5101:2-16-30 Eligibility requirements for receipt of publicly funded child care benefits.

 

 

 

 

PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE

OHIO DEPARTMENT OF JOB AND FAMILY SERVICES

 

DATE:                       May 9, 2013

TIME:                        10:00 A.M.

LOCATION:               Room 1865, Rhodes State Office Tower

30 East Broad St., Columbus, Ohio 43215

 

Pursuant to sections 5104.34, and 5104.38 and Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, the director of the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services gives notice of the department's intent to consider the, amendment, of the rules as identified below and of a public hearing thereon.

 

Rule 5101:2-16-30 "Eligibility Requirements for Receipt of Publicly Funded Child Care Benefits" is being amended to clarify the federal poverty levels for initial, transitional, and ongoing eligibility and to remove the appendix containing the income standards by family size. This information will now be issued annually via a procedure letter. This rule is also being amended to include new language to clarify requirements

for basic education activities, qualified alien status and the process for verifying a child's citizenship due to recent federal changes.

 

Rule 5101:2-16-39 "Copayment for Publicly Funded Child Care Benefits" is being amended to revise language and to update the weekly copayment appendix based on the 2013 federal poverty level.

 

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 and Acquisition Services, 30 East Broad Street, 31st Floor, Columbus, Ohio 43215-3414, by fax at [phone], or by e-mail at [e-mail].