The department of job and family services, in consultation with the Ohio child welfare training program steering committee, shall designate training regions in the state. The department, at times it selects, shall review the composition of the training regions. The committee, at times it selects, shall also review the training regions’ composition and provide the department recommendations on changes. The department may change the composition of the training regions as the department considers necessary.

The department may make a grant to a public children services agency that establishes and maintains a regional training center under this section for the purpose of wholly or partially subsidizing the operation of the center. The department shall specify in the grant all of the center’s duties, including the duties specified in section 5103.42 of the Revised Code.