STATE HEARINGS - OHIO DEPARTMENT OF JOB AND FAMILY SERVICES PROGRAMS | OHIO DEPARTMENT OF JOB AND FAMILY SERVICES
Provides a means by which individuals may request a state hearing. A state hearing is a meeting with the client, someone from the local agency, and a hearing officer from the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS). The person from the local agency will explain the action it has taken or wants to take on the case. Then the client will have a chance to tell why they think it is wrong. The hearing officer will listen to both sides of the argument, and may ask questions to help bring out all the facts. The hearing officer will review the facts presented at the hearing, and recommend a decision based on whether or not the rules were correctly followed in the case.
Data provided by
211 Cleveland
Physical Address
30 E Broad St., Columbus, OH 43215
Hours
M-F: 8:00am-5:00pm
Fax
(614) 728-9574
Voice
Application process
Phone or visit website to request a hearing. For those who receive a notice that their assistance or services will be reduced, stopped, or restricted: the action will not be taken until the hearing is decided, however, this office must receive the hearing request within 15 days of the mailing date on the notice. Information on the process is available through the website.
Fee
Free to request hearing. If assistance is continuing and the client loses the hearing, they may have to pay back any benefits that they were not eligible to receive.
Eligibility
Serves Ohio residents with a complaint concerning mistakes, delays, or denials of service in regard to ODJFS programs such as: Food Assistance (Food Stamps), Ohio Works First (OWF), Disability, or Refugee Assistance.
Agency info
OHIO DEPARTMENT OF JOB AND FAMILY SERVICES
Develops and oversees programs and services designated to help Ohioans be healthy and safe while gaining and maintaining employment and independence. Programs include adoption, child care, child support, Disability Assistance, Food Stamps, foster care, labor exchange, Medicaid, Ohio Works First, Prevention, Retention and Contingency (PRC), protective services, Unemployment Compensation, veterans' services, women's services and workforce development. Formed by the merger of the Dept. of Human Services and the Bureau of Employment Services. Details on some programs are covered in County-level Job and Family Service agencies in this database.