Fewer Ohioans filed for unemployment benefits last week, though the number of continued claims rose slightly, according to new data from the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS).

Five of six Defiance-area counties saw unemployment rates ranging between 4.7% and 5.3% during August while Putnam continued to be the lowest.

According to a recent press release, the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS) has received updated federal guidance from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food and Nutrition Service ...

(WKBN) – A woman who was convicted in a COVID-era unemployment scheme through her employment with the state was sentenced this week. Alana Hamilton was sentenced to four years and 11 months in prison ...

Lake County Department of Job and Family Services clients receiving Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits will continue to receive them “normally” through October during the government ...

Initial filings for unemployment benefits in California dropped last week compared with the week prior, the U.S. Department of Labor said Thursday. New jobless claims, a proxy for layoffs, fell to ...

On Aug. 25, Laurie Saint Clair and Tiara Molock-Bennett of the American Red Cross teamed up with Nancy Mitnick, volunteer supervisor at Jewish Family Service of Atlantic & Cape May Counties, to ...

Columbus, Ohio, - In 2020, because of the COVID-19 pandemic and the increased unemployment of millions of Americans, Congress passed various programs to address the crisis, including the Pandemic ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio – Cuyahoga County’s Job and Family Services was able to slash average call wait times to less than 20 minutes this year, but officials fear that President Donald Trump’s “big, ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Ohioans filed 4,855 initial unemployment claims last week, 226 fewer than the previous week, the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services reported. Approximately 667 of those have ...