Disabled Workers' Relief Fund

The Disabled Workers' Relief Fund (D.W.R.F or DWRF) provides additional compensation to some individuals who are receiving permanent total disability compensation. D.W.R.F. is paid when the amount of permanent total compensation is below a certain amount. [If the injured worker is also receiving Social Security disability, D.W.R.F. is paid when the amount of permanent total compensation plus the amount of Social Security disability is below a certain amount. Click here for information about permanent total and social security disability.] The D.W.R.F. payment raises the compensation paid to the individual to a minimum amount.

D.W.R.F. compensation is supposed to be paid automatically to qualified individuals. There is no application. Ohio Administrative Code provision 4123-3-31 contains the proceedures used to calculate the D.W.R.F. payment.