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Title 51, Title 51. Public Welfare

31 chapters · 1,983 sections in this title.

All chapters in Title 511,983 Ch 5123, Chapter 5123 | Department of Develop…182 Ch 5101, Chapter 5101 | Department of Job and…144 Ch 5119, Chapter 5119 | Department of Behavio…121 Ch 5120, Chapter 5120 | Department of Rehabil…121 Ch 5165, Chapter 5165 | Medicaid Coverage of …116 Ch 5103, Chapter 5103 | Placement of Children113 Ch 5126, Chapter 5126 | County Boards of Deve…111 Ch 5180, Chapter 5180 | Department of Childre…94 Ch 5164, Chapter 5164 | Medicaid State Plan S…92 Ch 5124, Chapter 5124 | Intermediate Care Fac…80 Ch 5153, Chapter 5153 | County Children Services72 Ch 5104, Chapter 5104 | Child Day-care69 Ch 5168, Chapter 5168 | Hospital Care Assuran…66 Ch 5107, Chapter 5107 | Ohio Works First Program64

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Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5107.285 Noncompliance with learnfare program's school attendance requirement not to affect other members of group
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Notwithstanding a reduction in a cash assistance payment under section 5107.282 or 5107.284 of the Revised Code, all members of the assistance group who are otherwise eligible to participate in Ohio works first shall continue to be considered participants of the program.
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5107.286 Communications concerning participating student's attendance
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Communications between the school district and the county department of job and family services concerning a participating student's attendance shall be made only through the attendance officers and assistants appointed under section 3321.14 or 3321.15 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5107.287 Good cause for being absent from school
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The county department of job and family services shall establish policies defining "good cause for being absent from school" and specifying what constitutes a day of attendance for purposes of the learnfare program's school attendance requirement. Not later than the fifteenth day…
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5107.30 Learning, earning, and parenting LEAP program
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(A) As used in this section: (1) "Equivalent of a high school diploma" and "good cause" have the meanings established in rules adopted under section 5107.05 of the Revised Code.(2) "Participating teen" means an individual to whom all of the following apply:(a) The individual is a…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5107.301 Award to LEAP program graduates for post-secondary education

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For the purpose of encouraging individuals who have successfully completed the requirements of the LEAP program to enroll in post-secondary education, the director of job and family services may provide an award to such individuals who enroll in post-secondary education. If provi…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5107.36 Fugitive felons and probation or parole violators ineligible for participation

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An individual is ineligible for assistance under Ohio works first if either of the following apply: (A) The individual is a fugitive felon as defined in section 5101.26 of the Revised Code; (B) The individual is violating a condition of probation, a community control sanction, pa…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5107.37 Ineligibility of residents of public institutions

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(A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, an individual who resides in a county home, city infirmary, jail, or other public institution is not eligible to participate in Ohio works first.(B) Division (A) of this section does not apply to a minor child residing with …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5107.40 Ohio works first program additional definitions

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As used in sections 5107.40 to 5107.69 of the Revised Code: (A) "Alternative work activity" means an activity designed to promote self sufficiency and personal responsibility established by a county department of job and family services under section 5107.64 of the Revised Code. …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5107.41 Appraisal of each member of assistance group who is minor head of household or adult

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As soon as possible after an assistance group submits an application to participate in Ohio works first, the county department of job and family services that receives the application shall schedule and conduct an appraisal of each member of the assistance group who is a minor he…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5107.42 Assignment to work activities and developmental activities

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(A) Except as provided in divisions (B) and (C) of this section, county departments of job and family services shall assign each minor head of household and adult participating in Ohio works first, other than a minor head of household participating in the LEAP program, to one or …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5107.43 Placement in assigned activity

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(A) After a minor head of household or adult is assigned to a work activity, developmental activity, or alternative work activity under section 5107.42 of the Revised Code, a county department of job and family services shall place the minor head of household or adult in the assi…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5107.44 Exceeding federal minimum work activity participation rates

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County departments of job and family services, on a statewide average basis, shall exceed the federal minimum work activity participation rates established by section 407(a) of Title IV-A, 42 U.S.C.A. 607(a), by not less than five percentage points.

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5107.50 Job search and readiness program

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There is hereby established, as a work activity under Ohio works first, the job search and readiness program under which applicants for and participants of Ohio works first are trained in strategies and skills in obtaining employment and engage in self-directed, job search activi…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5107.52 Subsidized employment program

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(A) There is hereby established, as a work activity under Ohio works first, the subsidized employment program, under which private and government employers receive payments from appropriations to the department of job and family services for a portion of the costs of salaries, wa…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5107.54 Work experience program

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(A) There is hereby established, as a work activity under Ohio works first, the work experience program. A participant of Ohio works first placed in the program shall receive work experience from private and government entities. Participants of Ohio works first assigned to the wo…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5107.541 Assignment under work experience program

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A county department of job and family services may contract with the chief administrator of a nonpublic school or with any school district board of education that has adopted a resolution under section 3319.089 of the Revised Code to provide for a participant of the work experien…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5107.58 Education program

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In accordance with a federal waiver granted by the United States secretary of health and human services pursuant to a request made under former section 5101.09 of the Revised Code, county departments of job and family services may establish and administer as a work activity for m…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5107.60 Administering additional work activities

