Local offices and phone numbers for moms, dads, grandparents and anyone raising a child in Delaware County. County seat: Delaware. 9 local listings so far.
Your county Job and Family Services office takes applications and answers questions about your case.
Delaware County
Applications and case help for food assistance (SNAP), cash assistance, Medicaid and publicly funded child care.
Next step: Call or visit during business hours. You can also apply online at benefits.ohio.gov.
145 N. Union Street, Delaware, OH 43015
Open a case, establish paternity, or ask about payments.
Delaware County
Opens child support cases, establishes paternity, and collects and reviews support orders.
Next step: Call to open a case or ask about one you already have.
140 N. Union Street, 3rd Floor, Delaware, OH 43015
Report a concern about a child, or ask about kinship care, foster care and family support.
Delaware County Job and Family Services
The county's public children services agency. Takes reports of child abuse or neglect and supports kinship and foster families.
Next step: Call the agency and ask for children services. If a child is in danger right now, call 911.
145 N. Union Street, Delaware, OH 43015
WIC food benefits, shots, car seats, birth certificates and home visits for new babies.
Delaware Public Health District
Birth certificates, child and adult immunizations, free home visits for expecting mothers and newborns, and free Pack 'n Plays for families who qualify. Car seat checks are by request at 740-203-2079.
Next step: Call Monday to Friday, 8:00 to 5:00.
470 S. Sandusky Street, Delaware, OH 43015
Delaware Public Health District
Food benefits, formula help, nutrition checks and breastfeeding support for pregnant and postpartum women, babies and children under 5. A mobile unit visits Sunbury one Friday a month by appointment.
Next step: Call to schedule. Bring proof of income, address and ID for everyone applying. Breastfeeding help: 220-212-7565.
470 S. Sandusky Street, Delaware, OH 43015
Free home visiting during pregnancy and early childhood, and free early intervention for children under 3.
We have not confirmed a local listing for Delaware County yet. Start with the statewide contact below.
Ohio Department of Children and Youth
Ohio's free early intervention for children under 3 who are behind or have a disability. It is in all 88 counties, and visits usually happen at home. Parents can sign up their own child.
Next step: Call or fill out the online form, and a local coordinator will call you. If your child is almost 3, call now. This program ends at age 3, and the school district takes over.
Call 800-755-4769800-755-GROWWebsite
The county board decides eligibility and plans services, including Medicaid waivers.
We have not confirmed a local listing for Delaware County yet. Start with the statewide contact below.
Ohio's 88 county boards of DD
Your county board is where local services for developmental disabilities start. It decides who qualifies, assigns a helper to plan services, and runs Medicaid waivers and family support money.
Next step: Find your county on the map, or call the state line and ask to be connected to your county.
Call 800-617-6733Ohio DODD referral lineWebsite
Local advocates, shelter and help with protection orders. Shelter addresses are never listed here.
Free and private. (it does not erase your history).
Turning Point
Free, confidential help for people facing domestic violence in Crawford, Delaware, Marion, Morrow, Union and Wyandot counties: 24-hour crisis line, shelter, advocacy, support groups and help with victims' rights.
Next step: Call the 24-hour hotline any time. The local number is 740-382-8988.
Call 800-232-650524 hoursWebsite
Heating and electric help, shelter, and food pantries.
Bridges Community Action Partnership
The community action agency for Delaware County. Handles HEAP and other utility bill help.
Next step: Use the website to see current programs and how to book an appointment.
Custody, divorce, eviction, benefits and protection orders.
Legal Aid of Southeast and Central Ohio
Free civil legal help for people with low incomes in Delaware, Marion, Morrow and Union counties.
Next step: Call Monday to Friday between 9:00 and 4:30, or apply online at lasco.org.
150 Oak Street, Marion, OH 43302
People who know what is available in this county right now.
HelpLine
The local 211. A resource specialist helps you find food, housing, rent and utility help, mental health services, legal help and more.
Next step: Dial 211 or the local number.
Call 740-369-3316Text HELPLINE to 898211Website
Pulls agencies together into one plan when a child needs help from more than one of them.
We have not confirmed a local listing for Delaware County yet. Start with the statewide contact below.
Ohio Family and Children First
When a child's needs involve several agencies at once, such as school, mental health, the county board of DD or children services, your county council can bring everyone to one table to make one plan. Some councils can also help pay for things like respite or mentoring.
Next step: Call your county's Family and Children First Council and ask for service coordination. Families can ask for it themselves.
Playgroups, support groups, church and library groups, and anyone who helps parents in Delaware County.
We are building this list now. Run a group or know a good one? Tell us about it and we will add it.
Hotlines, benefits, disability and neurodiversity resources and single-parent support that work in every county are on the Find help pages.