Important Updates

Beech Acres Parenting Center is proud to partner with Hamilton County Job & Family Services to provide informational workshops for expecting moms, new moms and their partners. These free, 3-hour workshops are held every Tuesday at 222 E Central Parkway in Room 6 SE 401 from 9 a.m. to noon.

Moira Weir, director of our agency, started in social work in 1993. She has been involved in many cases in the years since and has seen the effects of domestic violence on women and their children.

To honor National Domestic Violence Awareness Month, the YWCA of Cincinnati has teamed up with the Bengals, TriHealth and Local 12 to launch what they call a bystander intervention campaign. That means if you – a bystander –  see something that …

If the foster teen in your house is heading for college, you might want to have them check out applying for financial assistance from HEMI.   HEMI is the Higher Education Mentoring Initiative, a partnership between the University of Cincinnati, …

As we settle into a new school year, we feel fortunate to have a great team of co-op students working for us as they continue their studies at Mount St. Joseph University. This is the seventh year for the partnership …

We run a one-stop employment center in Hamilton County and people often ask me what career fields are the most promising.

Of course information technology, truck driving and health care are at the top of the list, but I increasingly point to an old staple for the US economy: manufacturing.

HCJFS Director Moira Weir has been chosen as a national finalist for an award recognizing government leaders.

Weir was named one of ten finalists for a 2017 Route Fifty Navigator Award in the category of Agency and Department Leadership. She was one of nearly 300 people nominated for the award. Cincinnati City Manager Harry Black was a 2016 winner in the same category.

Construction catty-corner to the HCJFS office at 222 E. Central Parkway will lead to the closure of lanes of traffic and sidewalks starting in October. Visitors to the building should be aware of the potential closings.  Construction of a new …

HCJFS has an employee outreach group called COVE, which stands for Community Outreach Volunteer Effort. The group has “adopted” a nearby school, Rothenberg Preparatory Academy in Over-the-Rhine.

Hamilton County’s Job and Family Services Planning Committee will meet Friday, Sept. 22 at 10 a.m. The meeting will be held at 222 E. Central Parkway in Room 6SE701.