FACT 55 (Food Assistance: Approved County Collaborations and Additions to Collbor8)
Food Assistance Change Transmittal No. 55
May 20, 2015
TO: Food Assistance Certification Handbook Holders
FROM: Cynthia C. Dungey, Director
SUBJECT: Food Assistance: Approved County Collaborations and Additions to Collbor8

Effective May 1, 2015

Background: Ohio Administrative Code (OAC) rule 5101: 4-1-16 provides that approved county collaborations allow multiple counties to come together under a common agreement and operate as a single entity when determining eligibility. Effective May 1, 2015, the approved collaborations are no longer set forth in OAC. The approved county collaborations will now be set forth in a food assistance change transmittal.

New: The approved county collaborations include:

(1)Collabor8, which includes the following counties:

a.Carroll;

b.Delaware;

c.Hancock;

d.Holmes;

e.Knox;

f.Marion;

g.Morrow;

h.Sandusky; and

i.Wood.

(2)South Central Ohio Job and Family Services, which includes the following counties:

a.Hocking;

b.Ross; and

c.Vinton.

(3)Defiance/Paulding Consolidated Department of Job and Family Services, which includes the following counties:

a.Defiance; and

b.Paulding.

Implementation: This policy is effective May 1, 2015. CRIS-E has been updated to reflect this policy change.