Ohio § 5101.311 [Former R.C. 122.66, amended and renumbered as R.C. 5101.311 by H.B. 96, 136th General Assembly, effective 9/30/2025] Definitions

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§ 5101.311 — [Former R.C. 122.66, amended and renumbered as R.C. 5101.311 by H.B. 96, 136th General Assembly, effective 9/30/2025] Definitions

Ohio § 5101.311

Title 51Public Welfare

Ch. 5101Department of Job and Family Services- General Provisions

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Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5101.311 (2026).

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As used in sections5101.311to5101.318of the Revised Code:

(A)"Poverty line" means the official poverty line established by the director of the United States office of management and budget and as revised by the secretary of health and human services in accordance with section 673(2) of the "Community Services Block Grant Act," 95 Stat. 1609, 42 U.S.C.A. 9902.

(B)"Low-income person" means a person whose adjusted gross income as defined in division (A) of section5747.01of the Revised Code is below the poverty line as defined in division (A) of this section.

(C)"Advocacy" means the act of pleading for, supporting, or recommending actions on behalf of low-income persons.

(D)"Community action agency" means a community-based and operated private nonprofit agency or organization incorpora

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As used in sections5101.311to5101.318of the Revised Code:

(A) "Poverty line" means the official poverty line established by the director of the United States office of management and budget and as revised by the secretary of health and human services in accordance with section 673(2) of the "Community Services Block Grant Act," 95 Stat. 1609, 42 U.S.C.A. 9902.

(B) "Low-income person" means a person whose adjusted gross income as defined in division (A) of section5747.01of the Revised Code is below the poverty line as defined in division (A) of this section.

(C) "Advocacy" means the act of pleading for, supporting, or recommending actions on behalf of low-income persons.

(D) "Community action agency" means a community-based and operated private nonprofit agency or organization incorporated under Chapter 1702. of the Revised Code that includes or is designed to include a sufficient number of projects or components to provide a range of services and activities having a measurable and potentially major impact on the causes of poverty in the community or those areas of the community where poverty is a particularly acute problem and is designated as a community action agency by the department of job and family services pursuant to sections5101.313and5101.315of the Revised Code. A "community action agency" is not a state agency or public office.

(E) "Community" means a city, village, county, multicity or multicounty unit, a neighborhood or other area, disregarding boundaries or political subdivisions, which provides a suitable organizational base and possesses a commonality of needs and interests for a community action program suitable to be served by a community action agency.

(F) "Service area" means the geographical area served by a community action agency.

Last updated October 3, 2025 at 10:21 AM