Jan
10
Adoptive families needed

Our adoption manager appeared on WCPO Sunday to talk about the need for adoptive parents. We have more than 200 children awaiting loving families and half are teenagers. Older children need and want a family just as much as younger …

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Jan
06
Looking for Everyday Heroes (Foster Parents)

Here’s the latest commercial from the Everyday Heroes collaborative. We started this collaborative a couple of years ago with the goal of increasing the number of foster families in the Greater Cincinnati area. On any given day, we have 850 …

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Nov
30
New Adoption Day Videos

Please check out these three videos of our Adoption Day ceremony. This event is always a highlight of our year! http://www.youtube.com/hcjfs

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Nov
22
Fabulous Day on Friday!

Friday was a great day here at JFS as we witnessed seven children adopted into three loving families! Our agency celebrated National Adoption Month with a mass adoption ceremony and our foster children finally received the permanent families they so …

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Nov
02
November is National Adoption Month!

We have our special annual mass adoption cermony planned to celebrate National Adoption Month, along with a few other events. This is always a great time of year for our agency. Please read my letter on National Adoption Month and …

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Nov
19
Mass Adoption Ceremony is Special Day

Tomorrow is a big day for our agency and a huge day for five children in our care. Those five children, all victims of abuse and neglect, will officially join permanent, loving families in Hamilton County’s third annual mass adoption …

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Oct
30
National Adoption Month: Good Things for Children in Our Care

Later this month, we will celebrate National Adoption Month with a mass adoption ceremony at Hamilton County’s Probate Court. Several children will join new families on Nov. 20. This is one of the most exciting times of the year for …

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Jul
17
We need more Mary Tolers!

I love this article that appeared in our newsletter: Longtime foster mom makes room for one more adoption — her eighth.  What an inspirational person. She works full time and manages to take care of eight adoptive children. Ms. Toler …

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May
01
New Foster Care Web site and Video

We released a new foster care video and created a new Web site for foster care and adoption recruitment this month, which is national Foster Care Month. Check out the video at the new site, www.hckids.org . I think it …

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