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Please note: All applications will take 30 days to process
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Please allow 30 days for processing of all public assistance cases. Due to a large amount of applications and re-certifications most cases will take the full 30 days to process. We greatly apologize for this inconvenience and are working diligently to reduce this backlog.

What is Medicaid?

Medicaid is state and federally funded health care coverage. HCJFS administers Medicaid programs that provide health care coverage to:

• Income-eligible parents and their children up to age 21

• Preventive and treatment services up to age 21

• Pregnant women

• Older adults

• Income-eligible people with disabilities

• Children in foster care

Medicaid is very broad, with two major covered groups, Aged, Blind, and Disabled (ABD), and Covered Families and Children (CF&C).

• Healthy Start

  is geared toward pregnant women and children up to age 19. Eligibility is based on income and family size.

• Healthy Families

  helps children under age 19 and parents with incomes at or under 100 percent of the federal poverty level.

• Healthchek

  provides preventive and treatment services for anyone eligible for Medicaid under age 21.

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• Pregnancy Related Services

  refers Medicaid-eligible pregnant women to prenatal care and transportation services.

• Aged, Blind and Disabled Medicaid

  (includes nursing home and in-home care).

Applying for Benefits

To apply for Medicaid follow the instructions here.

Healthy Start

/Healthy Families:

To apply for Healthy Start or Health Families, print and complete this pplication. It can be either mailed or faxed.

Mail to:

Hamilton County Department of Job and Family Services
First Floor
222 E. Central Parkway
Cincinnati, OH 45202

Fax to:

(513) 946-1076
Forms can be faxed for free from any branch of The Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County

Managed Care Plans and contact information:

For more detailed explanations of these  programs, visit:

• AmeriGroup: (800) 600-4441 
  

• Buckeye:

  (866) 246-4358
  

• CareSource: (800) 488-0134 

• Molina Healthcare of Ohio: (800) 642-4168

• Selective Service Center: (800) 605-3040

• TOP/STOP hotline: (513) 946-7543 or toll free (800) 381-6337

NET (Non-Emergency Transportation)

HCJFS customers who are receiving Medicaid assistance may be eligible for transportation services. To be eligible, customers must:

• be Medicaid customers in Hamilton County

• request transportation ONLY to a Medicaid provider

• not be a resident of a long-term care facility

• not be pregnant

• be able to transfer from a wheelchair to vehicle independently

Transportation requests must be made at least 5 days in advance. For more information, click here.

Call 946-2464 to schedule an appointment

Contact us

Phone: (513) 946-1000

Address: 222 E. Central Parkway
Cincinnati, Ohio 45202

Información en español

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