5101:2-17-01 "Step Up To Quality" (SUTQ): program standards.

 

 

 

PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE

OHIO DEPARTMENT OF JOB AND FAMILY SERVICES

 

DATE:           Wednesday, February 18, 2009

TIME:              10:00 a.m.

LOCATION: Rm. 3110B, Rhodes State Office Tower 30 East Broad St., Columbus, Ohio 43215

 

Pursuant to section 5104.30 and Chapter 119. of the Ohio Revised Code, the director of the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services gives notice of the department's intent to consider the adoption of the rules as identified below as a result of legislative requirements and of a public hearing thereon.

 

Rule 5101:2-17-01 Application and eligibility for Step Up To Quality (SUTQ) and appendices are being proposed to outline application and eligibility requirements for licensed child care programs.

 

Rule 5101:2-17-02 Step Up To Quality (SUTQ) Verification Visits is being proposed to outline the components of the verification visit process and timelines and instances when the ODJFS shall be notified by the licensed child care program due to changes.

 

Rule 5101:2-17-03 Step Up To Quality (SUTQ) Appeals is being proposed to provide the appeal process and reasons the licensed child care program can appeal to ODJFS.

 

A copy of the proposed rules is available, without charge, to any person affected by the rules at the address listed below.  The rules are also available on the internet at http://www.registerofohio.state.oh.us/. A public hearing on the proposed rules will be held at the date, time, and location listed at the top of this notice.  Either written or oral testimony will be taken at the public hearing. Additionally, written comments submitted or postmarked no later than the date of the public hearing will be treated as testimony.

 

Requests for a copy of the proposed rules or comments on the rules should be submitted by mail to the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services, Office of Legal Services, 30 East Broad Street, 31st Floor, Columbus, Ohio 43215, by fax at (614)

752-8298, or by e-mail at: [e-mail].