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On Friday, we will celebrate National Adoption Month with adoption ceremonies for 13 children being welcomed into nine families. It’s one of our most special days.  We’ll be introducing you to some of the families that will be adopting that …

On Friday, we will celebrate National Adoption Month with adoption ceremonies for 13 children being welcomed into nine families. It’s one of our most special days. We’ll be introducing you to some of the families that will be adopting that …

Four employees have been named winners of the agency’s ROCK STAR employee appreciation awards in the third quarter of 2018. The four winners, chosen from a list of 20 nominees, are: Jessica Mills, an eligibility technician in Workforce Development, in the …

ACTION Ohio invites current foster teens and former foster youth who are now adults to their annual Thanksgiving dinner Nov. 10. The group, whose name stands for Alumni of Care Together Improving Outcomes Now, has held the dinner since 2007. It’s …

Christmas will be here before we know it and we all tend to get so busy in December. So we’re starting now to gather donated gifts and gift cards, with some special attention this year to kinship families and our kids in Independent Living. With our numbers growing, we will be trying to provide some holiday cheer to more kids than we ever have before.

We were thrilled when CitiCable, the city of Cincinnati’s government access channel, agreed to do a show about adoption and our kids.

Today, Hamilton County’s Board of County Commissioners voted to place a 1.98-mill levy to support Children’s Services on the November ballot. This additional levy will run for three years and is intended to support the 2016 levy. An outside consultant …

Ieshia Ruffin never planned to foster or adopt children, so when she took in two young brothers, she thought it was a temporary placement.  But months turned into years, and the temporary placement turned into a forever home for Terry …

Every month, our adoption site, HCKids.org, highlights a child looking for a forever family. This month, it’s Kerianna. Kerianna is a smart, funny, energetic girl who likes school and enjoys reading books. She likes to play board games and card games.  …

A nine-year-old child whose parents were consumed in the current opioid epidemic strives for a normal family life, with help from HCJFS.  Read the story on Cincinnati.com.  If you think you could be #theone to help a child like her, …