Ssbg-2026 - social services block grant

The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families awarded Ohio Department of Job and Family Services $134.951 million on October 1, 2025, under the Social Services Block Grant (CFDA 93.667), a formula grant supporting flexible state-level social service programming. The award funds SSBG services directed at reducing dependency, promoting self-sufficiency, protecting children and adults from neglect and abuse, and enabling individuals unable to care for themselves to remain in community settings or access appropriate institutional arrangements. The grant period runs through September 30, 2027, with place of performance in Ohio.

ODJFS distributes SSBG funding to a broad network of sub-recipients delivering early intervention, employment assistance, information and referral, non-medical transportation, adult day care, and recreational services. Sub-recipients include county developmental disabilities boards (Cuyahoga, Hamilton, Franklin, Summit, Stark, Lucas, Montgomery, Lorain, Licking, Delaware, Miami, Marion, Knox, Medina, Portage, Richland, and others), county commissioners offices and job and family services agencies (Fulton, Erie, Greene, Lorain, Summit, Hancock, and additional counties), and nonprofit organizations including Advocacy and Protective Services Inc. and Special Olympics Ohio. County-level recipients administer SSBG-funded services for individuals with developmental disabilities, including child support enforcement, food assistance, child care, and kinship caregiver support. Additional sub-awards fund TANF program transfers to counties including Lorain, Erie, Summit, Fulton, and Greene.