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Title 51, Public Welfare

31 chapters · 2,012 sections in this title.

All chapters in Title 512,012 Ch 5123, Department of Developmental Disabilities182 Ch 5101, Department of Job and Family Service…145 Ch 5119, Department of Behavioral Health121 Ch 5120, Department of Rehabilitation and Cor…121 Ch 5165, Medicaid Coverage of Nursing Facilit…116 Ch 5103, Placement of Children113 Ch 5164, Medicaid State Plan Services113 Ch 5126, County Boards of Developmental Disab…111 Ch 5180, Department of Children and Youth94 Ch 5124, Intermediate Care Facility for Indiv…80 Ch 5153, County Children Services72 Ch 5104, Child Day-care69 Ch 5162, Medicaid and Medicaid Funds67 Ch 5168, Hospital Care Assurance Program; Hea…66

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Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5104.29 Step up to quality program
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(A) There is hereby created in the department of children and youth the step up to quality program, under which the department of children and youth, in cooperation with the department of education and workforce, shall develop a tiered quality rating and improvement system for al…
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5104.291 Early learning and development program ratings
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(A) This section establishes standards and conditions for rating 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 accredit…
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5104.30 Administration and coordination of federal and state funding for publicly funded child care
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(A) The department of children and youth is hereby designated as the state agency responsible for administration and coordination of federal and state funding for publicly funded child care in this state. Publicly funded child care shall be provided to the following: (1) Recipien…
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5104.301 Parent cooperative child care centers and parent cooperative type A family child care homes

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A county department of job and family services may establish a program to encourage the organization of parent cooperative child care centers and parent cooperative type A family child care homes for recipients of publicly funded child care. A program established under this secti…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5104.302 Analysis of child care price information

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In addition to establishing 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 …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5104.31 Eligible providers of services for publicly funded child care

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(A) Publicly funded child care may be provided only by the following: (1) Any of the following licensed by the department of children and youth pursuant to section 5104.03 of the Revised Code or pursuant to rules adopted under section 5104.018 of the Revised Code: (a) A child car…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5104.32 Provider contracts

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(A) All purchases of publicly funded child care shall be made under a contract entered into by a licensed child care center, licensed type A family child care home, licensed type B family child care home, certified in-home aide, approved child day camp, licensed preschool program…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5104.33 Forms for eligibility determinations for publicly funded child care

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(A) The department of children and youth shall prescribe 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 c…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5104.34 Determination of eligibility

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(A)(1) Each county department of job and family services shall implement procedures for making determinations of eligibility for publicly funded child care. Under those procedures, the eligibility determination for each applicant shall be made no later than thirty calendar days f…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5104.341 Validity of determination of eligibility

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(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 …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5104.35 County department of job and family services - powers and duties

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(A) Each county department of job and family services shall do all of the following: (1) Accept any gift, grant, or other funds from either public or private sources offered unconditionally or under conditions which are, in the judgment of the department, proper and consistent wi…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5104.36 Record for each eligible child

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The licensee or administrator of a child care center, type A family child care home, or licensed type B family child care home, an in-home aide providing child care services, the director or administrator of an approved child day camp, and a border state child care provider shall…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5104.37 Activities to assist families and family child care homes; reports

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(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…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5104.38 Rules governing financial and administrative requirements for publicly funded child day-care

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In addition to any other rules adopted under this chapter, the director of children and youth shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code governing financial and administrative requirements for publicly funded child care and establishing all of the follo…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5104.382 No contracts to person against whom finding for recovery has been issued

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In adopting rules under division (A) of section 5104.38 of the 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.

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5104.39 Monitoring present and anticipated future expenditures for publicly funded child day-care

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(A) The director of children and youth shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code establishing a procedure for monitoring the expenditures for publicly funded child care to ensure that expenditures do not exceed the available federal and state funds for…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5104.40 Implementation of rules

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A county department of 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 re…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5104.41 Homeless child care

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A child and the child's caretaker who are otherwise ineligible for publicly funded child care are eligible for homeless child care for twelve months.

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5104.42 Payment procedure for publicly funded child care

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(A) The director of children and youth shall adopt rules pursuant 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 method…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5104.43 Deposits into public assistance fund

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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.

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5104.44 Effect of child support default on license or certificate

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On receipt of a notice pursuant 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 c…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5104.51 Preschool program licensing

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

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5104.52 Kindergarten readiness assessment

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(A) The department 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…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5104.53 Early childhood education grant program

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(A) As used in this section: (1) "Family services program" has the same meaning as in section 5101.35 of the Revised Code. (2) "IEP" has the same meaning as in section 3323.01 of the Revised Code. (3) "Ohio works first" has the same meaning as in section 5107.02 of the Revised Co…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5104.54 Child care cred program

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(A) The child care cred program is created in the department of children and youth, under which the costs of child care are shared by participating employees, their employers, and, subject to available funds, the department. The distribution of the costs shall be as follows: empl…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5104.60 Ohio professional registry

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The director of children and youth shall contract 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 fundi…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5104.99 Penalty

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(A) Whoever violates section 5104.02 of the Revised Code shall be punished as follows: (1) For each offense, the offender shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars multiplied by the number of children receiving child care at the child car…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5107.01 Legislative policy

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(A) The Ohio general assembly hereby states the following beliefs with regard to the Ohio works first program: (1) That the first priority for minor heads of household and adults participating in the program is to work, which includes keeping an employer's schedule and satisfying…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5107.02 Ohio works first program definitions

