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... or diversionary corrections programs, release-on-recognizance programs, prosecutorial diversion programs, specialized treatment programs for offenders with alcoholism and narcotic addictions, and community control sanctions as defined in section 2929.01 of the Revised Code. (B) "Local corrections planning board" means the board established in each county under section 5149.34 of the Revised Code. (C) "Joint coun...

...d administer a program of subsidies for eligible counties and groups of counties for felony offenders and a program of subsidies for eligible municipal corporations, counties, and groups of counties for misdemeanor offenders for the development, implementation, and operation of community corrections programs. Department expenditures for administration of both programs of subsidies shall not exceed ten per cent of the...

... incurred by political subdivisions in relation to offenders who are prohibited from serving the term of imprisonment in an institution under the control of the department of rehabilitation and correction pursuant to division (B)(3)(c) of section 2929.34 of the Revised Code. (C)(1) The probation incentive grant shall provide a performance-based level of funding to common pleas, municipal, and county court probation ...

...rom the subsidy programs established under division (A)(1) of section 5149.31 of the Revised Code, a municipal corporation, county, or group of counties shall comply with all of the following that are relevant: (A) Maintain programs that meet the standards adopted under division (A)(2) of section 5149.31 of the Revised Code; (B) Demonstrate that it has made efforts to unify or coordinate its correctional serv...

...roup of counties receiving a subsidy under division (A)(1) of section 5149.31 of the Revised Code shall reduce, by the amount of the subsidy it receives or by a greater or lesser amount, the amount of local, nonfederal funds it expends for corrections, including, but not limited to, the amount of local, nonfederal funds it expends for the operation of the county, multicounty, municipal, municipal-county, or mu...

...on (A)(1) of this section for the composition of such a board, the director of rehabilitation and correction may waive the requirements to the extent necessary and approve a composition for the board that otherwise is consistent with the requirements. (B) Each local corrections planning board established pursuant to division (A) of this section shall adopt within eighteen months after its establishment, and fr...

...nter into an agreement for the joint development, implementation, and operation of community corrections programs and may establish and maintain a joint county corrections planning board. Subject to division (A)(2) of section 5149.34 of the Revised Code, the board shall consist of an equal number of members of each county's local corrections planning board as established and maintained under division (A)(1) or (2) of...

...and correction shall award subsidies to eligible municipal corporations, counties, and groups of counties pursuant to the subsidy programs described in division (A)(1) of section 5149.31 of the Revised Code only in accordance with criteria that the department shall specify in rules adopted pursuant to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. The criteria shall be designed to provide for subsidy awards only on the basis of d...

...ons 5149.30 to 5149.36 of the Revised Code shall be construed to impose limitations upon the power of the department of rehabilitation and correction under Chapters 5120. and 5149. of the Revised Code to afford municipal corporations and counties with and to supervise their probation, parole, and other corrections services.

...tanding will apply to prison terms for felonies of the fifth degree or prison terms for felonies of the fourth and fifth degree pursuant to division (B)(3)(c) of section 2929.34 of the Revised Code. (B) Two or more voluntary counties may join together to jointly establish a memorandum of understanding of the type described in division (A) of this section. Not later than the deadlines established by the department ...

...f children in certified foster homes or elsewhere. (6) "PCSA caseworker" means an individual employed by a public children services agency as a caseworker. (7) "PCSA caseworker supervisor" means an individual employed by a public children services agency to supervise PCSA caseworkers.

... children services board; (B) A county department of job and family services; (C) A private or government entity designated under section 307.981 of the Revised Code.

...tizens advisory committee established under section 5153.05 of the Revised Code shall be an ex officio voting member of the county children services board. In addition to the five members it is required to appoint, a board of county commissioners of a county having less than one hundred thousand population according to the last federal census may appoint up to five or a board of county commissioners of a county havin...

...ction 5153.03 of the Revised Code shall elect one of its members as chairperson and another as secretary. The chairperson may appoint committees composed of board members and other persons interested in child care. A majority of the members of the board shall constitute a quorum, and the action of a majority of the members present shall constitute the action of the board. The board shall meet at least once a month an...

...nty children services board appointed under section 5153.03 of the Revised Code is a public children services agency for a county, the board may appoint an advisory committee on children services. If an entity specified in division (B) or (C) of section 5153.02 of the Revised Code is a public children services agency for a county, the board of county commissioners may appoint an advisory committee on children service...

...The county children services board may enter into a written contract with the board's executive director specifying terms and conditions of the executive director's employment. The executive director shall not be in the classified civil service. The period of the contract shall not exceed three years. Such a contract shall in no way abridge the right of the county children services board to terminate the employment o...

...nto community conditions affecting the welfare of children and study the work of the agency and its relation to the work of other organizations whose functions are related to child welfare. The agency may, after consultation with the executive director, adopt rules of general application, not inconsistent with law or with the rules adopted by the director of children and youth.

...ll other employees except the superintendent of any institution maintained by the agency. Such superintendent shall appoint all employees in any such institution. Upon the advice of one or more reputable practicing physicians, the executive director may consent to such medical, dental, and surgical care, including surgery and the administration of anesthetics, inoculations, and immunizations, or other care as appear...

...all not employ that applicant for any position for which a criminal records check is required by division (A)(1) of this section. (B)(1) Except as provided in rules adopted by the director of children and youth in accordance with division (E) of this section, no public children services agency shall employ a person as a person responsible for the care, custody, or control of a child if the person previously has be...

...ng: (1) A person who has a bachelor's degree in human services-related studies; (2) A person who has a bachelor's degree in any field and has been employed for at least two years in a human services-related occupation; (3) A person who has an associate's degree in human services-related studies; (4) A person who has completed at least sixty semester credit hours or the equivalent towards a degree in human ser...

...nformation the agency determines to be relevant for the purpose of evaluating the fitness of the applicant, including, but not limited to, the following: (1) Abuse and neglect reports made pursuant to section 2151.421 of the Revised Code of which the applicant is the subject where it has been determined that abuse or neglect occurred; (2) The final disposition of investigations of the abuse and neglect reports,...

...ity before any other appointments are made. This chapter shall not affect the civil service status of any employee.

...may agree to permit any employee of the department of children and youth also to perform duties for the county children services board, or to permit any employee of the county children services board also to perform duties for the department of children and youth. (B) An agreement made under division (A) of this section may require the board of county commissioners to pay a portion of the wages of any employee of ...

...ations; (L) Content on other topics relevant to child abuse, neglect, and dependency, including permanency strategies, concurrent planning, and adoption as an option for unintended pregnancies. After a PCSA caseworker's first year of continuous employment as a PCSA caseworker, the caseworker annually shall complete thirty-six hours of training in areas relevant to the caseworker's assigned duties. During the...

...lete thirty hours of training in areas relevant to the supervisor's assigned duties. During the first two years of continuous employment as a PCSA caseworker supervisor, each PCSA caseworker supervisor shall complete training in recognizing the signs of domestic violence and its relationship to child abuse as established in rules the director of children and youth shall adopt pursuant to Chapter 119. of the Revised C...