Medicaid
click HERE for a checklist of resource documents needed when applying for Medicaid
HCJFS provides services such as temporary cash assistance, food stamps and Medicaid, subsidized child care, child protection, child support case management, adult protection and disability assistance. HCJFS falls under authority of the Hamilton County Commissioners.
Household Verification form - click
hereEmployment Verification form - click
here
Report a change (income, address...) click here
update on this new process from HCJFS - provided from July Newsletter
Hamilton County Department of Job and Family Services customers no longer need to travel downtown with verification documents such as birth certificates, marriage licenses and divorce decrees. They can bring them to any Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County branch.
Clients get a copy of the documentation and a receipt stating the library received the information. Library workers fax the information to the agency for daily distribution to agency staff.
“The library has been very helpful throughout this process and we’ve gotten lots of feedback from them about the initiative," said Jim Ashmore, section chief of the agency's Performance Improvement section. "We tweaked a few things from their suggestions and we’re grateful for all of their help.”
Some agency clients had to make a special trip downtown just to drop off documentation. The library initiative saves them time and money.
“Many of our clients are not comfortable sending their documents through the mail, and I don’t blame them,” Ashmore said. “The library option is a nicer option for our clients. They don’t have to worry about missing a day of work to get downtown to turn in their verification documents.
“And with gas prices so high, it saves them money from having to drive down here as well,” he continued. “It should also make the lobby less congested. Overall, it’s a win-win situation for everyone.”
Directions to Hamilton County Job and Family Services
222 E. Central Parkway
Office location
Via Interstate 75
Take Ezzard Charles exit off of I-75. Turn left at the light. (You will see the Museum Center down Ezzard Charles on your right).
Follow Ezzard Charles until it dead ends at Central Parkway. Turn right onto Central Parkway and get into the second lane from the left.
Follow Central Parkway as it forces you to curve to the left and continue 5 blocks to Main Street. We are located on the northeast (far left) corner of Central Parkway and Main Street. There are several parking lots in the immediate area. If you want to park in a covered garage:
• turn left onto Main Street
• pass the alley on your right
• turn right onto 12th Street
• turn right onto Sycamore Street, and
• right into the garage
Via Interstate 71
Take Reading Road/Gilbert Avenue exit off of I-71. Merge over to the second lane from the right. You are on Reading Road.
Follow Reading Road through 2 lights and as it curves sharply to the right.
Follow down the hill. Where the road splits into Central Parkway on the left, go straight. You are now on Short Reading. Follow one block.
Turn right onto Sycamore Street and left into the garage on right into any of the outside parking lots.
Access to the Building
Hamilton County Job and Family Services encompasses the entire block on Central Parkway between Main and Sycamore. The Central Parkway entrance is the main entrance into the building. For security purposes you will be required to go through the metal detector.
Directions to Hamilton County Job and Family Services
Hamilton County Department of Job and Family Services (HCJFS)
Neighborhood Center
237 William Howard Taft Rd.
Directions:
If you are traveling south:
• Take I-71 south to the William Howard Taft exit
• Exit ramp merges into William Howard Taft Rd.
• Just past Highland Ave., turn left into JFS parking lot
• Park in any available space (if full, street parking is usually available along Bellevue Ave., across the street from JFS)
• Use front entrance
If you are traveling north:
• Take Reading Rd. north
• At the stop light, turn left onto Burnet Ave.
• Turn left on William Howard Taft Rd.
• Turn left into parking lot (just past Highland Ave.)
• Park in any available space (if full, street parking is usually available along Bellevue Ave., across the street from JFS)