Ohio Revised Code Chapter 5107 - Ohio Works First Program

• Section 5107.01 - Legislative Policy.
  (A) The Ohio general assembly hereby states the following beliefs with regard to the Ohio works first program: (1) That the first priority for...
• Section 5107.011 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 10-01-1997
• Section 5107.02 - Ohio Works First Program Definitions.
  As used in this chapter: (A) "Adult" means an individual who is not a minor child. (B) "Assistance group" means a group of individuals...
• Section 5107.03 - Administration Of Program.
  There is hereby established the Ohio works first program. The department of job and family services shall administer the program, as long as federal...
• Section 5107.031 - Amended And Renumbered Rc 5107.24.
  Effective Date: 10-01-1997
• Section 5107.032 To 5107.034 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 10-01-1997
• Section 5107.04 - Sources Of Cash Assistance Payments.
  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)...
• Section 5107.041 - Amended And Renumbered Rc 5101.83.
  Effective Date: 10-01-1997
• Section 5107.05 - Adoption Of Rules.
  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,...
• Section 5107.06 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 10-01-1997
• Section 5107.07 - Amended And Renumbered Rc 5107.20.
  Effective Date: 10-01-1997
• Section 5107.071 - Amended And Renumbered Rc 5107.22.
  Effective Date: 10-01-1997
• Section 5107.08, 5107.09 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 10-01-1997
• Section 5107.10 - Time-limited Cash Assistance.
  (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 5107.11 - Minor Child's Assistance Group.
  (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...
• Section 5107.12 - Application For Participation By Assistance Group.
  An assistance group seeking to participate in the Ohio works first program shall apply to a county department of job and family services using...
• Section 5107.121 - Information Regarding Eligibility Redetermination.
  A county department of job and family services shall provide assistance groups applying for or undergoing a redetermination of eligibility for Ohio works first...
• Section 5107.13 - Amended And Renumbered Rc 5107.77.
  Effective Date: 10-01-1997
• Section 5107.14 - Written Self-sufficiency Contracts.
  (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...
• Section 5107.15 - Amended And Renumbered Rc 329.022.
  Effective Date: 10-01-1997
• Section 5107.151 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 10-01-1997
• Section 5107.16 - Sanctioning Assistance Group For Noncompliance With Contract.
  (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...
• Section 5107.161 - Written Notice Prior To Sanction.
  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...
• Section 5107.162 - Request For State Hearing On Sanction.
  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...
• Section 5107.17 - Resuming Participation Following Sanction.
  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...
• Section 5107.18 - Eligibility Time Limits.
  (A) Except as provided in divisions (B), (C), (D), (E), and (F) of this section, an assistance group is ineligible to participate in Ohio...
• Section 5107.19 - Amended And Renumbered Rc 5107.281.
  Effective Date: 10-01-1997
• Section 5107.20 - Assignment Of Rights To Support.
  As used in this section, "support" means child support, spousal support, and support for a spouse or a former spouse. Participation in Ohio works...
• Section 5107.21 - Amended And Renumbered Rc 5107.282.
  Effective Date: 10-01-1997
• Section 5107.22 - Cooperation In Establishing Paternity And Obtaining Child Support.
  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...
• Section 5107.23 - Amended And Renumbered Rc 5107.284.
  Effective Date: 10-01-1997
• Section 5107.24 - Eligibility Of Pregnant Minor Or Minor Parent.
  (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...
• Section 5107.25 - Amended And Renumbered Rc 5107.286.
  Effective Date: 10-01-1997
• Section 5107.26 - Terminating Employment Without Just Cause.
  (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...
• Section 5107.27 - Amended And Renumbered Rc 5104.31.
  Effective Date: 07-22-1991
• Section 5107.28 - Learnfare Program.
  (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...
• Section 5107.281 - Mandatory Participation In Learnfare Program.
  A participant of Ohio works first who is enrolled in a school district in a county that is participating in the learnfare program and...
• Section 5107.282 - Notice Of Noncompliance With Learnfare Program's School Attendance Requirement.
  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...
• Section 5107.283 - Incentives For Meeting Learnfare School Attendance Requirement.
  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...
• Section 5107.284 - Reducing Assistance For Refusal To Consent To Release Of Records.
  The county department of job and family services shall require the parent of each participating student, or, if the student is eighteen or nineteen...
• Section 5107.285 - Noncompliance With Learnfare Program's School Attendance Requirement Not To Affect Other Members Of Group.
  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...
• Section 5107.286 - Communications Concerning Participating Student's Attendance.
  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...
• Section 5107.287 - Good Cause For Being Absent From School.
  The county department of job and family services shall establish policies defining "good cause for being absent from school" and specifying what constitutes a...
• Section 5107.29 - Amended And Renumbered Rc 5104.36.
  Effective Date: 07-22-1991
• Section 5107.30 - Learning, Earning, And Parenting Leap Program.
  (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 5107.301 - Award To Leap Program Graduates For Post-secondary Education.
  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...
• Section 5107.31 - Amended And Renumbered Rc 5107.26.
