Ohio Department of Job and Family Services

When businesses shut down or lay off employees, they are required to give a notice to the feds and the state. A change intended to make that process...

Cleanup from this week’s devastating tornadoes continues around the Miami Valley. More than 130 people remain in emergency shelters. Now, low-income…

Around 7,000 federal workers in Ohio aren’t receiving paychecks because of the government shutdown. And none of them will be offered unemployment checks...

The state’s cash welfare program has been sending out half as many checks to Ohio families as it did three and a half years ago, but advocates have very…

State and national jobless numbers are closely watched as economic indicators, and the unemployment figures can also give useful clues for those seeking…

A recent U.S. Census Bureau report shows one in three children nationwide grow up in a fatherless home. A local organization in Clark County helps local…

The state's declining unemployment rate will soon trigger a decrease in the amount of federal unemployment compensation available to Ohioans.The number of…

Ohio's unemployment rate is continuing to inch downward.The Ohio Department of Jobs and Family Services said Friday that the state's seasonally adjusted…

Thousands of Ohio food stamp users are getting some good news --- their monthly food stamp allotment WON’T be cut as severely as earlier planned. Ben…