Ohio Rev. Code § 5101.216: Written operational agreements with county for family service duties.

The director of job and family services and the director of children and youth, as applicable, may enter into one or more written operational agreements with boards of county commissioners to do one or more of the following regarding family services duties:

(A) Provide for the directors to amend or rescind a rule the directors previously adopted;

(B) Provide for the directors to modify procedures or establish alternative procedures to accommodate special circumstances in a county;

(C) Provide for the directors and board to jointly identify operational problems of mutual concern and develop a joint plan to address the problems;

(D) Establish a framework for the directors and board to modify the use of existing resources in a manner that is beneficial to the department of job and family services, the department of children and youth, and the county that the board serves and improves family services duties for the recipients of the services.