Ohio Code § 5104.07

§ 5104.07.

(A) The director of children and youth may prescribe additional requirements for licensing

child care centers or type A family child care homes that provide publicly funded

child care pursuant to this chapter and any rules adopted under it.  The director shall develop standards as required by federal laws and regulations

for child care programs supported by federal funds. (B)(1) The department of children and youth shall develop a statewide plan for child care

resource and referral services.  The plan shall be based upon the experiences of other states with respect to child

care resource and referral services, the experiences of communities in this state

that have child care resource and referral service organizations, and the needs of

communities in this state that do not have child care resource and referral service

organizations.  The plan shall be designed to ensure that child care resource and referral services

are available in each county in the state to families who need child care.  The department shall consider the special needs of migrant workers when it develops

the plan and shall include in the plan procedures designed to accommodate the needs

of migrant workers. (2) In addition to the requirements described in division (B)(1) of this section, the

plan shall include all of the following: (a) A description of the services that a child care resource and referral service organization

is required to provide to families who need child care; (b) The qualifications for a child care resource and referral service organization; (c) A description of the procedures for providing federal and state funding for county

or multicounty child care resource and referral service organizations; (d) A timetable for providing child care resource and referral services to all communities

in the state; (e) Uniform information gathering and reporting procedures that are designed to be used

in compatible computer systems; (f) Procedures for establishing statewide nonprofit technical assistance services to

coordinate uniform data collection and to publish reports on child care supply, demand,

and cost and to provide technical assistance to communities that do not have child

care resource and referral service organizations and to existing child care resource

and referral service organizations; (g) Requirements governing contracts entered into under division (C) of this section,

which may include limits on the percentage of funds distributed by the department

that may be used for the contracts. (C) Child care resource and referral service organizations receiving funds distributed

by the department may enter into contracts with local governmental entities, nonprofit

organizations including nonprofit organizations that provide child care, and individuals

under which the entities, organizations, or individuals may provide child care resource

and referral services in the community with those funds, if the contracts are submitted

to and approved by the department prior to execution.