Sec. 175.21. (A) The low- and moderate-income housing
trust | 15 |
fund is hereby created in the state treasury. The fund
shall | 16 |
consist of all appropriations, grants, gifts, loan
repayments,
and | 17 |
contributions of money made from any source to the
department of | 18 |
development for the fund. All investment earnings
of the fund | 19 |
shall be
credited to the fund. The director of
development shall | 20 |
allocate a portion of the money in the fund to
an account of the | 21 |
Ohio housing finance agency. The department
shall administer the | 22 |
fund. The agency shall use money allocated
to it in the fund for | 23 |
implementing and administering its programs
and duties under | 24 |
sections 175.22 and 175.24 of the Revised Code,
and the
department | 25 |
shall use the remaining money in the fund for
implementing and | 26 |
administering its programs and duties under
sections 175.22 to | 27 |
175.25 of the Revised Code. Use of all money
in the fund is | 28 |
subject to the following restrictions: forty-five
per cent of the
| 29 |
amount of funds awarded during any one fiscal
year shall be used | 30 |
to make grants
and loans to nonprofit
organizations under section | 31 |
175.22 of the
Revised Code, not less
than
forty-fivefifty per | 32 |
cent of
the
amount of funds awarded
during any one fiscal year | 33 |
shall be
used
to make grants and loans
for activities
that will | 34 |
provide
housing
and housing assistance to
families and
individuals | 35 |
in
rural areas
and small cities that
would
not be
eligible to | 36 |
participate
as a participating
jurisdiction under the "HOME | 37 |
Investment Partnerships Act," 104
Stat. 4094 (1990), 42 U.S.C. | 38 |
12701 note, 12721, no
more than
sixfive per cent of the money in | 39 |
the
fund shall be used
for
administration, and no money in the | 40 |
fund
shall be used to pay
for
any legal services other than the | 41 |
usual
and customary legal
services
associated with the acquisition | 42 |
of
housing. Except as
otherwise provided
by
the director
under | 43 |
division (B) of this
section, money in the fund may be used
as | 44 |
matching money for
federal funds received by the state,
counties, | 45 |
municipal
corporations, and townships for the
activities listed in | 46 |
section
175.22 of the Revised Code. | 47 |
(B) If after the second quarter of any year it appears to | 48 |
the director that the full amount of the money in the low- and | 49 |
moderate-income housing trust fund designated in that year for | 50 |
activities that will provide housing and housing assistance to | 51 |
families and individuals in rural areas and small cities under | 52 |
division (A) of this section will not be so used, the director
may | 53 |
reallocate all or a portion of that amount for other housing | 54 |
activities. In determining whether or how to reallocate money | 55 |
under this division, the director may consult with and shall | 56 |
receive advice from the housing trust fund advisory committee. | 57 |
Sec. 339.19. Notwithstanding the amendment of sections | 58 |
339.38, 339.39, 339.42, and 339.43 of the Revised Code, the repeal | 59 |
of sections 339.20, 339.21, 339.22, 339.23, 339.231, 339.24, | 60 |
339.25, 339.26, 339.27, 339.28, 339.29, 339.30, 339.31, 339.32, | 61 |
339.33, 339.34, 339.35, 339.36, 339.37, 339.40, 339.41, 339.45, | 62 |
339.46, and 339.99 of the Revised Code, and any other changes made | 63 |
by Substitute Senate Bill No. 173 of the 123rd general assembly | 64 |
relative to the establishment, maintenance, and operation of a | 65 |
county tuberculosis hospital, a county tuberculosis hospital that | 66 |
was operating under those sections on the effective date of that | 67 |
act, October 10, 2000, may continue to exist and operate on and | 68 |
after that date as though the provisions of those sections were | 69 |
neither amended nor repealed and had remained in full force and | 70 |
effect. | 71 |
The identification card shall display substantially the
same | 81 |
information as contained in the application and as described in | 82 |
division (A)(1) of section 4507.51 of the Revised Code,
including | 83 |
the cardholder's social security number unless the cardholder | 84 |
specifically requests that the cardholder's social security number | 85 |
not be
displayed on the card. If federal law requires the | 86 |
cardholder's social
security number to be displayed on the | 87 |
identification card, the social
security number shall be displayed | 88 |
on the card notwithstanding a request to
not display the number | 89 |
pursuant to this section. The identification card also
shall | 90 |
display the color photograph of the cardholder. If
the cardholder | 91 |
has executed a
durable power of attorney for health care or a | 92 |
declaration
governing the use or continuation, or the withholding | 93 |
or
withdrawal, of life-sustaining treatment and has specified that | 94 |
the cardholder wishes the identification
card to indicate that the | 95 |
cardholder has
executed either type of instrument, the card also | 96 |
shall
display
any symbol chosen by the registrar to indicate that | 97 |
the
cardholder has executed either type of instrument. The card | 98 |
shall be sealed in transparent plastic or similar material and | 99 |
shall be so designed as to prevent its reproduction or alteration | 100 |
without ready detection. | 101 |
Every identification card issued to a resident of this state | 110 |
shall
expire, unless canceled or
surrendered earlier, on the | 111 |
birthday of the cardholder in the
fourth year after the date on | 112 |
which it is issued. Every identification
card issued to a | 113 |
temporary resident shall expire in accordance with rules
adopted | 114 |
by the registrar and is nonrenewable, but may be replaced with a | 115 |
new
identification card upon the applicant's compliance with all | 116 |
applicable
requirements. A cardholder
may renew the cardholder's | 117 |
identification card within
ninety days prior to the day on which | 118 |
it expires by filing an
application and paying the prescribed fee | 119 |
in accordance with section 4507.50
of the Revised Code. | 120 |
When a cardholder applies for a duplicate or obtains a | 140 |
replacement identification card, the cardholder shall
pay a fee of | 141 |
two dollars
and fifty cents. A deputy registrar shall be allowed | 142 |
an
additional fee of
threetwo dollars
and seventy-five cents | 143 |
commencing on July 1, 2001,
three dollars and twenty-five cents | 144 |
commencing on January 1, 2003,
and three dollars and fifty cents | 145 |
commencing on January 1, 2004,
for
issuing a duplicate or | 146 |
replacement identification card.
