Jul
21
HCJFS Names Second Quarter ROCK STARS

Four employees have been named winners of the agency’s ROCK STAR employee appreciation awards in the second quarter of 2017. The four winners, chosen from a list of 11 nominees, are: Tim Dingler, a Workforce Development program manager, in the …

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Jul
18
HCJFS Employee Saves a Life

Our own Helen Stevenson helped save a life this weekend. The child support enforcement technician was on her way to the BMV with her daughter, Tranee’, about 9:30 a.m. on Saturday when she realized the car in front of her …

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Jul
14
Mobile Finance and Health Visit a Success

Representatives of Fifth Third Bank and CareSource health care said their visit to HCJFS’ offices at 222 E. Central Parkway Friday were a success with more than 200 people stopping by for information about finances and health care.  The Fifth …

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Jul
13
Public Assistance Interviews Moving to Phone

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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Jul
06
Interested in a New Career? How About Truck Driving?

Food assistance recipients interested in a new career now have a chance at free training to be a truck driver under a Hamilton County Job and Family Services program. But only a limited number of slots are available! HCJFS will pay …

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Jul
06
Financial Empowerment Makes a Stop at JFS

Do you need help with understanding credit, saving or budgeting? Questions about home ownership or your credit report? All that and more will be available when the Fifth Third Financial Empowerment Mobile makes a stop at JFS on Friday, July …

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Jul
05
Food assistance – the most important tool in battling poverty

 Have you ever been in a position where you were unsure if you could feed your children? Fortunately, I have not. I cannot imagine how scary that would be. I can’t imagine the heartache of seeing hungry children look to …

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Jun
29
Check Out Our New Look

We’ve freshened up our site. The new, simplified look was designed to make it easier to find what you are looking for.

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Jun
22
Hamilton County Hosts Regional SNAP Conference

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.

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Jun
12
They Did It! 2017 Celebration of Dreams Honors Foster Children for Graduating High School

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.

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