Please be aware Hamilton County Job and Family Services will begin processing all food assistance and cash assistance cases in a new computer system later this month and it will result in a temporary shutdown of service.
Read MoreJust this morning, at the FNS Midwest Partners for Program Improvement conference in Grand Rapids, Mich., Hamilton County received an award for having the highest metro county application processing timeliness for 2017 with a rate of 98.67%. This is a …
Read MoreIt is National Child Support month and a good time to talk about changes coming to the child support system. A series of changes to Ohio’s child support law begin taking effect next year: The economic tables used to calculate …
Read MoreThe HCJFS Fatherhood Design Team met last Friday. The team of staff and community members is looking at ways the agency can better serve fathers. The meeting began with a presentation that served as a refresher on what Design Thinking …
Read MoreIeshia 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 …
Read MoreEvery 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. …
Read MoreWe serve a lot of fathers in the programs throughout our agency. We assist them in feeding their children, help them acquire medical care for their children, assist them in paying child support, and help them find and train for …
Read MoreA 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, …
Read MoreOur new Children’s Services ongoing section chief comes to HCJFS from Clermont County, where she worked for more than a decade. Tina Pocock joined the staff two weeks ago. She oversees five managers and about 19 caseworkers in Family Services …
Read MoreFox19 shares a great story of adoption that highlights the increased need for foster care in Hamilton County.
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