Ohio Code 5153.161 – Place for providing care
(A) As used in this section, “qualified nonrelative” means a nonrelative adult whom a child or the current custodial caretaker of a child identifies as having a familiar and longstanding relationship or bond with the child or the child’s family that will ensure the child’s social and cultural ties.
Terms Used In Ohio Code 5153.161
- Bond: includes an undertaking. See Ohio Code 1.02
- Certified foster home: means a foster home, as defined in section 5103. See Ohio Code 5153.01
- Child: means any person under eighteen years of age or a person with a mental or physical disability, as defined by rule adopted by the director of job and family services, under twenty-one years of age. See Ohio Code 5153.01
- public children services agency: means an entity specified in section 5153. See Ohio Code 5153.01
- state: means the state of Ohio. See Ohio Code 1.59
(B) Care provided by the public children services agency under division (A)(4) of section 5153.16 of the Revised Code shall be provided by the agency, by its own means or through other available resources, in the child’s own home, in the home of a relative or qualified nonrelative, or in a certified foster home, any other home approved by the court, receiving home, school, hospital, convalescent home, or other public or private institution within or outside the county or state.