Important Updates

At a time when we are seeing record numbers of clients, the Hamilton County Department of Job and Family Services also faces unprecedented budget cuts. Due to funding reductions, we have been forced to lay off more than a third …

Last night, we had a tremendous celebration for more than 50 of our foster youth who have overcome incredible obstacles to graduate from high school. Our Celebration of Dreams event is always one of the highlights of my year. The …

We just received word that we have won four achievement awards from the National Association of Counties innovative programs that contribute to and enhance county government. The association recognized 500 innovative programs from around the nation, including 13 in Ohio. …

How would you like a chance to get a quick answer to your question about a Hamilton County Department of Job and Family Services program – without making a phone call or coming to our offices? Starting a year ago, …

Every Child’s Hope was a great success. We had more than 100 people stop to learn about foster parenting and the speakers were tremendous. Very inspirational. I really do appreciate those who gave of their time for this event. We …

I’m very excited about an event coming up this weekend called Every Child’s Hope. It could mean great things for our foster children! As many of you know, we have 800 foster children in care on any given day. Yet, …

Back in the fall, JFS’ Family & Adult Assistance section started a new process called Case Banking. With the new process, food stamp and cash assistance clients no longer had specific workers assigned to their individual cases – their cases …

We recently began offering live, private chats with Hamilton County residents who have child support cases. This is a quick and convenient way to ask questions about your case. We have offered public chats for several months now, but many …

Foster Care Month is off to a great start with good participation in our live chat (one person even requested a sign-up packet after thinking about becoming a foster parent for a long time), coverage in the Enquirer, and support …

We released a new foster care video and created a new Web site for foster care and adoption recruitment this month, which is national Foster Care Month. Check out the video at the new site, www.hckids.org . I think it …