This letter transmits revisions to rules 5101:2-16-07, 5101:2-16-07.1, 5101:2-16-35.1 and 5101:2-16-41.1 of the Administrative Code. These rules were recently updated in CCMTL No. 65. The rules included with this letter will be replacing them. The revisions are explained below. These changes are effective September 26, 2005.

5101:2-16-07 County Department of Job and Family Services Administrative Responsibilities for Determining Eligibility for Publicly Funded Child Care Benefits has been revised to show a revision date of 10/2005 for the JFS 01140 "Certificate of Authorization for Payment of Publicly Funded Child Care Services (COAP)."

5101:2-16-07.1 County Department of Job and Family Services Administrative Responsibilities for the Early Learning Initiative (ELI) has been revised to show a revision date of 10/2005 for the JFS 01140 "Certificate of Authorization for Payment of Publicly Funded Child Care Services (COAP)."

5101:2-16-35.1 Eligibility for Early Learning Initiative Services (ELI) has been revised to allow for ELI eligibility when, in a two-caretaker household, one caretaker is employed at least one hour per week and one caretaker is engaged in employment, training or education at least one hour per week. A reference to the Revised Code section that defines compulsory school age is now included, and language has been added to clarify that an ELI provider cannot charge a caretaker fees other than the copayment. The appendix to this rule has not been changed.

5101:2-16-41.1 Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS) Responsibilities for Reimbursement to Early Learning Initiative (ELI) Agencies has been revised to increase reimbursement amounts to ELI agencies, to clarify reimbursement for an absent day, to define the movement of allocated slots between counties and to allow for a payment of up to five hundred dollars per child per year to an ELI agency for participation in a quality improvement plan. The appendix to this rule has not been changed.

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