Could you be the one to teach him to ride a bike? Could you be the one to take her to her first dance? Could you be the one to walk her down the aisle? Hamilton County Job and Family …
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We are two weeks away from our annual Celebration of Dreams event, an agency celebration for the foster children in our care who overcame great obstacles to graduate high school this year. We have more than 40 names on the …
Read MoreThe following opinion piece appeared in The Cincinnati Enquirer on April 8. I started my career in child welfare in 1993, at the tail end of a crack cocaine epidemic that ripped apart America’s families and filled the child …
Read MoreCincinnati (April 7, 2015) An unusual number of Hamilton County residents will wear blue suits, dresses, sweatshirts and other apparel tomorrow – not as a fashion statement, but as a social statement about the troubling problem of child abuse. Wednesday …
Read MoreThis column recently appeared in The Cincinnati Enquirer. The heartbreaking death of Jayniah Watkins should spur more open community discussion on the connection between untreated mental illness and child abuse. Untreated mental illness is one of the “big three” …
Read MoreI am very excited about a new development involving our agency: a separate fund has been created to help beyond the food, medical care, employment and other assistance one can obtain from JFS. At the request of several community members …
Read MoreCincinnati (Feb. 26, 2015) Considering adoption or foster care? Hamilton County is hosting a Saturday expo where you can get all of your questions answered. Prospective foster and adoptive parents have the chance to learn about the adoption and foster …
Read MoreCincinnati (Feb. 13, 2015) Hamilton County Job and Family Services now has a way to help foster children make college visits, provide toiletries or toys to abused children and aid low-income families with needs beyond job assistance, food and medical …
Read MoreThe office will be closed New Year’s Day and will re-open for normal business hours on Friday, Jan. 2.
Read MoreWhat a wonderful holiday season we had here at JFS! It seems every year we see growth in the number of people who take a special interest in our children this time of year and do all they can to …
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