Ohio Code 2151.90 – Definitions for sections 2151.90 to 2151.9011
(A) As used in sections 2151.90 to 2151.9011 of the Revised Code:
Terms Used In Ohio Code 2151.90
- Child: means a person who is under eighteen years of age, except that the juvenile court has jurisdiction over any person who is adjudicated an unruly child prior to attaining eighteen years of age until the person attains twenty-one years of age, and, for purposes of that jurisdiction related to that adjudication, a person who is so adjudicated an unruly child shall be deemed a "child" until the person attains twenty-one years of age. See Ohio Code 2151.011
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- Custodian: means a person who has legal custody of a child or a public children services agency or private child placing agency that has permanent, temporary, or legal custody of a child. See Ohio Code 2151.011
- Guardian: means a person, association, or corporation that is granted authority by a probate court pursuant to Chapter 2111 of the Revised Code to exercise parental rights over a child to the extent provided in the court's order and subject to the residual parental rights of the child's parents. See Ohio Code 2151.011
- Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
- Organization: means any institution, public, semipublic, or private, and any private association, society, or agency located or operating in the state, incorporated or unincorporated, having among its functions the furnishing of protective services or care for children, or the placement of children in certified foster homes or elsewhere. See Ohio Code 2151.011
- Person: means an individual, association, corporation, or partnership and the state or any of its political subdivisions, departments, or agencies. See Ohio Code 2151.011
- Private child placing agency: means any association, as defined in section 5103. See Ohio Code 2151.011
- Private noncustodial agency: means any person, organization, association, or society certified by the department of job and family services that does not accept temporary or permanent legal custody of children, that is privately operated in this state, and that does one or more of the following:
(a) Receives and cares for children for two or more consecutive weeks;
(b) Participates in the placement of children in certified foster homes;
(c) Provides adoption services in conjunction with a public children services agency or private child placing agency. See Ohio Code 2151.011
- state: means the state of Ohio. See Ohio Code 1.59
(1) “Host family” means any individual who provides care in the individual’s private residence for a child or single-family group, at the request of the child’s custodial parent, guardian, or legal custodian, under a host family agreement. The individual also may provide care for the individual’s own child or children. The term “host family” excludes a foster home.
(2) “Qualified organization” means a private association, organization, corporation, nonprofit, or other entity that is not a Title IV-E reimbursable setting and that has established a program that does all of the following:
(a) Provides resources and services to assist, support, and educate parents, host families, children, or any person hosting a child under a host family agreement on a temporary basis;
(b) Requires a criminal records check on the intended host family and all adults residing in the host family’s household;
(c) Requires a background check in the central registry of abuse and neglect of this state from the department of job and family services for the intended host family and all adults residing in the host family’s household;
(d) Ensures that the host family is trained on the rights, duties, responsibilities, and limitations as outlined in the host family agreement;
(e) Conduct in-home supervision of a child who is the subject of the host family agreement while the agreement is in force as follows:
(i) For hostings of fewer than thirty days, within two business days of placement and then at least once a week thereafter;
(ii) For hostings of thirty days but less than ninety days, within two business days of placement and then twice a month;
(iii) For hostings of ninety days or more, within two business days of placement and then an option for less frequent supervision, as determined in accordance with the best interests of the child.
(f) Plans for the return of the child who is the subject of the host family agreement to the child’s parents, guardian, or legal custodian.
“Qualified organization” excludes any entity that accepts public money intended for foster care or kinship care funding or the placement of children by a public children services agency, private noncustodial agency, or private child placing agency.
(3) “Temporary basis” means a period of time not to exceed one year, except as provided in section 2151.901 of the Revised Code.
(B) A child may be hosted by a host family only when all of the following conditions are satisfied:
(1) The hosting is done on a temporary basis.
(2) The hosting is done under a host family agreement entered into with a qualified organization’s assistance.
(3) Either one or both of the child’s parents, or the child’s guardian or legal custodian, are incarcerated, incapacitated, receiving medical, psychiatric, or psychological treatment, on active military service, or subject to other circumstances under which the hosting is appropriate.
(4) The host family provides care only to that child or only to a single-family group, in addition to the host family’s own child or children if applicable.