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Five years ago this month, I became the director at Hamilton County Job and Family Services. It has been a very challenging five years. Budget cuts reduced our operating budget in half, forcing us to reduce, cut or transition positions, contracts …

  After a short break, the SuperJobs Center has reopened and is back to helping match local employers with skilled workers who want employment. On July 1, JFS staff officially took over operation of the SuperJobs one-stop employment center from a private …

I had the pleasure of joining host Vick Prichard on ICRC’s Community Report this month. It is always nice talking to Vicki and I am especially grateful she allowed us to talk about the work we do. We discussed difficult …

I am very pleased to see the story of DJ McCollum has gone national. It is a remarkable story of what determination and true love can do for one of our children. Here is the link of the story as …

We had a tremendous time last night! The graduates really seemed to enjoy themselves and the speaker, Adrian McLemore, told a very compelling story. I saw a lot of smiles, handshakes, pats on the back — it really was a …

I am really looking forward to tomorrow night when we celebrate the high school graduation of 35 students in our care. These foster youth have overcome great obstacles to reach academic sucess and throwing them a well-deserved party is always …

My most recent post mentioned the need for volunteers in our Higher Education Mentoring Program (HEMI). Well, I have more news on that front: the program was chosen as a 2012 Achievement Award winner by the National Association of Counties! …

It has been awhile since I have posted about our Higher Education Mentoring Initiative.  We are holding several information sessions in July to recruit new mentors. if you are interested, please put these dates and times on your calendar now: …

Below is my recent Update newsletter column on changes coming to Children’s Services. You can read more news at JFS by subscribing to Update here.   Some of you may have read that the Hamilton County Board of County Commissioners …

I am happy to announce two JFS employees have been named Hamilton County Employees of the Year! They are perfect representatives of all the great workers we have here at JFS. One is extremely close to me in that she …