child abuse

A traveling photo exhibit featuring portraits of children available for adoption will be unveiled April 13 as part of Hamilton County’s celebration of Child Abuse Prevention Month. The Heart Gallery of Hamilton County will be unveiled in a short, private …

 2016 is a big year for our agency. I am already receiving requests for information about the Children’s Services Levy that must be renewed by voters in November. The levy supports the system of care established to protect our county’s …

HCJFS serves more than a third of Hamilton County Residents.

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 …

The 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 …

Cincinnati (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 …

This 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” …

Cincinnati (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 …

Streetcar work will begin around the JFS building next week and could be disruptive to those trying to access the building. Please contact the agency if you need assistance in accessing the building. You can send a request to greggb@jfs.hamilton-co.org. …

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 …