Provides financial, medical, and social service programs in Franklin County. Programs include cash assistance (Ohio Works First, LEAP), help paying for child care, food assistance (Ohio Direction Card\/SNAP\/EBT, WIC), medical assistance (Medicaid, Healthy Start), and Ohio Means Jobs assistance for job seekers. Emergency Assistance (PRC) funds may be requested for a maximum of $2,000 to use towards overdue rent and utility bills, car repairs; or damages as a result of a natural disaster, housefire, or flood. Visit the website to view specific eligibility requirements for each program, and to start your application.\u00a0People outside of Franklin County should visit their local county Department of Job and Family Services.<\/p>\n
(614) 233-2000 Provides financial, medical, and social service programs in Franklin County. Programs include cash assistance (Ohio Works First, LEAP), help paying for child care, food assistance (Ohio Direction Card\/SNAP\/EBT, WIC), medical assistance (Medicaid, Healthy Start), and Ohio Means Jobs assistance for job seekers. Emergency Assistance (PRC) funds may be requested for a maximum of $2,000 to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[488,602,472,362,386,628,634,416,388,393,424,432,413,571,401,407,485,613,392,402,408,609,349,536,592,366],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13324","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-autism","category-hmg","category-special-needs","category-early-intervention-development","category-employment-training-volunteering","category-financial-assistance-for-transportation","category-financial-assistance","category-financial-legal-help","category-finding-a-job-and-job-placement","category-food","category-health-care-insurance","category-health-insurance-resources","category-health-services-for-immigrants-and-refugees","category-help-pay-for-food","category-housing","category-minority-and-immigration-services","category-insurance-and-disability-benefits","category-job","category-job-skills-and-training","category-emergency-assistance","category-resources-for-all-immigrants-and-refugees","category-financial","category-searching-for-child-care","category-transportation","category-bills","category-services-and-therapies-for-young-children-with-special-needs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cap4kids.org\/columbus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13324","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cap4kids.org\/columbus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cap4kids.org\/columbus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cap4kids.org\/columbus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cap4kids.org\/columbus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13324"}],"version-history":[{"count":24,"href":"https:\/\/www.cap4kids.org\/columbus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13324\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41397,"href":"https:\/\/www.cap4kids.org\/columbus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13324\/revisions\/41397"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cap4kids.org\/columbus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13324"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cap4kids.org\/columbus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13324"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cap4kids.org\/columbus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13324"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nCustomer Access Center: (844) 640-6446
\nMedicaid Transportation: (614) 233-2381
\nOhio Medicaid Consumer Hotline: (800) 324-8680
\nWorkforce Development: (614) 212-1800
\nOhio Direction EBT Card Assistance: (866) 386-3071
\n<\/a>Find Your Local ODJFS Office: jfs.ohio.gov\/about\/local-agencies-directory<\/a>
\nSelf-Service Ohio Benefits Portal (Apply Here): ssp.benefits.ohio.gov\/apspssp\/ssp.portal<\/a>
\nMain Website: jfs.franklincountyohio.gov<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"