Provides cash assistance for families with children age 18 and younger with a three year lifetime limit. The program emphasizes employment, training, education, and support services to promote self-sufficiency.

Provides temporary, time-limited cash assistance to families in need who are striving for self-sufficiency.

Employment related work supports are designed to assist low-income families maintain their employment, increasing family stability. Services available include: Rent, Utilities, Transportation expenses, Employment licensing fees, Work clothes/uniforms, Work tools/equipment.

Provides time-limited cash benefits and supportive services to low-income, eligible families. Supportive services include child care vouchers, transportation allowances, job search and placement assistance, food stamps (Ohio Direction Card) and health care benefits (Medicaid HMO for families) - details of these services are listed in separate service groups. Recipients are required to participate in a combination of developmental activities (parenting classes, life skills training, counseling) and/or work/training activities to remain in the program.

Cash assistance (Temporary Aid for Needy Families) may be available for eligible families.

Program provides financial assistance to dependent children and their caretaker who lives with them, who have been deprived of parental support through the absence, unemployment, or incapacity of their parents.

Provides temporary, time-limited cash assistance to families in need who are striving for self-sufficiency.

Assists families and individuals in need to temporary financial assistance, supplemental food benefits and health insurance. Service Programs Include: Ohio Works First, Prevention Retention & Contingency, Food Assistance, Healthy Start, Medicaid, & Fraud Prevention.

Provides cash assistance for families who are experiencing an unexpected financial shortfall and have insufficient resources to obtain essential services or to meet expenses in situations where financial assistance related to their specific circumstance is unavailable. *Benefits last up to 36 months *Adults are limited to a total of 60 months of OWF cash assistance through their lifetime

Department of Job and Family Services offers assistance with TANF (Temporary Need for Needy Families) applications, which provides cash benefits to eligible families for up to 36 months.Apply onlinePrint an application and return the completed application to Wyandot County Department of Job and Family Services in person or by mail.

Mandated to investigate reports of abuse, neglect or exploitation of senior citizens age 60 and above.

Helps families with children get back on their feet. The OWF program can provide cash assistance to eligible families for up to 36 months. This temporary assistance helps with daily living expenses such as rent, utilities, food, car payments, child care, gas, and more.

Determines eligibility and processes applications for the Ohio Works First (OWF) program, also known as Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF). Individuals must spend 20-35 hours per week working, in school, or volunteering. Individuals may also work with Community Link to remove barriers to work. Families are eligible for the program for up to 36 months.

Ohio Works First temporary cash assistance (OWF), formerly called Aid to Family and Dependent Children, is a monthly cash grant for families with children or relatives caring for children. The cash grant amount is based on the number of people in your family and your family's income. If you qualify, OWF will help you get job training, find employment and receive some benefits as long as you are working toward independently supporting yourself and your family. It is important to note that OWF cash benefits are limited to thirty-six (36) months in a lifetime and do not have to be consecutive. OWF is a temporary tool to help you become independent.

Provides and assists in arranging for child care services for families who are on public assistance, employed or in training who meet income as well as other eligibility criteria; payment can be made to licensed day care centers or certified home providers.

Provides financial, food stamp, and Medicaid assistance to qualifying families who participate in required work activities.

Helps families with children get back on their feet. The OWF program can provide cash assistance to eligible families for up to 36 months. This temporary assistance helps with daily living expenses such as rent, utilities, food, car payments, child care, gas, and more.

Provides monthly financial and medical assistance to low-income adults with dependent children under 19 years of age. Payments in Ohio are time limited to a total of 36 months. Adults are required to participate in scheduled activities to improve employability and increase self-sufficiency.

Provides time-limited cash benefits and supportive services to low-income, eligible families. Supportive services include child care vouchers, transportation allowances, job search and placement assistance, food stamps (SNAP/Ohio Direction Card) and health care benefits (Medicaid HMO for families) - details of these services are listed in separate service groups. Recipients are required to participate in a combination of developmental activities (parenting classes, life skills training, counseling) and/or work/training activities to remain in the program.

Provides and assists in arranging for child care services for families who are on public assistance, employed or in training who meet income as well as other eligibility criteria; payment can be made to licensed day care centers or certified home providers.

Provides temporary continuance of cash benefits and employment support for certain categories of clients who have used up their 36 months of Ohio Works First Benefits (OWF), are unable to work, and do not have replacement income. All OWF rules apply and participants must adhere to a Self-Sufficiency plan during the time of transitional assistance.

Provides Kinship Caregivers and the children in their care who are eligible to receive OWF, a monthly cash assistance program.

Provides time-limited cash benefits and supportive services to low-income, eligible families. Supportive services include child care vouchers, transportation allowances, job search and placement assistance, food stamps (SNAP/Ohio Direction Card) and health care benefits (Medicaid HMO for families) - details of these services are listed in separate service groups. Recipients are required to participate in a combination of developmental activities (parenting classes, life skills training, counseling) and/or work/training activities to remain in the program.

Helps families with children get back on their feet. The OWF program can provide cash assistance to eligible families for up to 36 months.