Ohio Department Of Job And Family Services

People who apply for unemployment in Ohio must verify their identity. Most can do that electronically but, in some cases, they can’t. Now they now have another option – post offices.

Four agencies that serve refugees will have an additional $1 million to help connect clients to employment.

The 'Step Up to Quality' program was created to increase the accountability of childcare programs that get state assistance. The Ohio Department of Job and Services said the program has made changes.

Lt. Gov. Jon Husted, who himself was adopted at a young age, said this new technology will help caseworkers find people who might be willing to adopt a child. Ohio is the first state in the nation to use this technology.

Ohio paid nearly $3.4 billion dollars in overpayments to people getting unemployment since March of 2020. And while the state is still counting up all the money that was overpaid, that total doesn’t include the paid claims that were fraudulent.

Last month, Ohio's unemployment rate continued to trend in an upward direction.

More than 2.7 million Ohioans have signed up for the state’s Vax-A-Million drawings. However, there are questions as to whether information Ohioans gave to be eligible for that drawing could be subject to public records laws.

When the Family First Act takes effect October 1, group foster homes nationwide will no longer be reimbursed.

The state of Ohio overpaid more than $2 billion in unemployment benefits to hundreds of thousands of Ohioans during the pandemic and a significant percentage of that money went to fraudulent claims.

State labor officials say people collecting unemployment benefits will soon have to once again prove they're looking for work to quality.