Job & Family Services Child Day Care
Child Care Rules and Forms

Rules

The emanuals website contains all rules, forms, procedure and manual letters.
 
Click on the chapter name to go directly to the following rules.
Chapter 5101:2-12 Child Care Centers
Chapter 5101:2-13 Child Care Type A Homes
Chapter 5101:2-14 Child Care Type B Homes
Chapter 5101:2-15 Resource & Referral
Chapter 5101:2-16 Child Care Eligibilty, Fraud & Overpayments
Chapter 5101:2-17 Step Up To Quality
Chapter 5101:2-18 Child Care Day Camps

Rules go through a clearance process and a public hearing is held before being effective. 
The following links are updated often:
Child Care Clearance Items
Proposed Rules and Public Hearing Notices

If you would like to receive notification of new Clearance Items, please send an email to Clearance@jfs.ohio.gov and include the email address to which you would like to have the notifications sent.

 
Child Care Forms
Click here to be directed to a page dedicated to child care forms, including a direct link
to the most frequently used forms.