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23 educational instability, poor choices related to appropriate adolescent growth, and risky behaviors including premarital sex and childbirth. The program is reasonably expected to achieve outcomes under TANF purposes three and four. Expenditures for this program are claimed by the TANF program as MOE, in accordance with a Memorandum of Understanding between ODJFS and ODE, under which ODE provides data to ODJFS on the number of children served.

Benefit Bridge The Benefit Bridge program is designed to help families and individuals who experience a reduction or loss of public assistance benefits due to wage increases continue their path to self-sufficiency and end dependency on public assistance. The Benefit Bridge is an 18-month program that helps families and individuals navigate the cliff effect by providing them with life skills, career skills, financial literacy, and, in some cases, emergency monetary assistance, to ensure they have the supports and stability they need to maintain employment, gain skills to move into higher paying positions, and become self- sufficient. The program is funded with TANF and General Revenue Funds (GRF). The program is reasonably expected to achieve outcomes under TANF purpose two.

Additional Provisions Fair & Equitable Treatment Ohio determines eligibility and delivers benefits in a manner consistent with 42 U.S.C. §602(a)(1)(B)(iii). All applicants and participants are treated in a fair and equitable manner, including those who move to Ohio from another state, those participants who have been adversely affected and claim hearing rights, and, to the extent allowable under Federal law, legal aliens who are not United States citizens. An appellant who appeals under Federal or State law a decision or order of a CDJFS, shall be granted a state hearing by ODJFS at the appellant's request. A state hearing decision is binding upon the agency and department, unless reversed or modified on appeal to the director of ODJFS or a court of common pleas. An appellant who disagrees with a state hearing decision may make an administrative appeal to the director of ODJFS, who shall review it and may affirm, modify, remand, or reverse the state hearing decision. Inalienability and Exempt from Execution OWF and benefits and services provided under the PRC program are inalienable whether by way of assignment, charge or otherwise and exempt from execution, attachment, garnishment, and other like process. Applicability of other Federal Laws Under §408(d) of the Social Security Act, the following provisions of law apply to any program or activity funded with TANF funds: (1) The Age Discrimination Act of 1975; (2) §504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973; (3) The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990; and (4) Title IV of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The limitation on federal regulatory and enforcement authority at §417 of the Act does not limit the effect of other federal laws, including federal employment laws (such as the FLSA), the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA), unemployment insurance (UI) and nondiscrimination laws. These laws apply to TANF beneficiaries in the same manner as they apply to other workers.