adoption

2014 was a good year for JFS, filled with highlights around Medicaid expansion and our OhioMeansJobs center’s outstanding work. But something that happened late in the year has me really excited about 2015. We have a new partnership with Radio …

Ten local children will join six permanent, loving families Friday in a mass adoption ceremony scheduled to celebrate National Adoption Month. Visit https://www.hckids.org/adoption-day-2014/ to see the happy event. It starts at 9 a.m.!   While adoption finalizations are normally confidential, …

Cincinnati (Nov. 19, 2014) Ten local children will join six permanent, loving families Friday in a mass adoption ceremony scheduled to celebrate National Adoption Month. While adoption finalizations are normally confidential, the families have agreed to publicize the Nov. 21 …

November 21 is the big day this year. For 10 local children, Christmas will come a month early. This is the day of our mass adoption ceremony in Hamilton County’s Probate Court. Judge James Cissell will preside and six families …

I would like to talk about the resiliency of children. I am continually inspired at their ability to overcome so many obstacles. I recently had the pleasure of attending the Public Children Services Association of Ohio’s annual conference in my …

Carmen and Michael Goede talked about how many kids they might like. Two, they thought, maybe three. They got five. And officially adopted them all on Tuesday. “They’re already our kids,” Mr. Geode said before the adoption hearing. “So this …

Sometimes a heartfelt plea really does work. We were at our wit’s end about Jason. This tremendous young man was not drawing any interest when it came to adoption. Despite his great desire for a family, we couldn’t get traction …

This is Jason. He’s 13, a really nice kid. Great smile. He’s good at art and a bit of a comic book nerd. He used his own money to buy a book to read to the baby in his foster …

If you have an approved home study and have ever requested information about one of our kids who’s available for adoption, you know that the child’s profile we send back can contain some potentially intimidating stuff. One of our boys’ …

Even a dreary day couldn’t wipe the smiles off the faces of Hamilton County foster kids. The Midwest Culinary Institute at Cincinnati State welcomed Hamilton County Job and Family Services on Saturday to host an adoption event for children in …