Ohio Direction Card (FOOD ASSISTANCE) - No Dependents - Ages 18-49 | Darke County Job And Family Services
631 Wagner Ave., Greenville, OH 45331
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Voice - voice | Statewide Contact Center: Apply, renew, Casework by phone
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Voice - voice | Financial, Medical, Food services
Due to COVID-19: No on-site services (service by phone or web portal only). Clients may begin the application process, renew, and/or update their case information by calling the Contact Center: M-F: 8:00am-4:00pm. May also apply, renew, and/or update case information through website anytime (client must have an email address to do this). In most cases, any interviews can be done through the Contact Center. If applying by phone, the interview may be done during the phone call; if applying via website or paper, the agency will schedule an over the phone interview (client will be given a day and time frame to call in). Agency can look up most supporting documents through an electronic records search - the client will be notified if they need to supply any extra supporting documents. If preferred, may also pick up and drop off paper applications and submit documents on-site - M-Th: 8:00am-4:00pm or Friday: 8:00am-3:00pm. Workers who have been laid off MUST apply for unemployment before applying for food benefits. Current clients may also phone the Ohio Direction Card Customer Service Line 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Free.
Darke County, Ohio
Description
Provides funds for the purchase of food. Benefits are automatically added monthly to a debit card, which is used for food shopping (those who are homeless or have zero income may be eligible for one month expedited benefit within 24 hours). Benefits that are not used in a month may be carried over to the next month, up to one year. The extra SNAP payments that were provided during the COVID pandemic have ended as of March 1, 2023. There is no way to appeal the end of these funds.
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Providing organization
Darke County Job And Family Services
Government agency that promotes self-sufficiency and family stability by providing emergency financial assistance, employment services, child and adult protective services, child support services, Medicaid, food assistance (SNAP), child development programming, and a wide variety of social services.