A
disabled veteran who is a | 147 |
cardholder and has a
service-connected
disability rated at one | 148 |
hundred per cent by
the veterans'
administration may apply to
the | 149 |
registrar or a deputy registrar
for the issuance of a
duplicate or | 150 |
replacement identification card
without payment of
any fee | 151 |
prescribed in this section, and without
payment of any
lamination | 152 |
fee if the disabled veteran would not be
required to
pay a | 153 |
lamination fee in connection with the issuance
of an | 154 |
identification card or temporary identification card as
provided | 155 |
in division (B) of section
4507.50 of the Revised
Code. | 156 |
The foregoing appropriation item 100-451, Minority
Affairs, | 188 |
shall be used to establish minority affairs programs within the | 189 |
Equal Opportunity Division. The office shall provide an
access | 190 |
point and official representation to multi-cultural
communities; | 191 |
research and reports on multi-cultural issues; and
educational, | 192 |
governmental, and other services that foster
multi-cultural | 193 |
opportunities and understanding in the state of
Ohio. | 194 |
TheIf the director determines that unspent and unobligated | 203 |
cash balances in the General Revenue Fund are sufficient to do so, | 204 |
the Director of Budget and Management, at the request of the | 205 |
Director of Development, may
transferincrease by up to $25 | 206 |
million
in
unobligated, unspent GRF appropriations over the | 207 |
biennium
toappropriations in existing GRF appropriation items or | 208 |
new appropriation items created by the Director of Budget and | 209 |
Management for the
Department of Development to support
GRF-funded | 210 |
economic
development projects for which appropriations would not | 211 |
otherwise
be available.
The amounts transferredSuch increases are | 212 |
hereby appropriated. | 213 |
Notwithstanding sections 1555.08 and 1555.15 of the Revised | 215 |
Code, on July 1, 2001, or as soon as possible thereafter, the | 216 |
Director of Budget and Management shall transfer all cash in the | 217 |
Coal Research and Development Fund (Fund 046), which represents | 218 |
investment earnings of that fund previously credited to that fund, | 219 |
to the General Revenue Fund. | 220 |
the Director of Budget and
Management shall
transfer | 222 |
$76,156,175 from Fund 3W6, TANF
Education, to the General Revenue | 223 |
Fund.
the Director of Budget and Management
shall transfer | 224 |
$98,843,825 from Fund 3W6, TANF Education, to the General
Revenue | 225 |
Fund. The transferred funds are appropriated for the
appropriation | 226 |
item 200-406, Head Start. The foregoing appropriation item | 227 |
200-406, Head Start, includes transferred funds of $76,156,175 in | 228 |
fiscal year 2002 and $98,843,825 in fiscal year 2003. | 229 |
ThePursuant to the interagency agreement entered into | 233 |
between the Department of Education and the Department of Job and | 234 |
Family Services under division (A)(2) of section 5101.801 of the | 235 |
Revised Code, the remainder of foregoing appropriation item | 236 |
200-406, Head
Start, shall
be distributed by
the Department of | 237 |
Education to Head
Start
agencies. A
"Head Start agency"
means an | 238 |
entity that has
been
approved to be an agency in accordance with | 239 |
Section
641 (42
U.S.C.
9836) of the Head Start Act and amendments | 240 |
thereto,
or an
entity
designated for state Head Start funding | 241 |
under
this section.
