hamilton county department of job and family services

I hope you will join us in our Child Abuse Prevention Month efforts this year. Child abuse prevention is a year-round focus for our agency, but April is the month set aside to really draw awareness to the problem. Sadly, …

The ladies of Delta Kappa Gamma Cincinnati Area Women’s group collected items for our emergency closet for protective services clients who need clothing or personal items.

April is national Child Abuse Prevention Month. Please join us in wearing blue on April 11 to show your support. We’re giving away $100 to the person who’s most creative with their blue. Post a pic here with #HamiltonCo and #WearBlue to enter.

Calvin Williams has worked on fatherhood projects for years. He has counseled hundreds, if not thousands, of men on how to have better relationships with their children, their children’s mothers and how to find a job in order to pay …

“Keeping children safe – that is the end goal of everything we do here,” said Margie Weaver, assistant director – Children’s Services. “Every tool we use, every program we implement, every new effort we engage in, these are all puzzle pieces that ultimately connect together to support safety decision making.”

The Ohio Worker Benefits Portal will be down for maintenance from 6 p.m. March 21 until 6 a.m. March 26 for maintenance. Hamilton County Job and Family Services will be unable to access cases during business hours on March 22 and March 23. Consumers will be unable to access Medicaid information or cases throughout the entire shutdown.

Our Contact Us page has links to send messages directly to the department or service you need to reach.

Main Street near our offices is booming. One perk to working at HCJFS is the selection of restaurants and shops close to work. Here’s another story about the growth nearby. This one is from WCPO.

HCJFS has hired a senior-level specialist to coordinate and manage the agency’s behavioral health work as the agency attempts to serve more families and children with greater emotional and mental health needs.

Nina Lewis joins the agency after many years of work in the public health field. She will lead the agency’s behavioral health transition to Medicaid managed care for foster children, with a focus on multi-system partnerships, community-based programs and in-home services that strengthen the agency’s behavioral health offering.

If you know a teen in foster care who is graduating from high school this year or getting their GED, please let us know. As you might know, HCJFS puts on a big event for these kids called Celebration of …