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We are so thankful to AT&T for this money – $12,000 for scholarships for teens in foster care. The company has been an ongoing supporter of HEMI, a partnership between HCJFS, the University of Cincinnati and other entities that works …

$12,000 for college scholarships for kids in foster care. Thank you, AT&T. HEMI is a partnership between the University of Cincinnati, Hamilton County Job and Family Services and other entities. Here is our director, Moira Weir, right, with Mark Romito …

Hamilton County’s OhioMeansJob Center is co-hosting a workshop on Thursday, Aug. 24 to discuss drug trends in the workplace.

If you are a parent behind on child support, August is your chance for a fresh start.

The Department’s Child Support Enforcement Agency handles about 78,000 cases each month involving more than 234,000 county residents. Last year, it collected $128 million for families that might not otherwise have had the financial support necessary to pay for such items as food, medical care, child care, school clothes and school supplies. Many of the children without child support turn to public assistance, with taxpayers providing financial support

Intake interviews on public assistance cases will take place over the phone, rather than in person, starting July 17. This transition is happening for the convenience of the consumer, who will no longer have to travel downtown, pay for parking, …

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For two days, 160 representatives of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance programs from 14 counties in six states are meeting in Cincinnati to discuss and learn ways to efficiently provide assistance to their clients.

Nearly 50 young people who persevered through child abuse, foster care and other life challenges to achieve their high school diplomas will celebrate their success Thursday night at the 18th annual Celebration of Dreams event.

Foster children aging out of Hamilton County’s child welfare system cost local residents $17.7 million in social expenses and lost productivity each year, according to a local financial impact study released today by the University of Cincinnati’s Economic Center and Hamilton County Job and Family Services. One program is helping reduce that cost.