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Cincinnati (July 7, 2015) Hamilton County parents who owe child support and want to pay in cash now have an option that lets them save on gas and downtown parking. Ohio’s Child Support Payment Central has teamed up with MoneyGram, …

Several local employers hope to find their next batch of employees at this Friday’s “Time to Shine” summer job fair. The job fair, sponsored by Community Link, is scheduled from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. June 12 at Hamilton County …

Hamilton County Job and Family Services won 11 National Association of Counties achievement awards for innovation — more than any other government entity in Ohio – between 2009 and 2015, including three awarded last week for programs that contribute to and enhance county government.

Could you be the one to teach him to ride a bike? Could you be the one to take her to her first dance? Could you be the one to walk her down the aisle? Hamilton County Job and Family …

We are two weeks away from our annual Celebration of Dreams event, an agency celebration for the foster children in our care who overcame great obstacles to graduate high school this year. We have more than 40 names on the …

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

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 …

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 …