The HCJFS Fatherhood Design Team met last Friday. The team of staff and community members is looking at ways the agency can better serve fathers. The meeting began with a presentation that served as a refresher on what Design Thinking …
Read MoreWhen children enter the foster care system they often just have the clothes on their backs. So in honor of National Underwear Day, August 5, we will be hosting a drive for one of their basic needs. August 6-10 HCJFS …
Read MoreHamilton County is one of five counties in Ohio trying out a program that pays bonuses to young adults for keeping a job. The Wage Pathway Program helps low-income, low-skilled people ages 18 to 24 find a job and keep it. The goal is to help them gain financial stability and job experience so they can take the next step to a better job and self sufficiency.
Read MoreIeshia Ruffin never planned to foster or adopt children, so when she took in two young brothers, she thought it was a temporary placement. But months turned into years, and the temporary placement turned into a forever home for Terry …
Read MoreOur Speakers Bureau can provide someone to talk to your group about HCJFS. Topics include: Spotting child abuse, getting public assistance, reporting fraud, adoption, and our fatherhood initiative. Visit our Speakers Bureau page under the Contact Us section to request …
Read MoreThe number of Hamilton County children in need of foster or adoptive homes is growing everyday. If you have room in your home and in your heart for a child, please visit our sister site, HCKids.org, to learn how to …
Read MoreOur sister site OMJ-CinHam.org, is Hamilton County’s OhioMeansJobs website to list or look for jobs. You search jobs, get employment tips and contact us for more help. Employers can contact us through the site to learn how to post jobs.
Read MoreEvery month, our adoption site, HCKids.org, highlights a child looking for a forever family. This month, it’s Kerianna. Kerianna is a smart, funny, energetic girl who likes school and enjoys reading books. She likes to play board games and card games. …
Read MoreHCJFS’ child support division has created an email address specifically for employers to contact us about child support cases.
Read MoreOur offices will be closed Wednesday, July 4, for Independence Day.
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