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Child Care Assistance

The Child Care Assistance program helps you pay a portion of your child care expenses each month. Eligibility is based on income and household size. The Child Care Assistance Program gives you the flexibility to choose a child care center, child care home, or care by a relative or other adult based on your family’s individual needs. And that helps you stay on the job, provide care for your children and save money. more...

Child Care Provider

Steps to follow to apply to have a friend or relative become a Limited Child Care Provider. more...

EITC Free Tax Prep

The Earned Income Credit (EIC) is a special tax benefit for working people with low or moderate incomes. Qualified workers who file federal tax returns will get back some or all of the federal income tax that was taken out of their pay during the year. Single or married parents who worked full-time or part-time during the previous tax year can qualify by meeting certain income guidelines. more...

Food Nutrition Assistance

The Food Assistance Program helps you to buy food for your family. You will receive an Ohio Direction Benefit Card or cash payment, which can be used at over 900 stores in Cuyahoga County. more...

Healthy Start

Healthy Start provides free health insurance for children of low to moderate-income families with children up to age 19.  more...

Medicaid

Ohio Medicaid offers a span of programs for older adults and people with disabilities to assist with medical expenses. These programs provide health care coverage consisting of primary and acute-care benefit packages along with long-term care. Working Ohioans with disabilities may be interested in the Medicaid Buy-In for Workers with Disabilities program. more...

Ohio Works First Assistance (OWF)

Ohio Works First (OWF) is the name of the program that offers time-limited financial assistance and employment services to Cuyahoga County families while they are working toward full-time employment and economic self-sufficiency. If you qualify, your assistance will be based on the number of people in your family and your family’s income. It’s important to note that OWF cash benefits are limited to thirty six months.  You will receive the benefits through the Ohio EPPICard program.  Other benefits such as children’s health insurance, food assistance and subsidized child care may still be available to you and your family after the cash assistance stops. more...

Prevention, Retention & Contingency (PRC)

PRC is the “Prevention, Retention and Contingency” Program. The PRC program provides aid and services due to unexpected emergencies. more...

Specialized Medicaid Benefits Center (SMBC)

SMBC is the Specialized Medicaid Benefits Center. The SMBC provides assistance through various Medicaid programs such as Medicaid Waivers, Assisted Living, Long Term Care, Medicaid for the Working Disabled (MBIWD), Medicare Co-Payment and Premium  Assistance (QMB/SLMB) and Disability Financial Assistance.

Utility Assistance

Winter brings with it lower temperatures and higher utility bills that many families have difficulty paying.  There are services that can help.  The following utility assistance programs are available during this winter season. more...

Voter Registration

Employment & Family Services (EFS) provides voter registration services to all individuals who visit a Neighborhood Family Service Center (NFSC) to apply for assistance, re-certify benefits or to notify of an address change.  more...