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...ing the following early learning and development programs in the step up to quality program: (1) A licensed child care center operating a head start or early head start program; (2) A licensed child care center accredited by the national association for the education of young children, or its successor organization; (3) A licensed type A or type B family child care home under contract to provide head start or e...

...e to participate in a work activity, developmental activity, or alternative work activity pursuant to an assignment under section 5107.42 of the Revised Code; (4) A family receiving publicly funded child care on October 1, 1997, until the family's income reaches one hundred fifty per cent of the federal poverty line; (5) Subject to available funds, other individuals determined eligible in accordance with rules ...

... care home; (C) Assistance in the developing, conducting, and disseminating training for parents interested in organizing a parent cooperative child care center or parent cooperative type A family child care home. A county department that implements a program under this section shall receive from funds available under the child care block grant act a five thousand dollar incentive payment for each parent cooper...

...ablishing payment rates for publicly funded child care providers in each odd-numbered year, as required by section 5104.30 of the Revised Code, the director of children and youth may contract with a third-party entity to analyze information regarding the prices charged for child care for the subsequent even-numbered year.

...am rating removed within the previous twelve months; (f) A program that is the subject of a revocation action initiated by the department, but the license has not yet been revoked; (g) A program that provides publicly funded child care to less than twenty-five per cent of the program's license capacity; (h) A program that is a type A family child care home or licensed type B family child care home.

...referral service organization will make eligibility determinations, whether the provider or a child care resource and referral service organization will be required to collect information to be used by the county department to make eligibility determinations, and the time period within which the provider or child care resource and referral service organization is required to complete required eligibility determinatio...

...e an application form for use in making eligibility determinations for publicly funded child care. The form shall be as brief and simple as practicable. (B) In administering the process of applying for publicly funded child care, the county department of job and family services shall implement policies designed to ensure that the application process is as accessible to the public as possible. These policies shall ...

...ome eligibility limit that received transitional child care in the previous month but is no longer eligible because the eligibility period has expired. Such an assistance group shall continue to receive priority for publicly funded child care until its income exceeds the maximum income eligibility limit. (3) An assistance group that ceases to participate in the Ohio works first program established under Chapter 51...

...(A) An eligibility determination made under section 5104.34 of the Revised Code for publicly funded child care is valid for one year. (B) The county department of job and family services shall adjust the appropriate level of a fee charged under division (B) of section 5104.34 of the Revised Code if a caretaker parent reports changes in income, family size, or both.

...certification as in-home aides or in developing and operating suitable licensed child care centers, type A family child care homes, or licensed type B family child care homes, especially in areas with high concentrations of recipients of public assistance, and for that purpose provide consultation to interested individuals and groups on request; (3) Inform clients of the availability of child care services. (B)...

...e provider shall keep a record for each eligible child enrolled with the center, home, in-home aide, camp, or provider, to be made available to the county department of job and family services or the department of children and youth on request. The record shall include all of the following: (A) The name and date of birth of the child; (B) The name and address of the child's caretaker parent; (C) The name and...

...(A) In addition to the duties described in division (D) of section 5104.30 of the Revised Code, the director of children and youth shall engage in activities to do the following: (1) Encourage the establishment and licensure of family child care homes in this state, especially in areas with the greatest need for child care; (2) Connect families and caretaker parents in need of child care with family child care ho...

... to be used in making determinations of eligibility for publicly funded child care that give priority to children of families with lower incomes and procedures and criteria for eligibility for publicly funded protective child care or homeless child care. The rules shall specify the maximum amount of income a family may have for initial and continued eligibility. The maximum amount shall not exceed three hundred per c...

... Revised Code establishing criteria for eligibility for publicly funded child care, the director of children and youth may prescribe the amount, duration, and scope of benefits available as publicly funded child care.

...sed by the county departments regarding eligibility determinations. (B) The order may do any or all of the following: (1) Suspend enrollment of all new participants in any program of publicly funded child care; (2) Limit enrollment of new participants to those with incomes at or below a specified percentage of the federal poverty line; (3) Disenroll existing participants with income above a specified perc...

...f job and family services shall not be held responsible for implementing any rule adopted under this chapter regarding publicly funded child care until the later of thirty days after the effective date of the rule or thirty days after the county department receives notice of the rule if such notification is required under this chapter.

...re otherwise ineligible for publicly funded child care are eligible for homeless child care for twelve months.

...uant to section 111.15 of the Revised Code establishing a payment procedure for publicly funded child care. (B) The director, by rule adopted in accordance with section 111.15 of the Revised Code, may establish a methodology for allocating the state and federal funds appropriated for publicly funded child care.

...Each county department of job and family services shall deposit all funds received from any source for child care services into the public assistance fund established under section 5101.161 of the Revised Code.

...ant to section 3123.43 of the Revised Code, the department of children and youth shall comply with sections 3123.41 to 3123.50 of the Revised Code and any applicable rules adopted under section 3123.63 of the Revised Code with respect to a license or certificate issued pursuant to this chapter.

...The department of children and youth shall license a preschool program pursuant to sections 3301.52 to 3301.59 of the Revised Code.

...partment of children and youth shall develop a diagnostic assessment designed to measure each student's readiness for kindergarten. The kindergarten readiness assessment shall not include components to identify gifted students. Blank copies of the kindergarten readiness assessment shall be public records. (B) When the kindergarten readiness assessment has been completed, the department shall inform all school dist...

...ort and invest in early learning and development programs operating in this state by awarding grants to programs that meet the conditions of this section in an amount that corresponds to the number of eligible children served by the programs. (C) To be eligible for a grant under this section, an early learning and development program shall meet each of the following conditions: (1) The program is rated through th...

...es of child care providers. (B) To be eligible to participate in the program, all of the following apply: (1) In the case of an employee, the maximum amount of the family's income shall not exceed four hundred per cent of the federal poverty line and the employee shall reside in this state and have been selected for participation by the employee's employer. (2) In the case of an employer, the employer shall be ...

...ontract with a third-party entity to develop a registry information system to provide, on an ongoing basis, training and professional development opportunities to the employees of early learning and development programs that receive funding under the child care block grant act. The registry information system shall be known as the Ohio professional registry. In developing the registry information system, the third-...