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...The department of job and family services shall enter into any necessary agreements with the United States department of health and human services and neighboring states to join and 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...

...est of the department of job and family services or a county agency, a law enforcement agency shall provide information regarding public assistance recipients to enable the department 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-releas...

...(A) The director of job and family services shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code implementing sections 5101.26 to 5101.30 of the Revised Code and governing the custody, use, disclosure, and preservation of the information generated or received by the department of job and family services, county agencies, other state and county entities, contractors, grantees, private entities, ...

...ed by the secretary of health and human services in accordance with section 673(2) of the "Community Services Block Grant Act," 95 Stat. 1609, 42 U.S.C.A. 9902. (B) "Low-income person" means a person whose adjusted gross income as defined in division (A) of section 5747.01 of the Revised Code is below the poverty line as defined in division (A) of this section. (C) "Advocacy" means the act of pleading for, suppor...

...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.

...The department of job and family services shall: (A) Administer all federal funds appropriated to the state from the "Community Services Block Grant Act," 95 Stat. 511, 42 U.S.C.A. 9901, and comply with requirements imposed by that act in its application for, and administration of, the funds; (B) Designate community action agencies to receive community services block grant funds; (C)(1) Subject to division (C)(...

...suant 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 program to assist individuals, shall release information regarding an indivi...

...ermined by department of job and family services rule; (F) Submit the results of the evaluation required by division (E) of this section, along with recommendations for improved administration of the community action agency, to the department; (G) Adopt a code of ethics for the board of directors and the employees of the community action agency; (H) Adopt written policies describing all of the following: (1) ...

...ation, the department of job and family services shall: (1) Determine whether a community action agency is in compliance with section 5101.315 of the Revised Code; (2) Consult with the chief elected officials of political subdivisions located within a community action agency's service area, and, in designating a new community action agency, obtain their endorsement of the agency in accordance with division (A) o...

...ll conduct public hearings on community services block grant funds, as required by section 676 of the "Community Services Block Grant Act," 42 U.S.C. 9901.

...red by the department of job and family services under which assistance is provided or service rendered; (4) Any other program, service, or assistance administered by a person or government entity that the department determines may be delivered through the medium of electronic benefit transfer. (B) The department of job and family services may make any payment or delivery of benefits to eligible individuals through...

...Sections 101.82 to 101.87 of the Revised Code do not apply to the Ohio commission on fatherhood.

...The department of job and family services may employ or contract with hearing officers to draft and recommend state hearing decisions under division (B) of section 5101.35 of the Revised Code. The department may employ or contract with hearing authorities to issue state hearing decisions under division (B) of section 5101.35 of the Revised Code. A hearing authority employed or contracted with under this section...

...ion to the department of job and family services for any workers' compensation benefits payable to a person who is subject to a support order, as defined in section 3119.01 of the Revised Code, on behalf of the applicant, to the extent of any public assistance payments made on the applicant's behalf. If the director of job and family services, in consultation with a child support enforcement agency and the administra...

...The department of job and family services may appoint and commission any competent officer, employee, agency, or person to serve as a special agent, investigator, or representative to perform a designated duty for and in behalf of the department. Specific credentials shall be given by the department to each person so designated, and each credential shall state: (A) The person's name; (B) Agency with which such pers...

...The department of job and family services may call an annual conference, of the officials specified in section 5101.45 of the Revised Code and representatives of the various social agencies in the state, to be known as the "Ohio welfare conference." The conference shall: (A) Facilitate discussion of the problems and methods of practical human improvement; (B) Increase the efficiency of agencies and institutions dev...

...ted by the department of job and family services to the conferences provided for in section 5101.44 of the Revised Code, shall be paid from any fund available for their respective offices, boards, and institutions, provided they first procure a certificate from the director of job and family services as evidence that they were invited to and were in attendance at the sessions of such conferences. As used in this sec...

... law, the department of job and family services may use funds received through the Title IV-A temporary assistance for needy families block grant for purposes of providing Title XX social services. The amount used under this section shall not exceed the maximum amount permitted by federal law. The funds and provision of Title XX social services with the funds are not subject to section 5101.46 of the Revised C...

...The department of job and family services shall administer the distribution of food commodities received under the "Agricultural Adjustment Act," 48 Stat. 31, 7 U.S.C.A. 612c, as amended. The director of job and family services may adopt rules in accordance with section 111.15 of the Revised Code and issue appropriate orders as necessary for administration of the distribution program.

...The department of job and family services shall administer funds received under the "Refugee Act of 1980," 94 Stat. 102, 8 U.S.C.A. 1521, as amended. In administering the funds, the department may establish a refugee cash assistance program and a state legalization impact assistance program. The director of job and family services may adopt rules in accordance with section 111.15 of the Revised Code and issue a...

...The department of job and family services may enter into an agreement with the secretary of health and human services under Public Law 93-66 for the purpose of supplementing the payments of recipients of aid under Title XVI of the "Social Security Act," 49 Stat. 620 (1935), 42 U.S.C. 301, as amended, to the extent necessary to provide individuals who were recipients of aid in December 1973 under former Chapters 5105....

...(A) The director of job and family services shall administer the supplemental nutrition assistance program in accordance with the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.). The department of job and family services may: (1) Prepare and submit to the secretary of the United States department of agriculture a plan for the administration of the supplemental nutrition assistance program; (2) Prescribe ...

...ses. The department of job and family services shall use the money credited to the fund to pay for supplemental nutrition assistance program administrative expenses and other supplemental nutrition assistance program expenses.

...g a county department of job and family services' certification that a household determined under division (B) of section 5101.54 of the Revised Code to be in immediate need of nutrition assistance is eligible for the supplemental nutrition assistance program, the department of job and family services shall provide for the household to be sent by regular United States mail an electronic benefit transfer card containi...

...on. The department of job and family services shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code to implement this section. The rules shall be consistent with 7 U.S.C. 2017(d) and federal regulations.