If a family is encountering an emergency that could lead, or has led, to removal of a child from the family’s home pursuant to Chapter 2151 of the Revised Code, the public children services agency shall determine whether the child could remain safely with, or be safely returned to, the family if the emergency were alleviated by providing benefits and services under the prevention, retention, and contingency program established under Chapter 5108 of the Revised Code. If it is determined that the child could remain safely with, or be safely returned to, the family, the agency, with the cooperation of the child’s family, shall determine the amount of benefits and services necessary to prevent the removal of the child from the home or to permit the child’s return to the home and may provide the benefits and services pursuant to a plan of cooperation entered into under section 307.983 of the Revised Code.

Terms Used In Ohio Code 5153.165

  • 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

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