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If the foster teen in your house is heading for college, you might want to have them check out applying for financial assistance from HEMI.   HEMI is the Higher Education Mentoring Initiative, a partnership between the University of Cincinnati, …

We run a one-stop employment center in Hamilton County and people often ask me what career fields are the most promising.

Of course information technology, truck driving and health care are at the top of the list, but I increasingly point to an old staple for the US economy: manufacturing.

HCJFS Director Moira Weir has been chosen as a national finalist for an award recognizing government leaders.

Weir was named one of ten finalists for a 2017 Route Fifty Navigator Award in the category of Agency and Department Leadership. She was one of nearly 300 people nominated for the award. Cincinnati City Manager Harry Black was a 2016 winner in the same category.

Construction catty-corner to the HCJFS office at 222 E. Central Parkway will lead to the closure of lanes of traffic and sidewalks starting in October. Visitors to the building should be aware of the potential closings.  Construction of a new …

HCJFS has an employee outreach group called COVE, which stands for Community Outreach Volunteer Effort. The group has “adopted” a nearby school, Rothenberg Preparatory Academy in Over-the-Rhine.

Hamilton County’s Job and Family Services Planning Committee will meet Friday, Sept. 22 at 10 a.m. The meeting will be held at 222 E. Central Parkway in Room 6SE701.    

Produce Perks provides a dollar-for-dollar match – up to $10 — to customers who use their Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program food cards to buy healthy fruits and vegetables.

Clifton Market, located at 319 Ludlow Ave. is a community-owned grocery store that stocks regionally-grown fruits and vegetables.

It’s a little after sunrise on the first day of another week, and Cincinnati is waking up again with a heroin problem. So is Covington. And Middletown. And Norwood. And Hamilton. And West Chester Township. And countless other cities and towns across Ohio and Kentucky.

This particular week, July 10 through 16, will turn out to be unexceptional by the dreary standards of what has become the region’s greatest health crisis.

Don’t forget – we extended our child support amnesty through September. Parents who have had their driver’s license or professional license suspended for not paying child support still have more time to get those licenses reinstated. Delinquent parents can have …

Our offices will be closed Monday, September 4, and reopen on Tuesday, Sept. 5.