PUBLIC NOTICE

To the Residents and Social Services Agencies of Logan County: The Logan County Department of Job & Family Services will hold a Title XX Public Hearing beginning at 10:30 am on Thursday, April 13, 2023, at our Agency located at 1 Hunter Place, Suite B, Bellefontaine, Ohio 43311. The purpose of this Hearing is to provide an opportunity for input as to the Social Service needs of Logan County and to review agency proposed plans for the program years beginning on October 1, 2023, to September 30, 2025.

We want to encourage citizen participation in planning for public social services and, as such, you are cordially invited to the attend this public hearing. Whether you are a member of an advocacy group, an agency representative, or a Logan County Citizen, your views and comments are important to our planning process. Should you desire to give testimony at the hearing, it is requested that you contact Cynthia L. Heffner, Director of Logan County Job & Family Services at (937) 599-5165 so we may allow time for your testimony to be scheduled. Written testimony may also be sent to the Agency at the above address. If you do not desire to provide testimony, you are still encouraged to attend to see how the planning process works.

As a social services agency that serves the needs of our community, we are looking forward to seeing you at the Public hearing and, hopefully through our mutual efforts, we can develop a meaningful plan for the citizens of Logan County.

Sincerely,
Cynthia L. Heffner, Director of Logan County Job & Family Services
SNAP Recipients - Congress temporarily increased SNAP benefits due to the COVID-19 public health emergency.  This means you have been getting more benefits on your EBT card each month than you normally would. The federal law has changed and no longer allows for SNAP emergency allotments. Your last SNAP emergency allotment will be in February 2023, and your benefits will be reduced to your normal amount beginning March 2023. Your normal amount is the first SNAP benefit you receive each month- the emergency allotment has been the second SNAP benefit issued at the end of the month. You will continue to receive your normal SNAP amount; only the emergency allotment SNAP benefit you received at the end of each month is stopping.
 
Please note that neither the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services, nor your county agency, have control over this change. Because this is a federal law change, there are no fair hearing rights or fair hearing benefits on the ending of the SNAP emergency allotments.