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Search the links below for more resources, including culturally- specific resources, immigration help, mental health assistance, legal help, and more.

Help Getting Benefits

Ohio Benefit System:

Benefits in other states: usa.gov/benefits

Partners For Kids Care Guide

Partners For Kids’ Care Guide team can provide short-term support to patients to assist with Medicaid and other public benefit enrollment. The Care Guide Team can also assist with facilitating referrals and connecting to community resources, medical services, and other support services as identified by patient. To speak with someone about the Care Guide program, email PFKCareCoordination@NationwideChildrens.org or call (855) 562-4735. (Please note that patients or families must have Medicaid and/or be Medicaid eligible.)

The Bridge Project for Expecting Moms

The Bridge Project is dedicated to eliminating child poverty with unconditional cash grants to low-income families during pregnancy and the first three years of a child's life. Families in Appalachian counties of Ohio (and Kentucky and WV) are eligible.

Eligible counties: Adams, Ashtabula, Athens, Belmont, Brown, Carroll, Clermont, Columbiana, Coshocton, Gallia, Guernsey, Harrison, Highland, Hocking, Holmes, Jackson, Jefferson, Lawrence, Mahoning, Meigs, Monroe, Morgan, Muskingum, Noble, Perry, Pike, Ross, Scioto, Trumbull, Tuscarawas, Vinton, and Washington.

Applications are now live at the following link: The Bridge Project

Culturally Specific Resources

Immigration Help

Columbus Neighborhood Specific Help

Mental Health Help

If you or someone you know is in crisis, call or text 988 to reach the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline; chat with them online via their website; or text HOME to 741741. If this is an emergency, call 911.

Nationwide Children's Resources:

Community Resources:

Legal Help

Grief, Bereavement, and Spiritual Resources

Menstrual Health Resources

Allied Program Map

  • General map that can be searched wherever you live, to help you find local menstrual health resources

U By Kotex Free Sample

  • Go online to order free samples of Kotex Pads, shipped directly to your house. Each product does have a yearly limit per household.
  • No location limit

Gods Hygiene Health Center

  • Hygiene bags available for Franklin County Residents
  • 614-696-0024
  • 1402 Oakland Park Columbus, OH 43224
  • Hours - 9:30am-12pm

Period Pantry

  • Available to Franklin County Residents
  • Receive 30 products delivered to the home and limit of 10 menstruators in the home
  • Can re-apply each month as needed

Student Success Store (within Columbus City Schools):

  • Certain CCS with grades 6-12 have a store that students can access for free supplies. Check with your school counselor if you have a need.

Call 2-1-1

  • 211 helps to connect you to local resources in your community. They may be able to help you find menstrual resources.

Ohio Rise:

  • If you are connected to the Ohio Rise waiver, ask your case worker about the “Go With the Flow Program”. This provides a monthly stipend for period products

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