Sandusky County Department of Job and Family Services - Fremont, OH

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Sandusky County Department of Job and Family Services - Fremont, OH The Sandusky County DJFS is located in Fremont, OH. This page is for information sharing only.

Servicing the community in the following divisions: Public Assistance, Child Support Enforcement, Children Services, and Workforce Development. The Sandusky County Department of Job and Family Services is located in Fremont, OH. This location services the community in the following divisions: Public Assistance, Child Support Enforcement, Children Services, and Workforce Development.

10/09/2026

📢 IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT: OFFICE CLOSURE & NEW PUBLIC ASSISTANCE ENTRANCE! 📢

🏢 ALL JFS OFFICES WILL BE CLOSED MONDAY for the federal holiday!

When we reopen Tuesday, October 13, we’ll have a new location for our Public Assistance front desk! Please read below so you know where to go. 👇

📍 NEW LOCATION STARTING TUESDAY
Our Public Assistance staff will now greet the public from the OhioMeansJobs (OMJ) lobby!
✅ Easier access from the parking lot! You can now enter through the building’s main entrance instead of walking along the long sidewalk to enter the building.
✅ Look for signs! We’ll have signs in place starting Tuesday to help direct you to the right location.

🚗 JUST DROPPING OFF DOCUMENTS?
Our drive-thru is still available on the Countryside Drive side of the building! You can continue to drop off your documents there without coming inside.

📌 REMEMBER:
🔹 All offices closed Monday.
🔹 Public Assistance front desk moves to the OhioMeansJobs lobby Tuesday. Use the main entrance doors right off the parking lot.
🔹Children Services and Administration/ Fiscal divisions of our JFS will continue to utilize the entrance along the long sidewalk by the flagpole.
🔹 Document drop-offs can still use the drive-thru on Countryside Drive.

We’re making access easier and more convenient for our community! This also makes our staff more efficient and streamlined in their work spaces.
❤️ Please help spread the word by sharing this post!
Thank you for your patience as we make this transition!

Regional Grant Cycle 2 award announcements are underway!We are pleased to share that the OneOhio Recovery Foundation Boa...
09/13/2026

Regional Grant Cycle 2 award announcements are underway!

We are pleased to share that the OneOhio Recovery Foundation Board of Directors has approved $1.15 million in grant funding for six organizations serving Region 17, including:

🔵 Anthony’s Villa
🟢 Hancock County Board of Alcohol, Drug Addiction & Mental Health Services
🔵 Sandusky County Department of Job and Family Services - Fremont, OH
🟢 Seneca County Common Pleas Court
🔵 Wood County Health Department
🟢 Wyandot Memorial Hospital

This funding will put opioid settlement dollars to work in communities across the region by supporting programs and initiatives designed to save lives, prevent addiction, expand treatment access, support people in recovery, and strengthen community resilience.

And this is just part of the impact ahead. Approximately $45 million will be made available statewide through Regional Grant Cycle 2, building on more than $45 million awarded to 245 projects through OneOhio’s inaugural grant cycle.

Explore the grants approved in Region 17 and stay tuned as we share more Regional Grant Cycle 2 awards in the days and weeks ahead: https://bit.ly/4xKnnkE

07/02/2026

Closure Notice FRIDAY, JULY 3 for the federal holiday.

The offices closed include: children services, child support, workforce, and public assistance.

Our offices open for normal business hours on Monday, JULY 6.

If you need to make an emergency call regarding child or elder abuse and neglect please call (419) 334-8708. You can also message our page or email our agency at [email protected] - We do respond to those intermittently in the evenings, holidays and weekends.

Thank you for your understanding.

06/18/2026

Closure Notice FRIDAY, JUNE 19 for the federal holiday.

The offices closed include: children services, child support, workforce, and public assistance.

Our offices open for normal business hours on Monday, June 22.

If you need to make an emergency call regarding child or elder abuse and neglect please call (419) 334-8708. You can also message our page or email our agency at [email protected] - We do respond to those intermittently in the evenings, holidays and weekends.

Thank you for your understanding.

🏅 This morning during our agency closure, we gathered to celebrate the people who make this work possible — and what a c...
06/17/2026

🏅 This morning during our agency closure, we gathered to celebrate the people who make this work possible — and what a celebration it was! We were also joined by all 3 Sandusky County Commissioners to celebrate our staff milestones.

