OH HB7

Foster caregivers and kinship caregivers become eligible for publicly funded child care in Ohio under amendments to Section 5104.30 of the Revised Code

Caregivers must be employed or participating in education/training for a time period reasonably related to the hours the child receives publicly funded care

Only children placed with foster or kinship caregivers qualify for the subsidized child care benefit

Approved providers include licensed child care centers, Type A and Type B family child care homes, licensed preschool programs, school child programs, and border state providers for Ohio residents in bordering counties

Replaces a previous provision that extended publicly funded child care to families whose income reached 150% of the federal poverty line as of October 1, 1997