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As used in this chapter: (A) "Adult" means an individual who is not a minor child. (B) "Assistance group" means a group of individuals treated as a unit for purposes of determining eligibility for and the amount of assistance provided under Ohio works first. (C) "Custodian" means…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5107.03 Administration of program

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There is hereby established the Ohio works first 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 Title IV-A state plan submit…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5107.04 Sources of cash assistance payments

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As used in this section, "cost-of-living adjustment" means the cost-of-living adjustment made by the United States commissioner of social security under 42 U.S.C. 415(i) for benefits provided under Title II of the "Social Security Act of 1935." The department of job and family se…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5107.05 Adoption of rules

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The director of job and family services shall adopt rules to implement this chapter. The rules shall be consistent with Title IV-A, Title IV-D, federal regulations, state law, the Title IV-A state plan submitted to the United States secretary of health and human services under se…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5107.10 Time-limited cash assistance

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(A) As used in this section: (1) "Countable income," "gross earned income," and "gross unearned income" have the meanings established in rules adopted under section 5107.05 of the Revised Code. (2) "Federal poverty guidelines" has the same meaning as in section 5101.46 of the Rev…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5107.11 Minor child's assistance group

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(A) A specified relative of a minor child residing with the minor child is not required to be included in the minor child's assistance group. To the extent permitted by rules adopted under section 5107.05 of the Revised Code governing assistance group composition requirements and…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5107.12 Application for participation by assistance group

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An assistance group seeking to participate in the Ohio works first program shall apply to a county department of job and family services using an application containing information the director of job and family services requires pursuant to rules adopted under section 5107.05 of…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5107.121 Information regarding eligibility redetermination

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A county department of job and family services shall provide assistance groups applying for or undergoing a redetermination of eligibility for Ohio works first written and oral information about both of the following: (A) The availability of counseling and supportive services pur…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5107.14 Written self-sufficiency contracts

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(A) An assistance group is ineligible to participate in Ohio works first unless the following enter into a written self-sufficiency contract with the county department of job and family services: (1) Each adult member of the assistance group; (2) The assistance group's minor head…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5107.16 Sanctioning assistance group for noncompliance with contract

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(A) If a member of an assistance group fails or refuses, without good cause, to comply in full with a provision of a self-sufficiency contract entered into under section 5107.14 of the Revised Code, a county department of job and family services shall sanction the assistance grou…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5107.161 Written notice prior to sanction

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Before a county department of job and family services sanctions an assistance group under section 5107.16 of the Revised Code, the state department of job and family services shall provide the assistance group written notice of the sanction in accordance with rules adopted under …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5107.162 Request for state hearing on sanction

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If an assistance group requests a state hearing under division (B) of section 5101.35 of the Revised Code not later than fifteen calendar days after the department of job and family services mails the assistance group a written notice of a sanction under section 5107.161 of the R…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5107.17 Resuming participation following sanction

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Both of the following must occur before an assistance group may resume participation in Ohio works first following a sanction under section 5107.16 of the Revised Code: (A) The assistance group must reapply under section 5107.12 of the Revised Code if any of the following apply: …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5107.18 Eligibility time limits

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(A) Except as provided in divisions (B), (C), (D), (E), and (F) of this section, an assistance group is ineligible to participate in Ohio works first if the assistance group includes an individual who has participated in the program for thirty-six months as any of the following: …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5107.20 Assignment of rights to support

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As used in this section, "support" means child support, spousal support, and support for a spouse or a former spouse. Participation in Ohio works first constitutes an assignment to the department of job and family services of any rights members of an assistance group have to supp…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5107.22 Cooperation in establishing paternity and obtaining child support

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As used in this section, "caretaker" means the parent of a minor child or a relative acting in the parent's place. Unless good cause for failure or refusal exists as determined pursuant to rules adopted under section 5107.05 of the Revised Code, the caretaker of a minor child sha…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5107.24 Eligibility of pregnant minor or minor parent

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(A) As used in this section: (1) "Adult-supervised living arrangement" means a family setting approved, licensed, or certified by the department of job and family services, the department of mental health and addiction services, the department of developmental disabilities, the d…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5107.26 Terminating employment without just cause

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(A) As used in this section, "transitional child care" means publicly funded child care provided under division (A)(3) of section 5104.34 of the Revised Code. (B) Except as provided in division (C) of this section: (1) Each member of an assistance group participating in Ohio work…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5107.28 Learnfare program

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(A) As used in this section and in sections 5107.281 to 5107.287 of the Revised Code: (1) "Cash assistance payment" means the monthly amount an assistance group is eligible to receive under Ohio works first. (2) "Parent" means the parent, guardian, custodian, or specified relativ…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5107.281 Mandatory participation in learnfare program

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A participant of Ohio works first who is enrolled in a school district in a county that is participating in the learnfare program and is not younger than age six but not older than age nineteen shall participate in the learnfare program unless one of the following is the case: (A…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5107.282 Notice of noncompliance with learnfare program's school attendance requirement

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The first time during a school year that a participating student fails to comply with the learnfare program's school attendance requirement, the county department of job and family services shall send the parent a notice warning that, if the student fails a second or subsequent t…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5107.283 Incentives for meeting learnfare school attendance requirement

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The county department of job and family services may provide an incentive established by the county department to the participating student or student's assistance group, whichever is appropriate, if the parent or, if the student is eighteen or nineteen years of age, the student,…