In the spirit of the Summer Olympics, we honored staff milestones ranging from 1 year of service all the way to an incredible 35 years! Each honoree received a personalized recognition title, because great work deserves more than a certificate.

Congratulations to our milestone honorees:
🥇 1 Year: Taylor H., Morgan L., Kelsey P., Bethany B., Tori B., Melissa M., Nicole C., Meredith D. & Rhiannon S.

🥇 5 Years: Casey N. & Robbin D.

🥇 10 Years: Kristi M.

🥇 20 Years: Jill W. & Davi A.

🥇 25 Years: Lisa M.

🥇 35 Years: Jackie M.

Government social services isn't glamorous work, and it doesn't always get the recognition it deserves from the outside — but the families we serve are better off because these individuals chose public service when they could have chosen something easier. That is what makes a champion.

Thank you to every single one of our staff members who shows up, gives their best, and makes this agency a gold standard across the state. Proud of this team, today and every day. Director Mel 💛

06/17/2026

Reminder for this morning, Wednesday, June 17. Lobby doors will open at 9.

PLEASE NOTE AGENCY CLOSURE DATE/ TIME: WEDNESDAY JUNE 17 FROM 8-9 am
To honor all of our staff, our agency, lobbies and drive thru will be closed for one hour on Wednesday, June 17 for our annual employee appreciation event.

06/16/2026

Update: The phone lines are back up and running. Thank you for your patience.

Our agency phone lines are temporarily down. If you need to report child abuse or neglect please call the non emergency line at the Sandusky County Sheriffs Department or email [email protected].

06/11/2026

Please take note and make appropriate arrangements...
We will have a delayed opening on Wednesday; 6/17/26 to celebrate and honor our employees for the annual employee appreciation event!
We will be open for business at 9:00 am and look forward to serving our customers.

🌟 Celebrating Two Incredible Careers 🌟After A COMBINED 56 YEARS of service and showing up for the most vulnerable member...
06/10/2026

🌟 Celebrating Two Incredible Careers 🌟

After A COMBINED 56 YEARS of service and showing up for the most vulnerable members of our community, Gabby and Jackie are hanging up their caseworker hats — and they are leaving behind a legacy that words can barely capture.

Gabby has been nothing short of a cornerstone of this agency. From child welfare to adult protective services, she has walked alongside families, children, and elderly individuals during some of the most difficult moments of their lives. She built bridges with attorneys, law enforcement, foster parents, CASA volunteers, and countless community partners — always with one goal in mind: the safety and well-being of those who needed someone in their corner. Nearly three decades of court dates, home visits, hard phone calls, and harder decisions. She took it all on with grace.

Jackie poured her career into ensuring that children in our community had safe, loving, licensed homes to land in. Her work in foster home licensing meant that families were ready to open their doors. And when cases called for it, she rolled up her sleeves for ongoing family work too. The homes she approved, the families she supported, the children she helped stabilize — that ripple effect will be felt for generations.

Together, these two have seen policy changes, leadership changes, a pandemic, and everything in between. They have carried the weight of this work without complaint and with more dedication than most people will ever fully understand.

Child welfare is not easy. It never has been. And yet — for 3 decades and all these years — they chose it, every single day.

We are so grateful. We are so proud. And we are so happy that Gabby and Jackie finally get to put down the deadlines, step away from the chaos, and just breathe. You have both more than earned it. 💙

Closure Notice Monday, May 25th. The offices closed include: children services, child support, workforce, and public ass...
05/22/2026

Closure Notice Monday, May 25th.

The offices closed include: children services, child support, workforce, and public assistance.

Our offices open for normal business hours on Tuesday, May 26th.

If you need to make an emergency call regarding child or elder abuse and neglect please call (419) 334-8708. You can also message our page or email our agency at [email protected] - We do respond to those intermittently in the evenings, holidays and weekends.

Thank you for your understanding.

Address

2511 Countryside Drive
Fremont, OH
43420

Opening Hours

Monday 8am - 4:30pm
Tuesday 8am - 4:30pm
Wednesday 8am - 4:30pm
Thursday 8am - 4:30pm
Friday 8am - 4:30pm

Telephone

+14193343891

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