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...t to participate in work activities, developmental activities, and alternative work activities in a manner consistent with 42 U.S.C.A. 607.

...A county department of job and family services, at times it determines, may conduct assessments of assistance groups participating in Ohio works first to determine whether any members of the group are in need of other assistance or services provided by the county department or other private or government entities. Assessments may include the following: (A) Whether any member of the assistance group has a substance ...

... subjected to domestic violence to counseling and supportive services; (C) Except as provided in section 5107.713 of the Revised Code, maintain the confidentiality of information about a member who has been subjected to domestic violence; (D) Make a determination of whether a member who has been subjected to domestic violence should be issued a waiver under section 5107.714 of the Revised Code.

... the following: (A) Where available, rely on records from any of the following: (1) Police, courts, and other governmental entities; (2) Shelters and legal, religious, medical, and other professionals from whom an assistance group member sought assistance in dealing with domestic violence; (3) Other persons with knowledge of the domestic violence. (B) Rely on an assistance group member's allegation of domes...

...B) of section 5107.71 of the Revised Code may decline the counseling, supportive services, or both.

...When a county department of job and family services identifies a member of an assistance group applying for or participating in Ohio works first who has been subjected to domestic violence, the county department shall provide information about the member to the department of job and family services. The department shall maintain the information for federal reporting and statistical analysis purposes only.

...A county department of job and family services shall issue a member of an assistance group participating in Ohio works first a waiver that exempts the member from a requirement of the Ohio works first program if the county department determines that the member has been subjected to domestic violence and requiring compliance with the requirement would make it more difficult for the member to escape domestic violence o...

...A county department of job and family services that refuses to issue a waiver under section 5107.714 of the Revised Code for a member of an assistance group participating in Ohio works first shall provide the member a written explanation for the refusal. The written explanation shall be provided to the member in a manner protecting the member's confidentiality. The member may appeal the refusal pursuant to sect...

... participating in Ohio works first may decline a waiver that would otherwise be issued under section 5107.714 of the Revised Code and may terminate at any time a waiver that has been issued under that section.

...The department of job and family services shall monitor county departments of job and family services' implementation of sections 5107.71 to 5107.716 of the Revised Code to ensure that the county departments comply with those sections.

...s family, consistent with the parent's religious and moral views. A county department shall document each referral it makes under this section.

...Cash assistance under Ohio works first is inalienable whether by way of assignment, charge, or otherwise and exempt from execution, attachment, garnishment, and other like process.

...io works first to assistance groups not eligible to receive the assistance, including assistance paid as a result of misrepresentation or fraud and assistance paid due to an error by a member of an assistance group or a county department of job and family services. Except as provided in rules adopted under section 5107.05 of the Revised Code, each county department of job and family services shall take action to rec...

...With each cash assistance payment provided under Ohio works first to an assistance group residing in a county in which the computer system known as support enforcement tracking system is in operation, the department of job and family services shall include a notice of the amount of support payments due a member of the assistance group that a child support enforcement agency collected and paid to the departme...

...family services, using information provided by employers under sections 3121.891 and 3121.892 of the Revised Code, shall determine quarterly whether individuals who have ceased to participate in Ohio works first have entered the workforce.

...rvices planning committee established under section 329.06 of the Revised Code. (B) "Prevention, retention, and contingency program" means the program established by this chapter and funded in part 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.

...retention, and contingency program. The department of job and family services shall administer the program, as long as federal funds are provided 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.

...nt 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 responsibility; (B) Perform related administrative duties.

...Each county department of job and family services shall adopt a written statement of policies governing the prevention, retention, and contingency program for the county. The statement of policies shall be adopted not later than October 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 cou...

...ency 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 services that do not have a financial need eligibility requirement; (b) The determination and verification of eligibility for the benefits and services that have a financial need eligibility requirement...

...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.

...ty 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 amendment...

...Benefits and services provided under the prevention, retention, and contingency program are inalienable whether by way of assignment, charge, or otherwise and exempt from execution, attachment, garnishment, and other like process.

... 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 policies adopted under section 5108.04 of the Revised Code and any amendments the county department adopted ...