If you know a teen in foster care who is graduating from high school this year or getting their GED, please let us know. As you might know, HCJFS puts on a big event for these kids called Celebration of …
Read MoreInterested in summer employment? Hamilton County Job and Family Services’ previous Summer Youth Employment Program is now part of the Comprehensive Case Management Employment Program, a dynamic year-round program for county youth ages 14 to 24.
Read MoreA limited amount of financial assistance is available to low-income, elderly and disabled flood victims through Hamilton County Job and Family Services. Gov. John Kasich has declared a state of emergency in Hamilton County, along with Adams, Athens, Belmont, Brown, …
Read MoreThe Ohio Department of Medicaid is conducting a telephone survey of Ohio’s Medicaid consumers. Hamilton County residents may receive a call regarding their experience with the Medicaid program. The call will come from a company called RTI International and the number 866-558-0776. The company …
Read MoreHamilton County caseworkers helped 141 children find forever families in 2017, celebrating the most adoptions in agency history.
The previous high was 135 in 2007.
Read MoreOur offices will be closed Monday, February 19, for Presidents’ Day.
Read MoreFood and cash assistance recipients in Hamilton County will soon sign their recertification papers with an audio signature, a process that will reduce the number of cases where people lose benefits because of unreturned paperwork.
Read MoreGraduating high school is not a given. In fact, foster children are much more likely to drop out of school and not graduate than their peers. The young people we celebrate every June worked hard to avoid that fate.
Read MoreYou probably already know this if you’re a parent, but it is good information to repeat. From Hamilton County Public Health and the City of Cincinnati’s health department: Some schools in Hamilton County are experiencing high levels of influenza (flu) …
Read MoreThe Ohio Worker Benefits Portal will be down on Tuesday, Feb. 20, for maintenance. Consumers will be unable to access Medicaid information or cases on that day. As part of these maintenance efforts to prepare the system to integrate information …
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