​The Prevention, Retention & Contingency (PRC) program is designed to assist low-income families in overcoming immediate barriers to achieving or maintaining self-sufficiency and personal responsibility.

Self-Sufficiency for the entire assistance group is the program goal. A PRC assistance group is defined by as one of the following:

• an 18 year-old or older who is pregnant (unborn counts as an assistance group member);
• minor child living with birth or adoptive parents, specified relative as defined by Ohio Works First (OWF) rules, or legal guardian, non-custodial parent (as defined below), and treated as one unit for determining eligibility.
• A non-custodial (or non-residential) parent, living in Champaign County, with a child that resides in Ohio. Must be currently cooperating with child support enforcement agency and have made child support payments in the past 30 days.

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Eligibility
Eligible Assistance Groups

• Assistance Group must include a minor child, unless they meet non-custodial requirements
  
• Must be a Champaign County resident and a US citizen or qualified alien
• Assistance Group must not have any member who voluntarily quit employment or took action to cause their termination within the last 60 days without good cause.
• Assistance group with a member who has committed fraud or demonstrated “intent to fraud” for purposes of receiving OWF/PRC, Publicly Funded Child Care or SNAP is ineligible until paid in full.
• Anyone under an OWF or SNAP sanction cannot receive PRC funds while under this sanction.
• If a PRC assistance group has not followed responsibilities from a previous PRC approval, they must comply with those responsibilities before being eligible again.
• Be able to show that you have made an attempt to stay caught up with the bills
• Cooperate with your PRC plan to prevent a re-occurrence of need
• Be able to meet your monthly expense after PRC approval

Limits
Services, Definitions and Amount Limits

​Authorized services, definitions and limits are detailed in Exhibit 1 of this plan. Assistance may be requested for a second time during a consecutive 12-month period provided:

1. Eligibility is established, and new application is filed at each new request;
2. Overall cap of $2500 for PRC assistance group member has not been reached within the previous twelve consecutive months; and
3. PRC assistance group met or continues to meet self-sufficiency activities as detailed in most recent PRC application/plan.

PRC Application

What Do I Have To Do?

• Be able to show that you have made an attempt to  stay caught up with the bills
  
• Cooperate with your PRC plan to prevent a re-occurrence of need
• Be able to meet your monthly expense after PRC approval
• Complete all of your responsibilities on your PRC plan

How Do I Apply? 

• Complete the application and monthly budget FORMS
• Provide any supporting documentation (i.e. outstanding bills, foreclosure, etc.) for the application

You can file an application in person during regular business hours, by mailing in a completed application, dropping an application in our drop box (In parking lot outside the BMV), via email at Champ_PRC@jfs.ohio.gov or by faxing a completed application to 937-484-1506.