This letter transmits amendments to the rules governing child care resource and referral services. These rules have been revised to comply with the five year rule review. These rules will be effective July 1, 2009. The following is a summary of the rule revisions:

Rule 5101:2-15-01 Service Delivery Areas and Funding Formula For the Provision of Child Care Resource and Referral Services has been amended to revise the funding formula used to distribute available funds among the service delivery areas.

Rule 5101:2-15-02 Child Care Resource and Referral Service Organization Qualifications, Services and Technical Assistance has been amended to add two qualifications for the child care resource and referral service organizations and to clarify language for other qualifications. This rule has also been revised to remove one service requirement for the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS) contract/grant agreement.

The electronic version of the Child Care Manual is located at: http://emanuals.jfs.ohio.gov. The manual contains all rules, forms, transmittal letters and procedure letters that the department has issued for the child care resource and referral service organizations. Please contact the Office of Families and Children Help Desk at 1-866-886-3537, option 4 if you have questions regarding this information.

INSTRUCTIONS: The following chart identifies the material that needs to be removed from and inserted into the Child Care Manual (CCM).