Effective: July 11, 2019
Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 23 - 133rd General Assembly
There is hereby created the foster care and adoption initiatives fund. The fund shall be in the custody of the treasurer of state, but shall not be part of the state treasury. The fund shall consist of moneys collected under section 2919.1912 of the Revised Code. All interest earned on the fund shall be credited to the fund. The purpose of the fund is to provide funding for foster care and adoption services and initiatives. The department of job and family services shall allocate moneys from the fund according to the following distribution:
(A) Fifty per cent of the moneys in the fund shall be used for foster care services and initiatives.
(B) Fifty per cent of the moneys in the fund shall be used for adoption services and initiatives.