Terms Used In Ohio Code 5104.07

• Child: includes an infant, toddler, preschool-age child, or school-age child. See Ohio Code 5104.01
• Child care: means all of the following:

  (1) Administering to the needs of infants, toddlers, preschool-age children, and school-age children outside of school hours;

  (2) By persons other than their parents, guardians, or custodians;

  (3) For part of the twenty-four-hour day;

  (4) In a place other than a child's own home, except that an in-home aide provides child care in the child's own home;

  (5) By a provider required by this chapter to be licensed or approved by the department of job and family services, certified by a county department of job and family services, or under contract with the department to provide publicly funded child care as described in section 5104. See Ohio Code 5104.01

• Child care resource and referral service organization: means a community-based nonprofit organization that provides child care resource and referral services but not child care. See Ohio Code 5104.01
• Child care resource and referral services: means all of the following services:

  (1) Maintenance of a uniform data base of all child care providers in the community that are in compliance with this chapter, including current occupancy and vacancy data;

  (2) Provision of individualized consumer education to families seeking child care;

  (3) Provision of timely referrals of available child care providers to families seeking child care;

  (4) Recruitment of child care providers;

  (5) Assistance in developing, conducting, and disseminating training for child care professionals and provision of technical assistance to current and potential child care providers, employers, and the community;

  (6) Collection and analysis of data on the supply of and demand for child care in the community;

  (7) Technical assistance concerning locally, state, and federally funded child care and early childhood education programs;

  (8) Stimulation of employer involvement in making child care more affordable, more available, safer, and of higher quality for their employees and for the community;

  (9) Provision of written educational materials to caretaker parents and informational resources to child care providers;

  (10) Coordination of services among child care resource and referral service organizations to assist in developing and maintaining a statewide system of child care resource and referral services if required by the department of job and family services;

  (11) Cooperation with the county department of job and family services in encouraging the establishment of parent cooperative child care centers and parent cooperative type A family child care homes. See Ohio Code 5104.01

• Publicly funded child care: means administering to the needs of infants, toddlers, preschool-age children, and school-age children under age thirteen during any part of the twenty-four-hour day by persons other than their caretaker parents for remuneration wholly or in part with federal or state funds, including funds available under the child care block grant act, Title IV-A, and Title XX, distributed by the department of job and family services. See Ohio Code 5104.01
• state: means the state of Ohio. See Ohio Code 1.59