Apr
03
The Greater Cincinnati Foundation Grant Helps JFS

I am extremely excited and grateful The Greater Cincinnati Foundation has chosen to help our organization improve service to Hamilton County residents. The Foundation has issued a $27,000 grant to pay for a self-serve kiosk in our front lobby. Those seeking food …

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Feb
16
Children Shine in Recruitment Videos

Here’s a link to a nice television news story about our adoption recruitment efforts. We have stepped up the use of video over the past year. It really allows the children to shine and gives potential parents a glimpse of …

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Feb
02
Update Newsletter Features Story on Document Imaging

The latest version of our Update newsletter contains stories on our improvements in processing public assistance applications, the state’s new child support portal, the need for mentors in our Higher Education Mentoring Initiative and our new document imaging service that …

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Jan
27
Libraries are a Good Alternative to Visiting Downtown

I would like to remind everyone of our partnership with the Public Library of  Cincinnati and Hamilton County. It is a great way to avoid the time and gas needed for a trip downtown. If you are a public assistance recipient and …

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Jan
25
New Way to Check on Child Support Cases

We have about 90,000 child support cases in Hamilton County. Each case accounts for two parents and at least one child, so at any given time, at least 270,000 people are involved in child support cases. Many cases have more …

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Jan
13
Mentors Needed for Foster Children

Our Higher Education Mentoring Initiative is in need of mentors. If you are someone interested in helping a youth in need, this is a perfect program for you. You will spend time helping a foster child graduate high school and go …

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Jan
11
Renewed Partnership Should Lead to More Child Support Payments

I am extremely happy to renew a partnership with WCPO-TV that is designed to locate parents who are severely delinquent on their child support payments. This is a partnership that stretches back about 15 years and Channel 9 estimates approximately $3.4 million …

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Jan
06
Processing Times Improving

We have been pretty open about our timeliness problems with public assistance applications. If you’ll remember, we wrote this letter to the community in November. We promised we would get better and we have. I am happy to report our …

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Dec
09
Great Discussion on Child Welfare

I want to thank Attorney General Dewine for inviting me today and for offering to host an important discussion on Ohio’s child welfare system. It is always great to get together with those who work in this field and discuss …

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Nov
23
Fax Machine Malfunction May Impact You

We just issued the below announcement. If you are one who faxed something during this time, I sincerely apologize for the hardship it may cause. We will do our best to serve you as quickly as possible when you re-submit. …

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