Youth and family ombudsmen office definitions

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5101.89, under Department of Job and Family Services- General Provisions.

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5101.89

As used in sections 5101.89 to 5101.899 of the Revised Code:

(A) "Youth" means a person who is any of the following:

(1) Less than eighteen years of age;

(2) An emancipated young adult;

(3) Is in 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.