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Hamilton County Job and Family Services opens more than 5,000 investigations of alleged abuse and neglect every year. The abuse hotline, 241-KIDS, took more than 65,000 calls last year. The practice model aims to safely reduce three things: mistakes; the …

Maybe you have a blue dress, a blue tie, a blue suit? Wear anything blue for Wear Blue: Child Abuse is Preventable Day. It’s an easy step to help us draw attention to the problem of child abuse. Did you …

As part of Hamilton County Job and Family Services’ many duties, the agency is constantly looking for loving, devoted and supportive families willing to adopt a child from foster care. Not every child in foster care is available for adoption, …

If you receive food assistance from our agency — and one in six in the county do — you’ll need to know about an important change coming to the program. Beginning Friday, the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services …

This month, we begin an exhaustive look at our Children’s Services Division as we prepare for re-accreditation, which should come sometime in 2015. Most are unaware there is a national organization that gives a seal of approval to agencies like …

If you’re thinking about adopting, HCJFS is hosting an adoption recruitment event at the Colerain Bowling Alley this Saturday Feb. 15 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. If you have a completed home study on file or letter from your …

Choose Your Partner Carefully I was very happy to see this editorial in today’s Enquirer. We launched that campaign a few years ago, but it is an extremely important topic that we should come back to on a regular basis. …

Below is my column from our recent Update newsletter. If you are not receiving our newsletter, please visit our website, hcjfs.org, and find the sign up form under the Public header. It is a good way to keep up on …

Our agency is processing about 200 more applications a day with the expansion of Medicaid. If you will recall, the state extended Medicaid to cover people with incomes up to 138 percent of the poverty level – $15,856 for a …

This bell rings at the SuperJobs Center with each new job! I looked over some of our numbers from the SuperJobs Center today and I am very happy with the work being done there. Our employees are to be commended …