public assistance

If you have a question about your benefits, you can check our Interactive Voice Response system any time. 

June is Elder Abuse Prevention Month and a recent story on WCPO.com highlights the ways HCJFS’ helps senior citizens.  Huey Delp is just one of the roughly 500 victims of abuse that we help each year. Friday, June 15 is …

HCJFS Adult Protective Services (APS) is marking Elder Abuse Awareness Month by working to raise awareness of elder abuse and the resources available in Hamilton County to combat it. On Friday, June 15, all Hamilton County residents are encouraged to …

HCJFS wants to improve our service to fathers in Hamilton County. We’ve started a design team to look at ways to improve our services and connections with dads. We need fathers to interview. We need both fathers and mothers to meet with us one Friday a month from noon to 4 p.m.

When her birth mother could not take care of Paris because of drug addiction, James and Tara Yannone stepped up. But, it wasn’t just Paris who was searching for a family. “We wanted for so long to have a family,” …

A new Interactive Voice Response (IVR) service is now available 24 hours a day. Simply call 1-844-640-OHIO (6446) and follow the instructions. You’ll be able to: Hear your benefits status (monthly recurring benefit amounts and/or Medicaid status) Sign up for …

Members of HCJFS’ Workforce Development team received an award today for an innovative partnership to help food assistance recipients find work. County Administrator Jeff Aluotto presented the “Team Impact” award as part of Hamilton County’s 2018 Circle of Excellence. The team was also honored Wednesday at the Hamilton County Board of Commissioners meeting.

With the weather warming outside and the children’s museum set to reopen in a few days, it’s a good time to remind Supplemental Nutrition Assistant Program (SNAP) recipients that there are discounts available to them for some of Cincinnati’s most popular things to do:

 We received wonderful feedback in an email this week that I would like to share! “Hello, I couldn’t find anywhere else to submit this feedback but I REALLY wanted to. Hopefully this gets to the right person. “D. Arlinghaus is …

In the middle of April, a woman came into the OhioMeansJobs center seeking assistance. She explained that she had just come from South Carolina with $25 in her pocket and was currently staying with a friend. She was very distraught and explained that she had left her son with relatives until she could get settled in Cincinnati.