Participation in state-funded Head Start | 242 |
programs is voluntary. | 243 |
(A) In fiscal years 2002 and 2003, up to two per cent of the | 250 |
appropriation may be used by the department for administrative | 251 |
costs of complying with this section; developing program capacity; | 252 |
and
assisting programs
with facilities planning, construction, | 253 |
renovation, or lease agreements in
combination with the Community | 254 |
Development Finance Fund (CDFF). Up to
$1,530,000 in fiscal year | 255 |
2002 and up to $1,560,600 in fiscal year 2003 may be used
for the | 256 |
services of literacy specialist and
training in early literacy for | 257 |
Head Start classroom teachers and
administrators to support the | 258 |
OhioReads Initiative. | 259 |
In order to serve children whose families receive child care | 287 |
subsidy and whose incomes do not exceed 185 per cent of the | 288 |
federal poverty guidelines, Head Start grantees may enroll | 289 |
children whose families receive child care subsidy from the Ohio | 290 |
Department of Job and Family Services. Head Start grantees | 291 |
providing full-day, full-year comprehensive services, or otherwise | 292 |
meeting the child care needs of working families, may partner with | 293 |
child care centers or family day care homes or may access child | 294 |
care subsidy directly. This provision is to meet the child care | 295 |
needs of low-income families who are working, in training or | 296 |
education programs, or participating in Ohio Works First
appproved | 297 |
approved
activities. | 298 |
(D) After setting aside amounts to make any payments due | 299 |
from the prior
fiscal year,
pursuant to the interagency agreement, | 300 |
in fiscal years 2002 and 2003, funds
shall only be distributed
to | 301 |
recipients of Head Start funds
during
the preceding fiscal year. | 302 |
Awards under
this
division shall be
based on a per-pupil formula | 303 |
prescribed by the Department of
Education and may
be adjusted for | 304 |
one-time
start-up costs, actual
months of program
operation, or | 305 |
the number of children enrolled
and
receiving services, as defined | 306 |
by the Department of Education,
reported during the first full | 307 |
week of
December, and may be
increased by a reasonable percentage | 308 |
for
inflation to be
determined by the
Department of Education and | 309 |
in
accordance with
this section.
ThePursuant to the interagency | 310 |
agreement, the department may redistribute
dollars to programs | 311 |
demonstrating an unmet
need based on updated
assessments of family | 312 |
needs and community resources. In fiscal
years 2002 and 2003, the | 313 |
department may authorize recipients to
carry over
funds to the | 314 |
subsequent fiscal year. | 315 |
TheIn accordance with the interagency agreement, the | 316 |
department may reallocate unobligated or unspent money to | 317 |
participating
Head Start agencies for: (1) facilities planning | 318 |
grants and to leverage construction, renovation, or lease | 319 |
agreements and for repair of critical deferred maintenance and | 320 |
safety items in combination with the CDFF; (2) teacher | 321 |
professional development and enhanced compensation in order to | 322 |
meet the requirements of section 3301.311 of the Revised Code; (3) | 323 |
meeting the documentation and reporting requirements and for | 324 |
technical support in accordance with division (F) of this section; | 325 |
and (4)
expansion, improvement, or special
projects to promote | 326 |
excellence
and innovation. | 327 |
All recipients of funds shall maintain such fiscal control | 332 |
and
accounting procedures as may be necessary to ensure the | 333 |
disbursement of, and accounting for, these funds
in accordance | 334 |
with section 5101.801 of the Revised Code. The control of
funds | 335 |
provided in this program, and title to property obtained | 336 |
therefrom, shall be under the authority of the approved recipient | 337 |
for purposes provided in the program. The approved recipient | 338 |
shall
administer and use such property and funds for the purposes | 339 |
specified. | 340 |
The
departmentDepartment of Education shall require | 364 |
corrective plans of action for
programs not achieving target | 365 |
levels or financial and program
standards.
Action plans shall | 366 |
include activities to
be conducted
by the grantee and timelines | 367 |
for activities to be completed and
timelines for additional data | 368 |
submission to the department
demonstrating
targets have been met. | 369 |
The Policy Council
chairperson and the appropriate
grantee board | 370 |
official shall sign
the corrective plans of action. | 371 |
(G) The department shall develop prekindergarten reading and | 379 |
mathematics content standards and model curricula. These | 380 |
standards and curricula shall be made available to grantees. Head | 381 |
Start grantees delegate agencies, and child care partners shall | 382 |
document child
progress, using a common instrument prescribed by | 383 |
the department,
and report results annually. The department shall | 384 |
determine the
dates for documenting and reporting. | 385 |
(H) New agencies may be designated for state Head Start | 386 |
funding if a Head Start agency voluntarily waives its right for | 387 |
funding or is de-funded based on performance. In either event, | 388 |
the grantee and delegate shall transfer
control of title to | 389 |
property, equipment, and remaining supplies
obtained through this | 390 |
program to the newly designated grantee and
return any unexpended | 391 |
funds to the department along with any
reports prescribed by the | 392 |
department. | 393 |
(J) The Department of Education shall comply with all TANF | 401 |
requirements,
including reporting requirements and timelines, as | 402 |
specified in state and
federal laws, federal regulations, state | 403 |
rules, and the Title IV-A state
plan, and is responsible for | 404 |
payment of any adverse audit finding, final
disallowance of | 405 |
federal financial participation, or other sanction or
penalty | 406 |
issued by the federal government or other entity concerning these | 407 |
funds.
