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bill.teets@jfs.ohio.govThomas Betti
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News ReleasesOhio Awarded Responsible Parenting Grant
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Unemployment Claimants with Overpayments Can Now Apply for Waivers
ODJFS Details Recent Improvements in the Unemployment Program
$300 Weekly Unemployment Supplements Ending June 26
Unemployment Rate for May 2021
Unemployment Rate for April 2021
New Trainings Support Recovery-Friendly Workplace Policies and Practices
Ohio Restores Unemployment Benefits Weekly Work-Search Requirement
May is National Foster Care Month
Expanded Program to Help Unemployment Claimants Enter Workforce Again
Ohio Department of Job and Family Services Warns Unemployment Claimants About Scam Texts, Emails, and Websites Designed to Steal Personal Information
Unemployment Rate for March 2021
Unemployment Rate for February 2021
ODJFS Extending Weeks and Issuing $300 Payments to Ohioans Receiving Traditional Unemployment
ODJFS Addressing Racial Inequity in Children Services System
College Students’ Access to SNAP Expanded During Pandemic
Unemployment Rate for January 2021
Pandemic Unemployment Programs Extended
More Ohioans Eligible for Pandemic Unemployment Assistance
ODJFS Provided $1 Billion in Food Assistance During Pandemic
Governor DeWine Announces Key Staff Changes
ODJFS Flags Thousands of Potentially Fraudulent New Unemployment Claims
134,000 Ohioans Can Again Receive Pandemic Unemployment Assistance Benefits
More than 2,000 Ohio Former Foster Youth Served by Bridges Program
Ohio Creates Trauma Certificate to Help Children and Families
ODJFS Creates New Hotline for Victims of Unemployment Identity Theft
ODJFS Creates Online Portal for Employers to Report Unemployment Identity Theft
ODJFS Finalizing System Updates to Allow More than 95,000 Additional Ohioans to Begin Claiming Unemployment Benefits This Weekend
Unemployment Rate for December 2020
Food Assistance for Children Extended Through End of School Year
ODJFS Issues $300 Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation Payments
ODJFS Issues a Record Amount of 1099 Tax Forms, Online Fraud Form and Guidance Available for ID Theft Victims with Unemployment Claims
Ohio to Expedite Payment to Hundreds of Thousands of Ohioans
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