Effective: September 29, 2015
Latest Legislation: House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly
(A) Each child abuse and child neglect regional prevention council shall be under the direction of a regional prevention coordinator. The children's trust fund board shall select each region's coordinator through a competitive selection process conducted by the board.
(B) Regional prevention coordinators shall do all of the following:
(1) Select a representative to serve as chairperson of the regional prevention council;
(2) Conduct a needs assessment to ascertain the child abuse and neglect prevention programming and services that are needed in the region;
(3) Work with county prevention specialists in the region to assemble the regional prevention plan based on children's trust fund board guidelines pursuant to section 3109.174 of the Revised Code;
(4) Implement the regional prevention plan, including the following:
(a) Monitoring fulfillment of prevention deliverables and achievement of prevention outcomes;
(b) Coordinating county data collection;
(c) Ensuring timely and accurate reporting to the board.
(5) Any additional duties specified by the department in rules adopted pursuant to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code.