Having met all of the above requirements, the Department | 408 |
shall have the authority to administer these funds in accordance | 409 |
with its own rules and guidelines, including grant administration | 410 |
procedures.The interagency agreement between the Department of | 411 |
Education and the Department of Job and Family Services shall | 412 |
establish conditions for the reimbursement of allowable Title IV-A | 413 |
funds as specified in 42 U.S.C.A. 604(a), except that they may not | 414 |
be "assistance" as defined in 45 C.F.R. 260.31(a). The benefits | 415 |
and services shall be benefits and services that 45 C.F.R. | 416 |
260.31(b) excludes from the definition of "assistance." The | 417 |
interagency agreement also shall require that Head Start agencies | 418 |
comply with requirements of Title IV-A of the "Social Security | 419 |
Act," 49 Stat. 620 (1935), 42 U.S.C. 301, as amended, including | 420 |
eligibility of individuals, reporting requirements, allowable | 421 |
benefits and services, use of funds, and audit requirements, as | 422 |
specified in state and federal laws, federal regulations, state | 423 |
rules, federal office of management and budget circulars, and the | 424 |
Title IV-A state plan. The Department of Education shall be | 425 |
responsible for assuring that all Title IV-A funds are used solely | 426 |
for purposes allowable under federal regulations, section 5101.801 | 427 |
of the Revised Code, and the Title IV-A state plan. | 428 |
The foregoing appropriation item 200-511, Auxiliary
Services, | 446 |
shall be used by the State Board of Education for the
purpose of | 447 |
implementing section 3317.06 of the Revised Code. Of
the | 448 |
appropriation, up to $1,250,000 in fiscal year 2002 and up to | 449 |
$1,500,000 in fiscal year 2003 may be used for payment of the | 450 |
Post-Secondary Enrollment
Options Program for nonpublic students | 451 |
pursuant to section
3365.10 of the Revised Code. | 452 |
The foregoing appropriation item 200-513, Student | 454 |
Intervention Services,
shall be used to assist districts
providing | 455 |
the intervention services specified in section 3313.608 of the | 456 |
Revised Code.
The Department of Education
shall establish | 457 |
guidelines for the use and distribution of these moneys
in | 458 |
accordance with the interagency agreement entered into between the | 459 |
Department of Education and the Department of Job and Family | 460 |
Services under division (A)(2) of section 5101.801 of the Revised | 461 |
Code. School
districts receiving funds from this appropriation | 462 |
shall report to
the Department of Education on how funds were | 463 |
used. | 464 |
the
Director of Budget and
Management
shall transfer | 465 |
$35,000,000 from Fund 3W6, TANF
Education, to the General
Revenue | 466 |
Fund. The transferred funds are
appropriated for the
appropriation | 467 |
item 200-513, Student
Intervention Services. The foregoing | 468 |
appropriation item
200-513,
Student Intervention Services, | 469 |
includes transferred funds of
$35,000,000 in fiscal year 2003. | 470 |
The Department of Education shall comply with all TANF | 471 |
requirements,
including reporting requirements and timelines, as | 472 |
specified in state and
federal laws, federal regulations, state | 473 |
rules, and the Title IV-A state
plan, and is responsible for | 474 |
payment of any adverse audit finding, final
disallowance of | 475 |
federal financial participation, or other sanction or
penalty | 476 |
issued by the federal government or other entity concerning these | 477 |
funds. | 478 |
The interagency agreement between the Department of Education | 479 |
and the Department of Job and Family Services shall establish | 480 |
conditions for the reimbursement of allowable Title IV-A funds as | 481 |
specified in 42 U.S.C.A. 604(a), except that they may not be | 482 |
"assistance" as defined in 45 C.F.R. 260.31(a). The benefits and | 483 |
services shall be benefits and services that 45 C.F.R. 260.31(b) | 484 |
excludes from the definition of "assistance." The interagency | 485 |
agreement also shall require that school districts receiving funds | 486 |
from this appropriation comply with requirements of Title IV-A of | 487 |
the "Social Security Act," 49 Stat 620 (1935), 42 U.S.C. 301, as | 488 |
amended, including eligibility of individuals, reporting | 489 |
requirements, allowable benefits and services, use of funds, and | 490 |
audit requirements, as specified in state and federal laws, | 491 |
federal regulations, state rules, federal office of management and | 492 |
budget circulars, and the Title IV-A state plan. The Department | 493 |
of Education shall be responsible for assuring that all Title IV-A | 494 |
funds are used solely for purposes allowable under federal | 495 |
regulations, section 5101.801 of the Revised Code, and the Title | 496 |
IV-A state plan. | 497 |
Of the foregoing appropriation item 200-514, | 504 |
Post-Secondary/Adult Career-Technical Education, up to $500,000
in | 505 |
each
fiscal year shall be allocated for the Ohio Career | 506 |
Information
System (OCIS) and used for the dissemination of
career | 507 |
information
data to public schools, libraries, rehabilitation | 508 |
centers, two-
and four-year colleges and universities, and other | 509 |
governmental
units. | 510 |
The foregoing appropriation item 200-520, Disadvantaged
Pupil | 516 |
Impact Aid, shall be distributed to school districts according to | 517 |
section
3317.029 of the Revised Code.
