Ohio Revised Code Title LI. Public Welfare § 5101.802

(1) “Custodian,” “guardian,” and “minor child” have the same meanings as in section 5107.02 of the Revised Code.

(2) “Federal poverty guidelines” has the same meaning as in section 5101.46 of the Revised Code.

(3) “Kinship caregiver” has the same meaning as in section 5101.85 of the Revised Code.

(1) The kinship caregiver applies to a public children services agency in accordance with the application process established in rules authorized by division (E) of this section;

(2) Not earlier than July 1, 2005, a juvenile court issues an order granting legal custody to the kinship caregiver, or a probate court grants guardianship to the kinship caregiver, except that a temporary court order is not sufficient to meet this requirement;

(3) The kinship caregiver is either the minor child's custodian or guardian;

(4) The minor child resides with the kinship caregiver pursuant to a placement approval process established in rules authorized by division (E) of this section;

(5) Excluding any income excluded under rules adopted under division (E) of this section, the gross income of the kinship caregiver's family, including the minor child, does not exceed three hundred per cent of the federal poverty guidelines.

(6) The kinship caregiver is not receiving kinship guardianship assistance under Title IV-E of the “Social Security Act,” 42 U.S.C. 673(d), as amended, or the program described in section 5101.1411 of the Revised Code or the program described in section 5153.163 of the Revised Code.

(1) The application process for the program;

(2) The placement approval process through which a minor child is placed with a kinship caregiver for the kinship caregiver to be eligible for the program;

(3) The initial and ongoing eligibility determination process for the program, including the computation of income eligibility;

(4) The amount of the incentive payments provided under the program;

(5) The method by which the incentive payments are provided to a kinship caregiver.