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In accordance with Title IV-A, federal regulations, state law, the Title IV-A state plan prepared under section 5101.80 of the Revised Code, and amendments to the plan, county departments of job and family services shall establish and administer the following work activities, in …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5107.61 Serving as ombudsperson

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Service as an Ohio works first ombudsperson pursuant to section 329.07 of the Revised Code may be an assignment under the work experience program or a work activity established under section 5107.60 of the Revised Code to which a participant of Ohio works first is assigned under …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5107.62 Developmental activities for minor heads of households and adults participating in Ohio works first

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County departments of job and family services shall establish and administer developmental activities for minor heads of households and adults participating in Ohio works first. In establishing developmental activities, county departments are not limited by the restrictions that …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5107.64 Alternative work activities

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County departments of job and family services shall establish and administer alternative work activities for minor heads of households and adults participating in Ohio works first. In establishing alternative work activities, county departments are not limited by the restrictions…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5107.65 Works first participants not to displace employees

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(A) (1) No participant of Ohio works first shall be assigned to a work activity, developmental activity, or alternative work activity when the employer removes or discharges a person, for the purpose of substituting the participant in the person's place, in any of the following c…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5107.66 Support services

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Subject to the availability of funds and except as limited by section 5107.58 of the Revised Code, county departments of job and family services shall provide for participants of Ohio works first placed in a work activity, developmental activity, or alternative work activity to r…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5107.67 Public employee and unemployment compensation laws do not apply

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Except for a participant of Ohio works first who is assigned to a work activity established under section 5107.52 or division (A) of section 5107.60 of the Revised Code, credit for work performed by a participant in a work activity, developmental activity, or alternative work act…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5107.68 County to implement and enforce program

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(A) The county directors of job and family services shall implement and enforce the requirements of sections 5107.40 to 5107.69 of the Revised Code. State and local agencies shall cooperate with county departments of job and family services to the maximum extent possible in the i…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5107.69 No jeopardy to federal funding

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If the United States secretary of health and human services informs the department of job and family services that implementation of sections 5107.40 to 5107.69 of the Revised Code jeopardizes federal funding for the Ohio works first program, the department shall ensure that coun…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5107.70 Conducting assessments of assistance groups

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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 ot…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5107.71 County department duties under program rules

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Each county department of job and family services shall do all of the following in accordance with rules adopted under section 5107.05 of the Revised Code: (A) Identify members of assistance groups applying for and participating in Ohio works first who have been subjected to dome…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5107.711 Domestic violence screening process

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When utilizing the domestic violence screening process established in rules adopted under section 5107.05 of the Revised Code to identify members of assistance groups applying for and participating in Ohio works first who have been subjected to domestic violence, a county departm…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5107.712 Rejection of counseling or supportive services

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A member of an assistance group applying for or participating in Ohio works first who is referred to counseling or supportive services pursuant to division (B) of section 5107.71 of the Revised Code may decline the counseling, supportive services, or both.

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5107.713 Domestic violence information provided to department

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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 …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5107.714 Waiver issued to domestic violence victim

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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 …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5107.715 Explanation for refusal to issue waiver

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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 s…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5107.716 Rejection or termination of waiver

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A member of an assistance group 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.

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5107.717 Department to monitor implementation of program

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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.

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5107.72 Referrals for family planning

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Each county department of job and family services shall refer a parent participating in Ohio works first whose minor child is a member of the parent's assistance group to any private or public agency, medical doctor, clinic, or other person or organization which can advise the pa…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5107.75 Cash assistance under Ohio works first is inalienable

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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.

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5107.76 Recovering erroneous payments

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As used in this section, "erroneous payments" means payments of cash assistance made under Ohio 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 me…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5107.78 Support enforcement tracking system notice

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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 …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5107.80 Quarterly report on employment of former participants

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The director of job and 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.

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5108.01 Prevention, retention, and contingency program definitions

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As used in this chapter:(A) "County family services planning committee" means the county family services 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 …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5108.02 Prevention, retention, and contingency program

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There is hereby established the prevention, 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 …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5108.03 Model design for assistance or services to promote self sufficiency and personal responsibility

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Under the prevention, retention, and contingency program, each county department of job and family services shall do both of the following in accordance with the statement of policies the county department develops under section 5108.04 of the Revised Code:(A) Provide benefits an…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5108.04 Statement of policies governing the prevention, retention, and contingency program

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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 ever…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5108.05 Provision in statement of policies

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In adopting a statement of policies under section 5108.04 of the Revised Code for the county's prevention, retention, and contingency program, each county department of job and family services shall do all of the following:(A) Establish or specify all of the following:(1) Benefit…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5108.051 Inapplicability of RC 5108.05

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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 …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5108.06 Specification of benefits and services

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In adopting a statement of policies under section 5108.04 of the Revised Code for the county's prevention, retention, and contingency program, a county department of job and family services may specify both of the following:(A) Benefits and services to be provided under the progr…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5108.07 County commissioners' certification of compliance with chapter

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(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…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5108.08 Benefits and services inalienable

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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.

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5108.09 Basis for decision in administrative appeal

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When a state hearing under division (B) of section 5101.35 of the Revised Code or an administrative appeal 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 directo…