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Our final 2013 child welfare numbers recently arrived on my desk – hot off the presses. Unfortunately, they tell a sad tale. More than 63,000 calls to our 241-KIDS child abuse reporting hotline. Nearly 6,000 new investigations into child abuse …

I am excited to see the many people who are signing on to our “Wear Blue. Child Abuse is Preventable” campaign on April 9. We have heard from businesses, politicians, news anchors and many of our partners in the social …

I ran some numbers for a project I am working on with County Commissioner Hartmann and was pleased to discover the payoff of our focus on helping young people prepare for jobs and become employed. This is one of the …

HCJFS Director Moira Weir, a 20-year veteran of children’s services, worries most about one thing – kids aging out of foster care with no safety net. So she’s really looking forward to what comes from a new project launched between …

If you’re thinking about adopting, HCJFS is hosting an adoption recruitment event at the Colerain Bowling Alley this Saturday Feb. 15 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. If you have a completed home study on file or letter from your …

Choose Your Partner Carefully I was very happy to see this editorial in today’s Enquirer. We launched that campaign a few years ago, but it is an extremely important topic that we should come back to on a regular basis. …

Below is my column from our recent Update newsletter. If you are not receiving our newsletter, please visit our website, hcjfs.org, and find the sign up form under the Public header. It is a good way to keep up on …

Our agency is processing about 200 more applications a day with the expansion of Medicaid. If you will recall, the state extended Medicaid to cover people with incomes up to 138 percent of the poverty level – $15,856 for a …

This bell rings at the SuperJobs Center with each new job! I looked over some of our numbers from the SuperJobs Center today and I am very happy with the work being done there. Our employees are to be commended …

I am very proud of the work we do with Child Support collection. We have approximately 84,000 active child support cases, and we know there is at least a mother, father and one child on each case, so it is …