Verification forms added to Web site

July 16, 2008 -- Medicaid, Ohio Direction Card and Ohio Works First (OWF) clients no longer need to travel downtown to pick up or drop off two widely-used forms for household and employment verification.

The Hamilton County Department of Job and Family Services this week added the forms to www.hcjfs.org -- under Quick Links/Applications-Forms and on sections for the various programs under the Services button.

After signing the forms and taking steps such as having a landlord or employer complete them, customers can then take them to a branch of the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County for free faxing. Or they may mail or drop off the form at the agency.

Here are basic steps after opening the form on the Web site:

(1) Print the form
(2) Sign your name in the appropriate section
(3) If you don't know your caseworker's name, district number or fax number, please call (513) 946-1000 and an Information and Referral Specialist will assist you.
(4) Take the form to your landlord or employer to be completed.
(5) Before returning the form, make sure you write your Social Security Number or Case Number on the top of the form.   
(6) You may return the form by mailing it or dropping it off at one of our Document Drop Off Centers located at 222 East Central Parkway or 237 William H. Taft Road. You can also fax it to us free of charge at any branch of the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County.  

As part of ongoing customer service improvements, the agency also recently added an online Report a Change form to the Web site as well as online Contact Us forms for various program areas.

Other forms and applications have been on the site for several years.

Plans call for adding more.