hamilton county department of job and family services

Two HCJFS employees were among seven honored on Fountain Square Thursday as County Heroes.

Local residents interested in a firefighting career can prepare for entrance exams at the OhioMeansJobs Cincinnati/Hamilton County Center over the next several weekends. The center will host the Cincinnati Fire Fighters Union and the Cincinnati Black Fire Fighters Association over …

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” …

I am very excited about a new development involving our agency: a separate fund has been created to help beyond the food, medical care, employment and other assistance one can obtain from JFS. At the request of several community members …

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 …

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced today a special enrollment period (SEP) for individuals and families who did not have health coverage in 2014 and are subject to the fee or “shared responsibility payment” when they file …

Cincinnati (Feb. 13, 2015) Hamilton County Job and Family Services now has a way to help foster children make college visits, provide toiletries or toys to abused children and aid low-income families with needs beyond job assistance, food and medical …

HCJFS is still distributing more than 100 bikes donated by “The Bike Lady.” Kate Koch of Columbus became the Bike Lady in 2008 after an impromptu effort to buy bikes for kids in foster care. She believes bikes offer exercise …