However, no money shall be | 518 |
distributed for all-day kindergarten to any school district whose | 519 |
three-year
average formula ADM exceeds 17,500 but whose DPIA index | 520 |
is not at least equal
to 1.00 in each fiscal year, unless the | 521 |
Department of Education
certifies that
sufficient funds
exist in | 522 |
this appropriation to
make all other
payments required by section | 523 |
3317.029 of the
Revised Code. | 524 |
Of the foregoing appropriation item 200-520, Disadvantaged | 538 |
Pupil Impact Aid,
up to $3,200,000 in fiscal year 2002 and up to | 539 |
$3,300,000 in fiscal year 2003
shall be used for school breakfast | 540 |
programs. Of these amounts, up to
$500,000
shall be used each | 541 |
year by the Department of Education to provide start-up
grants to | 542 |
rural school districts and to school districts with less than | 543 |
1,500
ADM that start school breakfast programs. The
remainder of | 544 |
the appropriation shall be used to: (1) partially
reimburse | 545 |
school buildings within school districts that are required to have | 546 |
a
school breakfast program pursuant to section 3313.813 of the | 547 |
Revised Code, at
a rate decided by the department, for each | 548 |
breakfast served to any pupil
enrolled in the district; (2) | 549 |
partially reimburse districts participating in
the National School | 550 |
Lunch Program that have at least 20 per cent of students
who are | 551 |
eligible for free and reduced meals according to federal | 552 |
standards, at
a rate decided by the department; and (3) to | 553 |
partially reimburse
districts participating in the National School | 554 |
Lunch Program for breakfast
served to children eligible for free | 555 |
and reduced meals enrolled in the
district, at a rate decided by | 556 |
the department. | 557 |
Of the portion of the funds distributed to the Cleveland City | 558 |
School
District under section 3317.029 of the Revised Code | 559 |
calculated under division (F)(2) of that section, up to | 560 |
$14,903,943 in fiscal year 2002 and up to $18,066,820 in fiscal | 561 |
year 2003
shall be used to operate the pilot school
choice program | 562 |
in the Cleveland City School District pursuant to sections | 563 |
3313.974 to 3313.979 of the Revised Code. | 564 |
Of the foregoing appropriation item 600-689, TANF Block | 571 |
Grant, the Department of Job and Family Services may provide | 572 |
financial
incentives to those
county departments of job and family | 573 |
services
that have exceeded performance standards
adopted by the | 574 |
state
department, and where the board of county commissioners
has | 575 |
entered into a written agreement with the state department under | 576 |
section
5101.21 of the Revised Code governing the administration | 577 |
of the county
department. Any financial incentive funds provided | 578 |
pursuant to this division
shall be used by the county department | 579 |
for additional or enhanced
services for families eligible for | 580 |
assistance under Chapter 5107. or benefits and services under | 581 |
Chapter 5108. of
the Revised Code or, on request by the county and | 582 |
approval by the Department
of Job
and Family Services, be | 583 |
transferred to the Child Care and Development
Fund
or the Social | 584 |
Services Block Grant. The county departments
of job and family | 585 |
services
may retain and expend
such funds without regard
to the | 586 |
state or county fiscal year in which the
financial
incentives were | 587 |
earned or paid. Each county department of job and family
services | 588 |
shall file an annual report with the Department of
Job and
Family | 589 |
Services providing detailed information on the
expenditure of | 590 |
these
financial
incentives and an evaluation of the
effectiveness | 591 |
of the county department's
use of these funds in
achieving | 592 |
self-sufficiency for families eligible for
assistance
under | 593 |
Chapter 5107. or benefits and services under Chapter 5108. of the | 594 |
Revised Code. | 595 |
Of the foregoing appropriation item 600-689, TANF Block | 597 |
Grant, $19,500,000 in each fiscal year shall be allocated by the | 598 |
Department of Job and Family Services to the counties according to | 599 |
the allocation formula established in division (D) of section | 600 |
5101.14 of the Revised Code. Of the funds allocated to each | 601 |
county, up to half may be used for contract
services for unruly | 602 |
and misdemeanant diversionary programs. | 603 |
The remaining funds not allocated for use in juvenile | 604 |
diversion activities may be used by the county for other contract | 605 |
child welfare services. In counties with
separate departments of | 606 |
job and family services and public
children services agencies, the | 607 |
county department of job and
family services shall serve as a pass | 608 |
through to the public
children services agencies for these funds. | 609 |
Separate public
children services agencies receiving such funds | 610 |
shall comply with
all TANF requirements, including reporting | 611 |
requirements and
timelines, as specified in state and federal | 612 |
laws, federal
regulations, state rules, and the Title IV-A state | 613 |
plan, and are
responsible for payment of any adverse audit | 614 |
finding, final
disallowance of federal financial participation, or | 615 |
other sanction
or penalty issued by the federal government or | 616 |
other entity
concerning these funds. | 617 |
Of the foregoing appropriation item 600-689, TANF Block | 624 |
Grant, up to $3 million in each fiscal year shall be allocated by | 625 |
