Ohio Administrative Code|Rule 5139-67-04 | Responsibilities of the juvenile court.

                                                

The juvenile court shall:

(A) Submit a signed grant agreement and
funding application by a date determined by the department;

(B) Submit financial expenditure reports,
other fiscal reports, program reports, statistical reports, and other
information on forms and according to the time frame established by the
department;

(C) Deposit grant funds into the felony
delinquent care and custody fund;

(D) Provide treatment and rehabilitation
programs and services for adjudicated felony delinquents that are alternatives
to commitments to the department;

(E) Provide early intervention, treatment
and rehabilitation programs for youth adjudicated delinquent, unruly, and
juvenile traffic offenders;

(F) Provide out of home placement of
youth only in detention centers, community rehabilitation centers, or community
corrections facilities approved by the department pursuant to standards adopted
by the department; licensed by an authorized state agency; or accredited by a
national organization, such as the American correctional association, and
recognized by the department;

(G) Develop effective programs for youth
which preserve their rights and dignity. Program activities must be safe,
productive, humane, and adequately supervised;

(H) Monitor and evaluate the
effectiveness of all programs funded through the grant;

(I) Maintain records as needed to allow
the department to conduct program monitoring and evaluation and fiscal
audits;

(J) Participate in any program and fiscal
monitoring and evaluation conducted by or on behalf of the
department;

(K) Be required to have on file for
auditing purposes any written agreements with contractors or other service
agreements;

(L) Refer to activity purpose categories
as defined by the department when developing all programs;

(M) Ensure equal access of minority youth
to the programs funded through this grant;

(N) If the juvenile court fails to submit
the required funding application and grant agreement, fiscal reports,
statistical reports or other required reports, the department shall not make
base or variable allocation payments to the county until the information is
received;

(O) In the event that a variable
allocation payment is withheld under the conditions of paragraph (N) of this
rule or section 5139.43 of the Revised Code, and the juvenile court does not
comply with the conditions of paragraph (N) of this rule or section 5139.43 of
the Revised Code within one hundred eighty days of the due date established by
the department, the payment shall not be made to the county;

(P) Not use grant funds to support
programs or services that do not comply with the core requirements of the
federal Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 2002, 42 U.S.C.
5633;

(Q) Not use grant funds to support
programs or services that research has shown to be ineffective;

(R) Not use grant funds to support
programs or services, such as sex offender programs, that do not meet
applicable standards as established in the Administrative Code.

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