Mar
27
Can you wear blue?

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.

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Mar
22
Emphasizing the importance of dads

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 …

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Mar
19
Update: Ohio Worker Benefits Portal (Medicaid system) will be unavailable March 21-26; CRIS-E down for short time, too

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.

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Feb
28
Quicker recertification process for public assistance cases

Our agency takes another step forward in customer service this month.

Food and cash assistance recipients in Hamilton County can now sign their recertification papers with an audio signature, speeding the process of completing the application.

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Feb
28
Flood assistance available

A limited amount of financial assistance is available to low-income, elderly and disabled flood victims through Hamilton County Job and Family Services. Gov. John Kasich has declared a state of emergency in Hamilton County, along with Adams, Athens, Belmont, Brown, …

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Feb
22
State surveying Medicaid consumers via telephone

The Ohio Department of Medicaid is conducting a telephone survey of Ohio’s Medicaid consumers.  Hamilton County residents may receive a call regarding their experience with the Medicaid program. The call will come from a company called RTI International and the number 866-558-0776. The company …

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Feb
16
Adoptions team celebrates record number of finalizations

Hamilton County caseworkers helped 141 children find forever families in 2017, celebrating the most adoptions in agency history.

The previous high was 135 in 2007.

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Feb
14
Offices closed Monday for Presidents’ Day

Our offices will be closed Monday, February 19, for Presidents’ Day.

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Feb
14
Audio signature service will streamline benefit recertification

Food and cash assistance recipients in Hamilton County will soon sign their recertification papers with an audio signature, a process that will reduce the number of cases where people lose benefits because of unreturned paperwork.

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Feb
02
Next Step in Battling Worker Turnover

 The child welfare field has always experienced high turnover rates among frontline workers. These jobs are difficult, demanding and even dangerous. But something new is happening here in Hamilton County and around the nation. Frontline worker turnover rates are climbing. …

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