) Provide an annual report to the governor, speaker of the house of repr...

...Not later than sixty days after release of the annual report described under section 5101.892 of the Revised Code, the overcoming hurdles in Ohio youth advisory board shall provide an evaluation of the report to the governor and the youth ombudsman of the youth and family ombudsmen office.

...To the extent permitted by state or federal law, a representative of the youth and family ombudsmen office may report to an appropriate authority any suspected violation of state law discovered during the course of a complaint review.

...The department of job and family services shall be responsible for all administrative undertakings for the youth and family ombudsmen office, including the provision of offices, equipment, and supplies, as necessary.

...(A) No employee of the youth and family ombudsmen office shall do any of the following: (1) Hold any office of trust or profit; (2) Engage in any occupation or business interfering or inconsistent with the duties of the office; (3) Serve on any committee of any political party; (4) Have any interest that is, or may be, in conflict with the interests and concerns of the office. (B) As used in this section, ...

...roviding information about a complaint, public entities, and confidential records. (B) The office shall have access to any necessary records in the control of a public children services agency, a Title IV-E agency, or a private provider agency that administers or oversees foster care or placement services for the children services system. (C) Files of the office and any records contained in those files are not pu...

...(A) As used in this section, "public assistance" has the same meaning as in section 5101.26 of the Revised Code. (B) The department of job and family services, in consultation with representatives designated by the county commissioners association of Ohio and the Ohio job and family services directors association, shall establish an evaluation system that rates each county department of job and family servic...

...(A) As used in this section, "social service professional" has the same meaning as in section 959.07 of the Revised Code. (B) For a first or subsequent violation of division (B)(1) of section 959.07 of the Revised Code by a social service professional, the entity with responsibility for employment oversight of that social service professional, as applicable, shall at minimum issue a confidential written warning to ...

...r or state plan amendment relating to a public assistance benefit program to the appropriate federal entity, the director of job and family services shall submit a copy of the waiver or state plan amendment to the speaker of the house of representatives, the president of the senate, and the chairpersons of the relevant house of representatives and senate committees with jurisdiction over the subject matter of the wai...

...The department of job and family services shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code to govern the implementation of individual development account programs under sections 329.11 to 329.14 of the Revised Code by county departments of job and family services, which shall include rules covering both of the following: (A) Imposing a penalty for unauthorized use of matching contributions; (...