Sections 5153.16 and 5153.164 of the Revised Code require a public children services agency (PCSA) to conduct, on or before the fifteenth day of April of each year, an annual evaluation of the services provided by the PCSA to children under its care. The annual evaluation is to contain all information required in Ohio Administrative Code rule 5101:2-33-06.

Although Family, Children and Adult Services Procedure Letter No. 55 indicated that the department was recommending elimination of the annual evaluation requirement from state statute and the timeframes for submission of the County Children Services Plan (CCPS) were changed, the PCSA is still required to submit the annual evaluation to the Ohio Department of Human Services District Office no later than April 15, 1997.