the Department of Job and Family Services to county departments of | 626 |
job and family services for the purpose of making allocations to | 627 |
local public children services agencies to provide services in the | 628 |
Kinship Navigation program. The allocation to county departments | 629 |
of job and family services shall be based on the number of Ohio | 630 |
works first cases in the county, and the number of children | 631 |
seventeen years of age or younger in the county. The Department of | 632 |
Job and Family Services shall develop an appropriate method of | 633 |
reallocating these funds in each fiscal year among the county | 634 |
deparmentsdepartments of job and family services, if they would | 635 |
otherwise be
unspent. | 636 |
From the foregoing appropriation item 600-689, TANF Block | 638 |
Grant, up to $1,000,000 in each fiscal year shall be used to | 639 |
support capacity-building efforts among faith-based organizations, | 640 |
for the purpose of providing allowable services to TANF-eligible | 641 |
individuals. Organizations receiving these funds shall comply | 642 |
with all TANF requirements, and shall agree with the Department of | 643 |
Job and Family Services on reporting requirements to be | 644 |
incorporated into the grant agreement. | 645 |
the
Director of Budget and
Management shall transfer | 647 |
$35,000,000 in appropriation authority
from appropriation item | 648 |
600-689, TANF Block Grant (Fund 3V6), to
Fund 3W6, TANF Education, | 649 |
in the Department of Education, which is
created in the State | 650 |
Treasury. The transferred funds shall be
used for the purpose of | 651 |
providing allowable services to
TANF-eligible individuals. | 652 |
the
Director of Budget and
Management shall transfer | 653 |
$76,156,175 from Fund 3V6, TANF Block
Grant, to Fund 3W6, TANF | 654 |
Education, in the Department of
Education.
the
Director of
Budget | 655 |
and Management shall transfer $98,843,825 from Fund 3V6,
TANF | 656 |
Block Grant, to Fund 3W6, TANF Education, in the Department
of | 657 |
Education. The transferred funds shall be used for the purpose
of | 658 |
providing allowable services to TANF-eligible individuals. The | 659 |
Department of Education shall comply with all TANF requirements, | 660 |
including reporting requirements and timelines, as specified in | 661 |
state and federal laws, federal regulations, state rules, and the | 662 |
Title IV-A state plan, and is responsible for payment of any | 663 |
adverse audit finding, final disallowance of federal financial | 664 |
participation, or other sanction or penalty issued by the federal | 665 |
government or other entity concerning these funds. | 666 |
There is hereby established the Title IV-A Education Program | 667 |
to be administered by the Department of Education in accordance | 668 |
with an interagency agreement entered into with the Department of | 669 |
Job and Family Services under division (A)(2) of section 5101.801 | 670 |
of the Revised Code. The program shall provide benefits and | 671 |
services to TANF eligible individuals with incomes at or below 200 | 672 |
per cent of the federal poverty guidelines under a Title IV-A | 673 |
program pursuant to the requirements of section 5101.801 of the | 674 |
Revised Code. Upon approval by the Department of Job and Family | 675 |
Services, the Department of Education shall adopt policies and | 676 |
procedures establishing program requirements for eligibility, | 677 |
services, fiscal accountability, and other criteria necessary to | 678 |
comply with the provisions of Title IV-A of the "Social Security | 679 |
Act," 49 Stat. 620 (1935), 42 U.S.C. 301, as amended. | 680 |
The Department of Job and Family Services shall reimburse the | 681 |
General Revenue Fund through intrastate transfer vouchers for | 682 |
allowable Title IV-A Head Start expenditures reported by the | 683 |
Department of Education in fiscal year 2002 by amounts up to | 684 |
$76,156,175 from Fund 3V6, TANF Block Grant, and in fiscal year | 685 |
2003, up to $98,843,825 from Fund 3V6, TANF Block Grant. The | 686 |
Department of Job and Family Services shall reimburse the General | 687 |
Revenue Fund through intrastate transfer vouchers for allowable | 688 |
Title IV-A student intervention services expenditures in fiscal | 689 |
year 2003 up to $35,000,000 from Fund 3V6, TANF Block Grant. | 690 |
There is hereby
established the Title
IV-A Adult Literacy and | 693 |
Child Reading
Program to be administered by the
county departments | 694 |
of job and
family services in accordance with division
(B)(1) of | 695 |
section
5101.801 of the Revised Code. The program shall provide | 696 |
benefits
and services to TANF-eligible individuals with incomes at | 697 |
or below
200 per cent of the federal poverty guidelines under a | 698 |
Title IV-A
program
pursuant to the requirements of section | 699 |
5101.801 of the
Revised Code. The
county departments of job and | 700 |
family services
shall ensure program
requirements for eligibility, | 701 |
services,
fiscal accountability, and other
criteria necessary to | 702 |
comply with
the provisions of Title IV-A of the
"Social Security | 703 |
Act," 110
Stat. 2113 (1996), 42 U.S.C. 601, as amended, and
ensure | 704 |
that
benefits and services are allowable uses of federal Title | 705 |
IV-A
funds as specified in 42 U.S.C.A. 604(a), except that they | 706 |
may not
be
"assistance" as defined in 45 C.F.R. 260.31(a). The | 707 |
benefits
and services
shall be benefits and services that 45 | 708 |
C.F.R.
