Current through all regulations passed and filed through September 16, 2024
(A)
Which section of the Revised Code applies to job skills
training directly related to employment?
(1)
Section
5107.05 of the
Revised Code authorizes the director of job and family services to adopt rules
as necessary to comply with Title IV-A, Title IVD, federal regulations, state
law and the state plan.
(2)
The county agency shall administer the work activity programs in accordance
with the requirements contained in this rule and not in accordance with
sections
5107.40
,
5107.54,
5107.541
and
5107.61
of the Revised Code. All applicable requirements contained in the
Revised Code sections referenced have been incorporated in this rule.
(B) What is job skills training
directly related to employment?
(1) Job skills
training directly related to employment means training or education for job
skills required by an employer to provide an individual with the ability to
obtain employment or to advance or adapt to the changing demands of the
workplace.
(2) Job skills training
includes, but is not limited to the following:
(a) Customized training to meet the needs of
a specific employer. Customized training can include literacy instruction or
language instruction when such instruction is explicitly focused on skills
needed for employment or combined in a unified whole with job skills
training;
(b) General training that
prepares an individual for employment; and
(c) Unpaid internships when directly related
to employment.
(3)
Post-secondary education leading to a baccalaureate or advanced degree may fall
within the definition as long as it is directly related to a specific job or
occupation. Participants can be assigned to this activity after the twelve
months of vocational educational training has been used.
(4) The following activities do not meet the
definition of job skills training directly related to employment:
(a) Substance abuse counseling and
treatment;
(b) Mental health
services; and
(c) Other
rehabilitative activities.
(C) When may homework count toward the job
skills training directly related to employment?
The county agency may count supervised homework time and up to one hour
of unsupervised homework time for each hour of class time. Total homework time
counted for participation may not exceed the hours required or advised by a
particular educational institution. The county agency shall document the
homework expectations of the educational program in order to count homework
time.
