Important Updates

The nationwide EBT card problem from yesterday has been resolved and consumers can once again buy food with their card. Conduent, the Ohio Direction Card vendor, had notified the state of Ohio that there was card outage most of yesterday.   …

Conduent, the Ohio Direction Card vendor, has notified the state of Ohio that there is card outage because of a hardware issue at the company. Clients who receive food assistance cannot use their cards for purchases at this time. The company …

Hamilton County’s OhioMeansJob Center is co-hosting a workshop on Thursday, Aug. 24 to discuss drug trends in the workplace.

If you are a parent behind on child support, August is your chance for a fresh start.

How pervasive is heroin? It knows no race, gender or status. It is an equal opportunity destroyer.  CNN tells the story of a Clermont County deputy’s family and how heroin tore it apart. 

The Department’s Child Support Enforcement Agency handles about 78,000 cases each month involving more than 234,000 county residents. Last year, it collected $128 million for families that might not otherwise have had the financial support necessary to pay for such items as food, medical care, child care, school clothes and school supplies. Many of the children without child support turn to public assistance, with taxpayers providing financial support

Parents who have had their driver’s license or professional license suspended for not paying child support have the chance of reinstatement this month as Hamilton County Job and Family Services celebrates national Child Support Awareness Month with an offer of …

When the public discusses child support, especially pertaining to our agency, it almost always means the monetary support a non-custodial parent pays to the child. When we discuss it internally, we like to broaden the definition to include family/parent engagement. …

We know there are a lot of requests this time of year for back-to-school items. But if you’re interested in helping our older kids in foster care be ready for school, here’s a great way to do it: Donate to …

Four employees have been named winners of the agency’s ROCK STAR employee appreciation awards in the second quarter of 2017. The four winners, chosen from a list of 11 nominees, are: Tim Dingler, a Workforce Development program manager, in the …