Local offices and phone numbers for moms, dads, grandparents and anyone raising a child in Knox County. County seat: Mount Vernon. 11 local listings so far.
Your county Job and Family Services office takes applications and answers questions about your case.
Knox 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.
117 E. High Street, 4th Floor, Mount Vernon, OH 43050
Open a case, establish paternity, or ask about payments.
Knox County Job and Family Services
Opens child support cases, establishes paternity, and collects and reviews support orders.
Next step: Call and use extension 3040. The toll-free number is 800-298-2223.
117 E. High Street, 4th Floor, Mount Vernon, OH 43050
Call 740-397-7177ext. 3040Website
Report a concern about a child, or ask about kinship care, foster care and family support.
Knox 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.
117 E. High Street, 4th Floor, Mount Vernon, OH 43050
WIC food benefits, shots, car seats, birth certificates and home visits for new babies.
Knox Public Health
The county health department and community health center.
Next step: Use the website for current clinic services and phone numbers, and ask about WIC.
Free home visiting during pregnancy and early childhood, and free early intervention for children under 3.
We have not confirmed a local listing for Knox 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.
Knox DD
Decides eligibility for developmental disability services and plans supports for children and adults, including early intervention.
Next step: Call and say you want to ask about eligibility for your child.
11700 Upper Gilchrist Road, Mount Vernon, OH
Local advocates, shelter and help with protection orders. Shelter addresses are never listed here.
Free and private. (it does not erase your history).
New Directions
Help for survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault and their children: 24-hour crisis hotline, emergency shelter, court advocacy, help with protection orders and support groups.
Next step: Call any time.
Call 740-397-435724 hoursWebsite
Heating and electric help, shelter, and food pantries.
Kno-Ho-Co-Ashland Community Action Commission
The community action agency for Knox County. Helps with utilities (HEAP), housing, food access, transportation and employment support.
Next step: Use the Knox County office page for the current phone number and how to start an application.
The Winter Sanctuary of Mount Vernon
Emergency shelter during the cold months only.
Next step: Call first to ask whether the shelter is open and has space.
120 S. Norton Street, Mount Vernon, OH 43050
Call 740-392-9277seasonalWebsite
Custody, divorce, eviction, benefits and protection orders.
Legal Aid of Southeast and Central Ohio
Free civil legal help for people with low incomes in Knox, Licking, Muskingum and Perry counties.
Next step: Call Monday to Friday between 9:00 and 4:30, or apply online at lasco.org. The toll-free number is 888-831-9412.
15 W. Locust Street, Suite A, Newark, OH 43055
People who know what is available in this county right now.
Pathways of Central Ohio
The 211 information and referral line for Knox and Licking counties.
Next step: Dial 211 or the number here and say what you need.
United Way of Knox County
A community resource navigator and free tax preparation.
Next step: Use the website to reach the resource navigator.
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 Knox 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 Knox 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.