Child Care for Parents

Wayne County Job and Family Services determines eligibility for assistance to parents with child care costs while the parent is engaged in work or training efforts. This assistance allows low-income parents to find and/or keep jobs, and ensure that their children have access to an early care and education experience they need to succeed in school. To be eligible for publically funded child care a family’s income has to be at or below 130 percent of the federal poverty guideline. A family may remain eligible for child care assistance until their income increases to 300 percent of the federal poverty guideline.

Our licensing specialist recommends licensure to the State of Ohio and monitors all Child Care homes by inspecting their homes at least two times per year to make sure strict guidelines are met.

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Child Care for Providers

Wayne County Job and Family Services publicly funded child care covers part of the cost of child care for eligible low and moderate-income families. In order for a provider to care for children of families receiving publicly funded child care, the provider must be licensed by the state or county.

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If you disagree with any action on your case or if you believe WCDJFS has not taken an action it should have, you may request a hearing by phoning the ODJFS Consumer Access Line at 1-866-635-3748, emailing your request to BSH@jfs.ohio.gov or contact Wayne County directly at 330-287-5800.

To find out more about state hearings, please review the state hearing section of the ODJFS Program Enrollment and Benefit Information document.

Did you know that Wayne county Job and Family services is a Designated agency for the National Voter Registration Act (NVRA)? That means we have all the information you need if you decide you want to register to vote or need to update any information with the voter’s bureau. Click here to find out more information.