  Effective Date: 10-01-1997
• Section 5107.32 - Amended And Renumbered Rc 5107.14.
  Effective Date: 10-01-1997
• Section 5107.33, 5107.34 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 10-01-1997
• Section 5107.35 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 11-15-1995
• Section 5107.36 - Fugitive Felons And Probation Or Parole Violators Ineligible For Participation.
  An individual is ineligible for assistance under Ohio works first if either of the following apply: (A) The individual is a fugitive felon as...
• Section 5107.37 - Ineligibility Of Residents Of Public Institutions.
  (A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, an individual who resides in a county home, city infirmary, jail, or other public...
• Section 5107.40 - Ohio Works First Program Additional Definitions.
  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...
• Section 5107.41 - Appraisal Of Each Member Of Assistance Group Who Is Minor Head Of Household Or Adult.
  As soon as possible after an assistance group submits an application to participate in Ohio works first, the county department of job and family...
• Section 5107.42 - Assignment To Work Activities And Developmental Activities.
  (A) Except as provided in divisions (B) and (C) of this section, county departments of job and family services shall assign each minor head...
• Section 5107.43 - Placement In Assigned Activity.
  (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...
• Section 5107.44 - Exceeding Federal Minimum Work Activity Participation Rates.
  County departments of job and family services, on a statewide average basis, shall exceed the federal minimum work activity participation rates established by section...
• Section 5107.50 - Job Search And Readiness Program.
  There is hereby established, as a work activity under Ohio works first, the job search and readiness program under which applicants for and participants...
• Section 5107.52 - Subsidized Employment Program.
  (A) There is hereby established, as a work activity under Ohio works first, the subsidized employment program, under which private and government employers receive...
• Section 5107.54 - Work Experience Program.
  (A) There is hereby established, as a work activity under Ohio works first, the work experience program. A participant of Ohio works first placed...
• Section 5107.541 - Assignment Under Work Experience Program.
  A county department of job and family services may contract with the chief administrator of a nonpublic school or with any school district board...
• Section 5107.58 - Education Program.
  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 5107.60 - Administering Additional Work Activities.
  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...
• Section 5107.61 - Serving As Ombudsperson.
  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...
• Section 5107.62 - Developmental Activities For Minor Heads Of Households And Adults Participating In Ohio Works First.
  County departments of job and family services shall establish and administer developmental activities for minor heads of households and adults participating in Ohio works...
• Section 5107.64 - Alternative Work Activities.
  County departments of job and family services shall establish and administer alternative work activities for minor heads of households and adults participating in Ohio...
• Section 5107.65 - Works First Participants Not To Displace Employees.
  (A) (1) No participant of Ohio works first shall be assigned to a work activity, developmental activity, or alternative work activity when the employer...
• Section 5107.66 - Support Services.
  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...
• Section 5107.67 - Public Employee And Unemployment Compensation Laws Do Not Apply.
  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...
• Section 5107.68 - County To Implement And Enforce Program.
  (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....
• Section 5107.69 - No Jeopardy To Federal Funding.
  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...
• Section 5107.70 - Conducting Assessments Of Assistance Groups.
  A county department of job and family services, at times it determines, may conduct assessments of assistance groups participating in Ohio works first to...
• Section 5107.71 - County Department Duties Under Program Rules.
  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...
• Section 5107.711 - Domestic Violence Screening Process.
  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...
• Section 5107.712 - Rejection Of Counseling Or Supportive Services.
  A member of an assistance group applying for or participating in Ohio works first who is referred to counseling or supportive services pursuant to...
• Section 5107.713 - Domestic Violence Information Provided To Department.
  When a county department of job and family services identifies a member of an assistance group applying for or participating in Ohio works first...
• Section 5107.714 - Waiver Issued To Domestic Violence Victim.
  A county department of job and family services shall issue a member of an assistance group participating in Ohio works first a waiver that...
• Section 5107.715 - Explanation For Refusal To Issue Waiver.
  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...
• Section 5107.716 - Rejection Or Termination Of Waiver.
  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...
• Section 5107.717 - Department To Monitor Implementation Of Program.
  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...
• Section 5107.72 - Referrals For Family Planning.
  Each county department of job and family services shall refer a parent participating in Ohio works first whose minor child is a member of...
• Section 5107.75 - Cash Assistance Under Ohio Works First Is Inalienable.
  Cash assistance under Ohio works first is inalienable whether by way of assignment, charge, or otherwise and exempt from execution, attachment, garnishment, and other...
• Section 5107.76 - Recovering Erroneous Payments.
  As used in this section, "erroneous payments" means payments of cash assistance made under Ohio works first to assistance groups not eligible to receive...
• Section 5107.77 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 09-29-1999
• Section 5107.78 - Support Enforcement Tracking System Notice.
  With each cash assistance payment provided under Ohio works first to an assistance group residing in a county in which the computer system known...
• Section 5107.80 - Quarterly Report On Employment Of Former Participants.
  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...
• Section 5107.99 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 10-01-1997

Last modified: October 10, 2016