Important Updates

Here’s a subject I covered in this month’s issue of our community newsletter. If you are interested in receiving our newsletter, Update, you can sign up at www.hcjfs.org, under the Public tab…. Child abuse is a problem few people will …

Just an FYI: we recently translated several of our Child Support fact sheets into Spanish. This is another in our ongoing efforts to make the agency more accessible. If you are interested — or know anyone who is interested — …

Two big events for our agency today were a great success. First, the Fatherhood Conference with Lighthouse Youth Services and the Ohio Practioner’s Network for Fathers and Families was packed with participants. Reds Hall of Famer Joe Morgan and U.S. …

Good news about our Fatherhood Conference! Reds Hall of Famer Joe Morgan is kicking it off! This is creating a little buzz in the community and that means fatherhood is getting some attention. That is good. We all know that …

Today’s stories on Channel 9 (http://www.wcpo.com/dpp/news/region_central_cincinnati/siblings-reunited-after-46-years) and in The Cincinnati Enquirer (http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20100809/NEWS01/8100350/1055/NEWS/Family-reunites-after-split-decades-ago) tell a few interesting things about the world of child welfare. First, they tell how far we have come. Forty years ago, there was not as much emphasis …

Every month, we highlight one of our children who is available for adoption. We try to do it in many ways, but, we may miss some of you, so this month I am adding it to my blog. We have …

I pointed out a few posts ago that our agency does not handle unemployment compensation. It is handled at the state level, by the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services. Still, many of the people who find themselves unemployed …

Ten years ago this year, a group of entities focused on child abuse and its victims came together and created a first-of-its kind operation at Children’s Hospital Medical Center that today includes state-of-the-art diagnostic treatment, prevention and training programs and …

Just a note that we are looking for businesses, non-profits and others to help our public assistance recipients gain work experience. Becoming a Work Experience Program site enables your business or organization to receive free help with your work, while …

Today I learned about yet-another difficult decision made by a growing number of the people we serve: Do they spend their limited resources on transportation to submit a job application, or on a trip to our downtown office to investigate …