A county department of job and family services may establish a program to encourage the organization of parent cooperative child care centers and parent cooperative type A family child care homes for recipients of publicly funded child care. A program established under this section may include any of the following:

Terms Used In Ohio Code 5104.301

  • 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 block grant act: means the "Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 2014" 128 Stat. 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

(A) Recruitment of parents interested in organizing a parent cooperative child care center or parent cooperative type A family child care home;

(B) Provision of technical assistance in organizing a parent cooperative child care center or parent cooperative type A family child care home;

(C) Assistance in the developing, conducting, and disseminating training for parents interested in organizing a parent cooperative child care center or parent cooperative type A family child care home.

A county department that implements a program under this section shall receive from funds available under the child care block grant act a five thousand dollar incentive payment for each parent cooperative child care center or parent cooperative type A family child care home organized pursuant to this section.

Parents of children enrolled in a parent cooperative child care center or parent cooperative type A family child care home pursuant to this section shall be required to work in the center or home a minimum of four hours per week.

The director of job and family services shall adopt rules governing the establishment and operation of programs under this section.

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