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Skilled Care Services The Division of Senior and Adult Services offers skilled care services to help seniors and adults with disabilities age successfully and independently in their own homes

Ohio Direction Card Once your family is approved for food assistance , you’ll receive an Ohio Direction Card with instructions for how to activate your card and set up your PIN, a secret code

2024 CoC Program Competition FY24 Request for New Applications Cuyahoga County CoC 2024 Continuum of Care NOFO New Project Rating Tool 2024 Continuum of Care NOFO New Project De Minimis 2024

Kinship Guardianship Assistance Program What is KGAP? KGAP is financial assistance and Medicaid, funded through federal and state dollars, to licensed kinship caregivers who become legal custodians

2023 CoC Program Competition FY23 Request for Applications Cuyahoga County CoC 2023 Continuum of Care NOFO New Project Rating Tool 2023 Continuum of Care NOFO New Project De Minimis 2023 Continuum

Prevention, Retention, and Contingency Program - Emergency Assistance If you have an emergency that is a one-time, short-term crisis, the Prevention, Retention, and Contingency (PRC) program may

Administrative Hearings In Ohio, hearings related to child support issues are either conducted Administratively, or by the court (Juvenile Court and Domestic Relations Court). Hearings held

Fee for Service Program The DSAS Home Support Services unit provides home care that enables older adults age 60 and over, or adults with disabilities age 18-59, to receive affordable personal care

Ohio Works First The Ohio Works First (OWF) program is time-limited cash assistance to eligible families through Ohio's Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) program, which emphasizes

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Work Requirements The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) helps families and individuals pay for food. The program is also designed to help

Courts It is important to keep in mind that the Courts and OCSS are completely separate entities. OCSS is an administrative agency established under the laws of the state of Ohio. The Juvenile Court

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), also known as food assistance or food stamps, helps individuals and families pay for food. The program

Parenting Time Opportunities For Children The Parenting Time Opportunities for Children (PTOC) Program provides parents a simplified way to establish a parenting agreement. It is for unmarried

Training Opportunities for Caregivers The Division of Children and Family Services offers in-depth training to help you better understand and meet the needs of children and families in challenging

Caring for Children Who Have Experienced Abuse Even if the children in your care are happy to be with you, they have been through a lot. Losing a parent is hard on a child, and so are too many

Child Support Web Portal If you have not registered for the Child Support Customer Service Web Portal, please read the tips below to making signing up easier. Login to your account . With our self

Mandated Reporting of Child Abuse and Neglect People in the following professions must immediately report any knowledge or suspicion of child abuse or neglect: Attorneys. Audiologists. Child care

Aspire Greater Cleveland Do you need to earn your high school equivalence (HSE) diploma, or improve on your math or reading skills? Aspire Greater Cleveland , which is a partnership involving

Foster Home Childcare If you're an agency-licensed foster parent, you may be eligible with help for day care and childcare expenses. When possible caregivers should utilize Step Up To Quality (SUTQ

Health Care for Children in Custody All children in Cuyahoga County custody, whether placed in foster or kinship care, are provided health care through Medicaid. The child’s DCFS caseworker

2022 CoC Program Competition Each year the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) holds an annual competition to award grant funds to support homeless programming. The Continuum

Benefit Bridge Program The Cuyahoga County Benefit Bridge program is for people who see their public assistance decrease significantly when they earn more money, which is often called “hitting

Prevention and Inclusion Programs (PiPs) Prevention and Inclusion Programs (PiPs) (formally known as The Special Needs Child Care System) is implemented by Starting Point and funded by Invest

FamilySpace Safe and fun spaces for families with children 0 to 5 The new FamilySpace Program offers safe and fun spaces for families with children birth through age 5 to meet, socialize and receive