Ohio Code 5107.17 – Resuming participation following sanction
Both of the following must occur before an assistance group may resume participation in Ohio works first following a sanction under section 5107.16 of the Revised Code:
Terms Used In Ohio Code 5107.17
- Adult: means an individual who is not a minor child. See Ohio Code 5107.02
- Assistance group: means a group of individuals treated as a unit for purposes of determining eligibility for and the amount of assistance provided under Ohio works first. See Ohio Code 5107.02
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Minor head of household: means a minor child who is either of the following:
(1) Is married, pregnant, and a member of an assistance group that does not include an adult;
(2) Is married and is a parent of a child included in the same assistance group that does not include an adult. See Ohio Code 5107.02
- Ohio works first: means the program established by this chapter known as temporary assistance for needy families in Title IV-A. See Ohio Code 5107.02
(A) The assistance group must reapply under section 5107.12 of the Revised Code if any of the following apply:
(1) It is the assistance group’s regularly scheduled time for an eligibility redetermination;
(2) If the sanction was imposed under division (A)(1) of section 5107.16 of the Revised Code, the failure or refusal on which the sanction was based is not considered to have ceased until after one payment month immediately following the date the sanction began;
(3) If the sanction was imposed under division (A)(2) of section 5107.16 of the Revised Code, the failure or refusal on which the sanction was based is not considered to have ceased until after three payment months immediately following the date the sanction began;
(4) If the sanction was imposed under division (A)(3) of section 5107.16 of the Revised Code, the failure or refusal on which the sanction was based is not considered to have ceased until after six payment months immediately following the date the sanction began.
(B) The adult member of the assistance group or the assistance group’s minor head of household whose failure or refusal, without good cause, to comply in full with a provision of a self-sufficiency contract caused the sanction must enter into a new, or amend an existing, self-sufficiency contract under section 5107.14 of the Revised Code, if required to do so by rules adopted under section 5107.05 of the Revised Code.