You can now apply by phone. Call 1 (844) 640-OHIO (6446) to apply for food assistance, cash assistance, and Medicaid. An audio signature will be required if you apply by phone.
You can also click on the link listed below and submit the printed application to the SCJFS.
Click on the application for the type of assistance you are seeking
Cash Assistance, Food Assistance, Medicaid, and Publicly Funded Child Care Assistance
Complete and print out the application
All printed applications can be submitted, in person, to our Canton office. Applications can also be mailed to:
Stark County Job & Family Services (SCJFS)
221 3rd Street SE
Canton, OH 44702
Or fax completed application to (330) 451-8925
Please note: Once you have submitted one application in any of the ways shown above, there is no need to submit an additional one unless you are requesting assistance you did not previously request, or if you are applying for someone else.
IMPORTANT: NOTICE OF NONDISCRIMINATION
To partner with our customers, community and other service providers to protect children and vulnerable adults, stabilize and strengthen families, and encourage self-sufficiency and personal responsibility.
In accordance with federal civil rights law and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) civil rights regulations and policies, this institution is prohibited from discriminating on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex (including gender identity and sexual orientation), disability, age, or reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity.
Program information may be made available in languages other than English. Persons with disabilities who require alternative means of communication to obtain program information (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, American Sign Language), should contact the responsible state or local agency that administers the program or USDA’s TARGET Center at (202) 720-2600 (voice and TTY) or contact USDA through the Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339.
To file a program discrimination complaint, a Complainant should complete a Form AD-3027, USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form which can be obtained online at: https://www.usda.gov/sites/default/files/documents/ad-3027.pdf, from any USDA office, by calling (866) 632-9992, or by writing a letter addressed to USDA. The letter must contain the complainant’s name, address, telephone number, and a written description of the alleged discriminatory action in sufficient detail to inform the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights (ASCR) about the nature and date of an alleged civil rights violation. The completed AD-3027 form or letter must be submitted to USDA by:
This institution is an equal opportunity provider.