260.31(b) excludes from the
definition of "assistance." | 709 |
From the foregoing appropriation item 600-689, TANF Block
Grant, | 710 |
up to
$5,000,000 in each fiscal year shall be used to
support | 711 |
local adult literacy
and child reading programs. | 712 |
In each fiscal year, the Director of Job and Family Services | 714 |
shall provide $100,500 from appropriation item 600-689, TANF Block | 715 |
Grant, to the
HamilitonHamilton County Department of Job and | 716 |
Family
Services to contract with the Talbert House for the purpose | 717 |
of
providing allowable services to TANF-eligible individuals with | 718 |
incomes at or below 200 per cent of the federal poverty | 719 |
guidelines. The contract between the
Hamilton County Department | 720 |
of Job and Family Services and the
Talbert House shall establish | 721 |
conditions for the reimbursement of
allowable Title IV-A | 722 |
expenditures for services that are allowable
uses of federal Title | 723 |
IV-A
funds as specified in 42 U.S.C.A.
604(a), except that they | 724 |
may not be
"assistance" as defined in 45
C.F.R. 260.31(a). The | 725 |
benefits and services
shall be benefits and
services that 45 | 726 |
C.F.R. 260.31(b) excludes from the
definition of
"assistance."
The | 727 |
contract shall also require Talbert House to
comply with | 728 |
requirements of Title IV-A of the "Social Security
Act," 110
Stat. | 729 |
2113 (1996), 42 U.S.C. 601, as amended, including
eligibility of | 730 |
individuals, reporting requirements, allowable
benefits and | 731 |
services, use of
funds, and audit requirements, as
specified in | 732 |
state and federal laws,
federal regulations, state
rules, federal | 733 |
Office of Management and Budget
circulars, and the
Title IV-A | 734 |
state plan. | 735 |
In each fiscal year, the Director of Job and Family Services | 737 |
shall provide $1,000,000 from appropriation item 600-689, TANF | 738 |
Block
Grant, to the Montgomery County Department of Job and Family | 739 |
Services to be used to support the Out-of-School Youth Project in | 740 |
Montgomery County for the purpose of providing allowable services | 741 |
to TANF-eligible individuals. The Montgomery County Department of | 742 |
Job and Family Services and the Sinclair Community College shall | 743 |
comply with all TANF requirements, including reporting | 744 |
requirements and timelines, as specified in state and federal | 745 |
laws, federal regulations, state rules, and the Title IV-A state | 746 |
plan. | 747 |
From the foregoing appropriation item 600-689, TANF Block | 749 |
Grant, the Director of Job and Family Services shall provide up to | 750 |
$15,000,000 to be awarded to the county
departments of job and | 751 |
family services in the twenty-nine
Appalachian counties, | 752 |
contingent upon passage of H.B. 6 of the
124th General Assembly. | 753 |
These funds shall be used by the county
departments of job and | 754 |
family services in coordination with the
Governor's Office of | 755 |
Appalachia, the Governor's Regional Economic
Office, and local | 756 |
development districts. These funds shall be
used for the | 757 |
following activities: workforce development and
supportive | 758 |
services; economic development; technology expansion,
technical | 759 |
assistance, and training; youth job training;
organizational | 760 |
development for workforce development partners; and
improving | 761 |
existing technology centers, workforce development, job
creation | 762 |
and retention, purchasing technology, and technology and | 763 |
technology infrastructure upgrades. | 764 |
As a condition on the use of these funds, each county | 765 |
department of job and family services shall submit a plan for the | 766 |
intended use of these funds to the Department of Job and Family | 767 |
Services. The plan shall also be reviewed by the Governor's Office | 768 |
of Appalachia, the Governor's Regional Economic Office, and local | 769 |
development districts. Also as a condition on the use of these | 770 |
funds, each county and contract agency shall acknowledge that | 771 |
these funds are a one-time allocation, not intended to fund | 772 |
services beyond September 30, 2002. | 773 |
The Director of Budget and Management shall transfer by | 788 |
intrastate voucher, no later than the fifteenth day of July of | 789 |
each fiscal year, cash from the General Revenue Fund, | 790 |
appropriation item 600-410, TANF State, to General Services Fund | 791 |
5C1 in the Department of Health, in an amount of $250,000 in each | 792 |
fiscal year for the purpose of family planning services for | 793 |
children or their families whose income is at or below 200 per | 794 |
cent of the official poverty guideline. | 795 |
Upon the request of the Department of Job and Family | 811 |
Services, the Director
of Budget and Management may seek | 812 |
Controlling Board approval to increase
appropriations in | 813 |
appropriation item 600-689, TANF Block Grant, provided
sufficient | 814 |
Federal TANF Block Grant funds exist to do so, without any | 815 |
corresponding decrease in other appropriation items. The | 816 |
Department of Job
and Family Services shall provide the Office of | 817 |
Budget and Management and
the Controlling Board with documentation | 818 |
to support the need for the
increased appropriation. | 819 |
All transfers of moneys from or charges against TANF Federal | 820 |
Block
Grant awards for use in the Social Services Block Grant or | 821 |
the Child Care
and Development Block
Grant from either unobligated | 822 |
prior year appropriation authority in appropriation item
400-411, | 823 |
TANF Federal Block Grant, or 600-411, TANF Federal Block Grant, or | 824 |
from fiscal
year 2002 and fiscal year 2003
appropriation authority | 825 |
in item 600-689, TANF Block Grant, shall be done ten days after | 826 |
the Department of Job and Family Services gives written notice to | 827 |
the Office of Budget and Management.
