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FREE Assistance with Medicaid & SNAP Enrollment

HealthSource of Ohio provides FREE over-the-phone insurance application help. Assistance includes help with applications for Medicaid, Emergency Medicaid, Medicaid renewals, and SNAP food benefit applications and renewals. This assistance is provide to anyone who is an Ohio resident and U.S. citizen. People who receive this assistance are not required to be,

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Shared by United Resource Connection February 25, 2025

Resources on Social Security Gov Website

The Social Security Administration website provides direct access to do things like: Check eligibility for benefits, Plan for retirement, Apply for benefits, Sign up for Medicare, Appeal a decision, and/or Check application or appeal status. They offer four portals on their website to accomplish these tasks: there’s a “Documents” portal,

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Shared by United Resource Connection January 23, 2025

Free Print and Fax Services at Hamilton County Public Libraries

The Library offers free printing services at all of the Hamilton County locations.  You may print 20 pages per day for free.  Additional pages can be printed at a cost of $0.15 per page in black and white and $0.25 per page in color. You do not need a library card to use

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Shared by United Resource Connection January 22, 2025

FREE P.O. Box for Homeless Individuals

The United States Postal Service provides a pathway for homeless individuals to have a P.O. Box at no cost. A free P.O. box can be incredibly useful for homeless individuals as it provides them with a secure mailing address. This allows them to receive important documents, apply for job opportunities,

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Shared by United Resource Connection January 15, 2025

Share the Light Fund Available to Manage Heating Bills this Winter starting in January

Administered by The Salvation Army, the Share the Light fund provides one-time assistance, up to $400, to eligible customers to help avoid disconnection or maintain service. The program opens January 18th. It is helpful to get started collecting the required documents ahead of the program opening, as it is a

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Shared by United Resource Connection December 11, 2024

Cincinnati area FREE Christmas and Holiday Assistance Programs

There are a number of agencies that provide low income families holiday assistance in the Greater Cincinnati Area, offering Christmas gifts, meals, clothing, groceries and toys. Toys for Tots and the Salvation Army are two of these organizations. Toys for Tots provides children, including immigrants and newborns, free Christmas toys,

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Shared by United Resource Connection December 7, 2024

Free Non Emergency Transportation for Medicaid Recipients

Hamilton County Job and Family services operates a program for Medicaid-eligible customers called the Non-Emergency Transportation program, or NET. This program provides transportation for any Medicaid eligible individual traveling to and from medical appointments that can be billed to Medicaid. Transportation can be in the form of bus passes, van

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Shared by United Resource Connection December 3, 2024

Financial Assistance for Afterschool Child Enrichment Programs CLOSED. Extended Spending Deadline for Currently Enrolled.

The State of Ohio has indefinitely suspended the Afterschool Child Enrichment Educational Savings Account Program. The program provided eligible families up to $1000 on allowable afterschool activities for childhood enrichment. The program provided this assistance to Ohio families of children ages 6 to 18 who meet income requirements or reside

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Shared by United Resource Connection July 10, 2024

Erroneous Post about Waiver of U.S. Passport Fees

A previous post of ours erroneously reported that US Passport application fees can be waived for EBT recipients, and other low income households. We have a quality assurance team that reviews our content prior to posting but unfortunately did not catch this error on the front end. Our social service

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Shared by United Resource Connection July 9, 2024

Social Security Statements Available Online

The Social Security Administration creates an annual statement for each individual, showing how much you have paid in Social Security and Medicare taxes, and how much you would get in Social Security benefits when you reach full retirement age. The Social Security Administration recalculates your retirement benefit each year after

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Shared by United Resource Connection July 5, 2024

FREE Pack-and-Plays Available for Eligible Families through the Health Department

The Ohio Department of Health, Bureau of Maternal, Child and Family Health partners with Cribs for Kids and local organizations throughout Ohio to provide free pack-and-plays and safe sleep education to eligible families.  Many homes lack safe sleeping spaces for babies. Sleeping in a bed with a baby or placing

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Shared by Hamilton County Public Health December 27, 2023

Uber Eats will start accepting food stamps for grocery delivery in 2024

Starting in 2024, recipients of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) will gain the ability to utilize their benefits for grocery deliveries through Uber Eats. Uber Eats is an online food ordering and delivery platform launched by Uber in 2014. Couriers deliver meals using cars, scooters, bikes, or on foot. Instructions for

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Shared by United Resource Connection September 21, 2023

Ohio Decreases Tax Rate for Low Income Individuals and Families

The State of Ohio decreased the income tax rate for many Ohioans this week, as well as municipal fees for filing taxes late. Here is a summary of the changes: No income tax is owed by Ohio residents earning $26,050 or less per year. This was the same as in

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Shared by United Resource Connection July 7, 2023