hamilton county job and family services

Poverty is an important and growing discussion topic in Cincinnati. Several recent reports have detailed concerns with the number of local children and families living in poverty. I believe we have an important role in the discussion as the community …

Cincinnati (Nov. 17, 2014) Hamilton County Job and Family Services will host its largest ever mass adoption ceremony Friday, with 17 children joining eight permanent, loving families. While adoption finalizations are normally confidential, the families have agreed to publicize the …

November is national Adoption Month. As we do every year, we have a lot planned. Nov. 20 is our mass adoption ceremony, which always draws a lot of attention. But even before that, you will see our presence in the …

The two work hand in hand. About 70 percent of our adoptions are by foster families. These are people who have come to know and love the children in their care, and they want to make it a permanent arrangement once the court decides the child cannot be safely returned home. The best way to keep our adoption pipeline full is to have plenty of foster parents.

After collecting more than $35,000 in delinquent child support, Hamilton County Job and Family Services will extend amnesty through the month of September to parents whose driver’s licenses have been suspended for not paying child support. The initial plan to …

HCJFS serves more than a third of Hamilton County Residents.

Hamilton County Job and Family Services will provide amnesty throughout  the month of August 2015 to parents whose driver’s licenses have been suspended for not paying child support. NOTE: This program has been extended through September 2015 Delinquent parents who …

Quick – what is the largest JFS program? Child welfare? No, that is the program that gets the most attention. Food assistance? No, we feed more families than anyone in southwest Ohio on a regular basis, but that is not …

HCJFS 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 care

With the All-Star Game in town Hamilton County Job and Family Services picked its own All-Star Team.