Local offices and phone numbers for moms, dads, grandparents and anyone raising a child in Morrow County. County seat: Mount Gilead. 14 local listings so far.
Your county Job and Family Services office takes applications and answers questions about your case.
Morrow County
Applications and case help for food assistance (SNAP), cash assistance, Medicaid and publicly funded child care.
Next step: Call or walk in Monday to Friday, 8:00 to 4:00. You can also apply online at benefits.ohio.gov.
619 W. Marion Road, Mount Gilead, OH 43338
Open a case, establish paternity, or ask about payments.
Morrow County Job and Family Services
Opens child support cases, establishes paternity, and collects and reviews support orders.
Next step: Call or visit Monday to Friday, 8:00 to 4:00. The toll-free number is 800-533-0353.
619 W. Marion Road, Mount Gilead, OH 43338
Report a concern about a child, or ask about kinship care, foster care and family support.
Morrow 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.
619 W. Marion Road, Mount Gilead, OH 43338
WIC food benefits, shots, car seats, birth certificates and home visits for new babies.
Morrow County Health District
Birth certificates, infant immunizations, car seat safety checks, free car seats for families who qualify by income, and Help Me Grow home visiting.
Next step: Call to ask what you need to bring and to set a time.
619 W. Marion Road, Mount Gilead, OH 43338
WIC
Food benefits, formula help, nutrition checks and breastfeeding support for pregnant and postpartum women, babies and children under 5.
Next step: Call to set up a first appointment. A breastfeeding peer helper can be reached at 220-212-7565.
Free home visiting during pregnancy and early childhood, and free early intervention for children under 3.
Help Me Grow
Free home visits for pregnant women and families with young children: parenting support, child development checks and connections to other help.
Next step: Call the local program, or use the statewide Help Me Grow referral line at 800-755-4769.
Ohio Heartland Community Action Commission
Free preschool and family support for children from families who qualify by income.
Next step: Call to ask about openings and how to enroll.
The county board decides eligibility and plans services, including Medicaid waivers.
We have not confirmed a local listing for Morrow 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.
Ohio Heartland Community Action Commission
Heating and utility bill help (HEAP and the Winter Crisis Program), water bill help, prescription copay help, and a personal needs pantry with diapers and hygiene items.
Next step: Call to make an appointment. Ask what papers to bring.
Cardington Community Food Pantry
Free groceries for local families.
Next step: Call or check the website for current hours before you go.
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 and more.
Next step: Dial 211 or the local number.
Call 419-947-2520Text HELPLINE to 898211Website
Mental Health America of Ohio
Support for mothers with depression or anxiety during pregnancy and after birth.
Next step: Call and say you are looking for help for yourself or someone you love. This is not a crisis line. In a crisis, call or text 988.
Pulls agencies together into one plan when a child needs help from more than one of them.
Morrow County
Coordinates services for children and families, including service coordination, parenting classes and summer food programs.
Next step: Ask for the council coordinator at Job and Family Services.
619 W. Marion Road, Mount Gilead, OH 43338
Playgroups, support groups, church and library groups, and anyone who helps parents in Morrow 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.