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Franklin County Department of Job and Family Services★ FRANKLIN COUNTY, OHIO: Service.Progress.Excellence. ★★ FRANKLIN COUNTY, OHIO: Service.Progress.Excellence. ★Menu Services Food Assistance Emergency Assistance Child Care Cash Assistance Medical Assistance Find Work Integrated Partnerships Star-Rated Child Care Community Partnerships CelebrateOne/Care for Moms & Moms-to-Be Outreach Services Ohio Works First RFPs and Community Partner Information Subrecipient Monitoring Information Contact Ohio Benefits Self-Service Portal Community Partner Portal Request a Speaker Recognize a Staff Member Report Public Assistance Fraud Unemployment Compensation Womens, Infants, and Children About Forms FCDJFS Newsroom About FCDJFS FAQs Contact Us Employment EPPICard Ohio Direction Card Opportunity Centers Northland Opportunity Center East Opportunity Center West Opportunity Center Miscellaneous SNAP Emergency Allotments Summer Youth 2024 ADA Compliance Plan Civil Rights Plan LEP Plan PRC Plan Rights and Responsibilites Title XX Plans Ohio Benefit Bank Voter RegistrationSummer Camps, Work Experience & More! Franklin County is funding a wide variety of enriching activities for youth this summer, including free day camps for elementary and middle school students as well as paid work experience for high schoolers and young adults Learn more Opt In For Text Alerts, Auto-Calls You can now receive program reminders and updates about your benefits through text messages and automated voice calls. Get reminders about applications, reporting and renewal requirements, benefit load dates and more sent straight to your phone. Learn how to opt in Need Help With Rent? Franklin County’s PRC Program provides one-time emergency assistance, including housing assistance for eligible families struggling to meet rent or facing eviction. Learn more and apply Additional rental assistance resources Stepping Up To Stabilize Child Care Franklin County, the City of Columbus and Action for Children have announced a historic $23 million investment for Franklin County families and child care providers. The American Rescue Act funds will help support family child care scholarships, provider incentives and teacher supports. Learn More Read the Press Release Online Mental Health Assessments And Resources New Franklin County-CredibleMind Web platform connects you with tools, local providers to address your mental health challenges. Learn more Read Press Release Locations Northland East West Phone Phone: 1-844-640-6446 Fax: 614-233-2398 Contact Us Hours Monday - Friday 8 a.m. – 5 p.m Who We Are The Franklin County Department of Job and Family Services provides workforce development and family support programs that improve the quality of life for Franklin County residents. Cash Assistance Child Care Emergency Assistance (PRC) Find Work Food Assistance Medical Assistance Assistance Programs & Services These are made available to ensure that no one is forced to go without the basic essentials of food, clothing, shelter, medical care and necessary life sustaining services because of a lack of resources. Franklin County also provides education and training for public assistance customers along with the necessary support services to help one find quality jobs and move from welfare to independence.FAQs Sign Up for E-mail Updates Find us on Facebook APPLY ONLINE FOR ASSISTANCE Franklin County residents can now apply online for public assistance programs through the State of Ohio Job and Family Services’ website.Franklin County aims to lower the eviction rate Revamped county program hopes to help lower the eviction rate The revamped Prevention, Retention and Contigency (PRC) Program aims to help families facing eviction. This program offers a one-time helping hand. A Franklin County representative is available to answer questions and help families apply for the program in the hallway near Eviction Court five days a week. Learn more Franklin County Changes to PRC ERA & PRC Plus Effective 10/1/23 Updates to PRC ERA & PRC Plus Program Franklin County has updated the terms and eligibility for the PRC ERA and PRC Plus programs, effective Nov. 8, 2023. Details are available on our PRC page. To view the updated PRC Plan click here . Learn more In The News Teens Learn Coding Thanks to FCDJFS-funded Program NBC 4i’s Mark Taylor visited Whitehall Yearling High School to meet students enrolled in Student WEB CORPS, one of the work experience programs funded through the Franklin County Summer Youth Success Program. Students learn Web design and project management skills while working in teams to build a website for a mock businessall while earning a paycheck. Click here to watch the NBC4i segment. Click here to learn more about Student WEB CORPS and TECH CORPS. Visit the website NBC 4 Community Conversation With A.M.P. Interns NBC 4 anchor Kerry Charles hosts a community conversation with young people enrolled in Franklin County’s A.M.P. comprehensive case management and employment program . During the roundtable interview, participants touch on their experiences with violence and the sort of solutions they would like to see from the community and local leaders. They also share how programs like A.M.P. give them hope by providing opportunities and assistance to gain skills and achieve their life goals. SUTQ Online Training Sign Up for Free SUTQ Online Training Are you a early childhood professional? Sign up for FREE monthly online trainings to help your program become or stay Star rated. The training includes 32 hours of Ohio Approved professional development that will help you build your Step Up To Quality registration packet. Learn more Browse our list of Services and Programs Translate this entire page by installing google translate extension on your browser toolbar. Franklin County Commissioners © Franklin County Department of Job and Family Services 1721 Northland Park Avenue Columbus, Ohio 43229 · 1 (844)...