The most recent round of state statistics on county processing times show Hamilton County led all metropolitan counties in processing February food stamp applications, with an 86% timeliness rate. As you will recall, we had trouble processing new applications and re-applications this …
Read MoreHere’s a link to a nice television news story about our adoption recruitment efforts. We have stepped up the use of video over the past year. It really allows the children to shine and gives potential parents a glimpse of …
Read MoreThe latest version of our Update newsletter contains stories on our improvements in processing public assistance applications, the state’s new child support portal, the need for mentors in our Higher Education Mentoring Initiative and our new document imaging service that …
Read MoreI would like to remind everyone of our partnership with the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County. It is a great way to avoid the time and gas needed for a trip downtown. If you are a public assistance recipient and …
Read MoreWe have about 90,000 child support cases in Hamilton County. Each case accounts for two parents and at least one child, so at any given time, at least 270,000 people are involved in child support cases. Many cases have more …
Read MoreOur Higher Education Mentoring Initiative is in need of mentors. If you are someone interested in helping a youth in need, this is a perfect program for you. You will spend time helping a foster child graduate high school and go …
Read MoreI am extremely happy to renew a partnership with WCPO-TV that is designed to locate parents who are severely delinquent on their child support payments. This is a partnership that stretches back about 15 years and Channel 9 estimates approximately $3.4 million …
Read MoreWe have been pretty open about our timeliness problems with public assistance applications. If you’ll remember, we wrote this letter to the community in November. We promised we would get better and we have. I am happy to report our …
Read MoreOur abused and neglected children had a wonderful holiday this year. For the first time ever, we were able to provide toys to all the children who needed them. We received more than 7,000 toys from the U.S. Marine Corps …
Read MoreI want to thank Attorney General Dewine for inviting me today and for offering to host an important discussion on Ohio’s child welfare system. It is always great to get together with those who work in this field and discuss …
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