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Job & Family Services reports caseload declines, $10M in child support collections and summer benefits for eligible children
Summary
Job & Family Services reported establishment of child support and paternity in about 97% of brought cases, more than $10 million collected in support payments (with $1.8 million past due collections), SNAP benefits issuance in the reported month and a Medicaid caseload of just over 21,000; the Sunbucks summer benefit provides $120 per eligible child.
Debbie Kylie, director of Job & Family Services, told Medina County commissioners that the division has achieved a high rate of child support and paternity establishment and reported substantial benefit and caseload figures.
Kylie said the division has established support and paternity in roughly 97% of cases brought to them and for the federal fiscal year has collected more than $10 million in support payments, with about $1.8 million in past-due collections. She reported that SNAP benefits issued in the month totaled approximately $1.5 million and that the county's SNAP caseload decreased from over 9,500 to about 8,900. Kylie said the TANF caseload stood at roughly 76 recipients, and Medicaid enrollment was down to just over 21,000 residents.
On child protective services, Kylie reported 87 children in care (down from 103 the previous April), with 23 in treatment centers and the remainder in relative care or traditional foster homes; the division received 138 abuse/neglect reports in April 2026. Kylie also described the Sunbucks summer benefit program for eligible school-aged children: each eligible child receives $120 to be issued on EBT cards and the benefits will expire Oct. 31 if unused.
Kylie advised that eligible children are automatically enrolled when schools provide eligibility information tied to free and reduced-price lunch, Medicaid, TANF or SNAP participation. The board moved and unanimously approved the division's Title 20 plan earlier in the meeting.
The department update is primarily informational; commissioners asked no substantive follow-up questions during the public presentation.