The Department of Job
and | 828 |
Family Services
shall first provide the
Office of Budget and | 829 |
Management with
documentation to
support the
need for such | 830 |
transfers or charges
for use in the Social Services
Block Grant or | 831 |
in the Child Care and
Development Block Grant. | 832 |
The Department of Job and
Family Services shall in each | 833 |
fiscal year of the biennium transfer
the maximum amount of funds | 834 |
from the federal TANF Block Grant to
the federal Social Services | 835 |
Block Grant as permitted under federal
law. Not later than July | 836 |
15, 2001, the Department of Job and Family Services shall draw | 837 |
$60,000,000 in receipts from TANF funds that were transferred into | 838 |
the Social Services Block Grant into State Special
Revenue Fund | 839 |
5Q8, in the Office of Budget
and Management. Not
later than June | 840 |
1, 2002, the Director of
Budget and Management
shall determine the | 841 |
amount of funds in State
Special Revenue Fund
5Q8 that is needed | 842 |
for the purpose of
balancing the General
Revenue Fund, and may | 843 |
transfer that amount
to the General Revenue
Fund. Not later than | 844 |
June 1, 2003, the
Director of Budget and Management shall | 845 |
determine the amount of
funds in State Special Revenue Fund 5Q8 | 846 |
that is needed for the
purpose of balancing the General Revenue | 847 |
Fund, and may transfer
that amount to the General Revenue Fund. | 848 |
Any moneys remaining in
State Special Revenue Fund
5Q8 on June 15, | 849 |
2003, shall be
transferred not later than June 20,
2003, to Fund | 850 |
3V6, TANF Block
Grant, in the Department of Job and
Family | 851 |
Services. | 852 |
Before the thirtieth day of September of each fiscal year, | 853 |
the Department of Job and Family
Services shall file claims with | 854 |
the United States Department of
Health and Human Services for | 855 |
reimbursement for all allowable
expenditures for services provided | 856 |
by the Department of Job and
Family Services, or other agencies | 857 |
that may qualify for Social
Services Block Grant funding pursuant | 858 |
to Title XX of the Social
Security Act. The Department of Job and | 859 |
Family Services shall deposit, into Fund
5E6, State Option Food | 860 |
Stamps, $6 million, into Fund 5P4, TANF
Child Welfare, $7.5 | 861 |
million, into Fund 3W5, Health Care
Services,
$500,000, into Fund | 862 |
3W8, Hippy Program, $62,500, and
into Fund
3W9, Adoption | 863 |
Connection, $50,000 and
deposit in fiscal
year 2002,
into Fund | 864 |
3W2,
Title XX Vocational
Rehabilitation,
$600,000, into
Fund 162 | 865 |
in the Department of Natural Resources, $7,885,349, and
into Fund | 866 |
3W3, Adult Special Needs, $4,720,227 in receipts from TANF
Block | 867 |
Grant funds credited
to the
Social
Services Block Grant. On | 868 |
verification of the
receipt of
the above
revenue, the funds | 869 |
provided by these
transfers shall be
used as
follows: | 870 |
Section 6. This act is hereby declared to be an emergency | 904 |
measure
necessary for the immediate preservation of the public | 905 |
peace,
health, and safety. The necessity occurs because errors in | 906 |
Am.
Sub. H.B. 94 of the 124th General Assembly, the recently | 907 |
enacted
biennial operating budget measure, need to be cured at the | 908 |
earliest possible time in order to prevent or remedy legislatively | 909 |
unintended results. Therefore, this act shall go into
immediate | 910 |
effect. | 911 |