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Online Service Center

The online service center is a compilation of commonly used forms, applications and tools. For additional information about each program, follow the program specific links.

Child Support

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Child Support is money required by law to be paid by one parent to another to help cover the costs of raising children. For more information, click here.

Commonly used forms and links:

• Apply for Child Support
• New Feature: Access case history and payment information
• Make payments
• Get payments
• Report a change in your case
• Find forms

Food,   cash and medical assistance

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Consumers can usually apply for food, cash and medical assistance by completing one application. Follow the links below for more information or read on to find out more about each program.

• Apply for food, cash and medical assistance
• Check the status of your application or your case
• Complete an Interim Report Online
• Print a an Interim Report
• Report a change in your case

Food Assistance

(formerly food stamps) is a monthly benefit for eligible individuals and families to purchase food. Benefits come in the form of a plastic card called the

Ohio Direction Card. For more information, click here.

• Calculate if you qualify: Benefits calculator

Cash Assistance

, or Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF), is the federal program that funds many cash assistance programs across Ohio. The dollars provide a monthly payment (through EPPICard debit card or direct deposit) to low-income families with minor children at home. For more information click here.

Medicaid

is state and federally funded health care coverage. To find out more information about these programs, click here.

• Spend-down information: Medicaid customers and providers may scan and e-mail spend-down information to the Hamilton County Department of Job and Family Services at SpendDownPointOfContact@jfs.hamilton-co.org.

Some consumers may also be eligible for Healthy Start/Healthy Families. Healthy Start is no-cost medical insurance geared toward pregnant women and children up to age 19. Eligibility is based on income and family size. For more information about this program, click here.

• Apply for Healthy Start

Prevention, Retention, Contingency (PRC)

is short-term help for those who don't qualify for other programs. To apply, follow the instructions here.

Child Care
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Child Care services cover part of the cost of child care for eligible low and moderate-income families. For more information about the program, click here.

Commonly used forms and links:

• Child Care Application
• Child Care provider forms
• Report a child care connection
  (a child attending a new or additional provider)

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