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This story seems to have touched a nerve around the nation. Even Oprah has tried to help the boy. We have dozens of children whose stories are very similar. Young men or women who are quickly approaching 18 and life …

I hope you are following us on Facebook, Or Twitter. Or receiving our electronic newsletter.  If so, you get to read some of the great stories that come out of our agency, I especially liked these two from the past …

I would like to get back to posting regularly and keeping everyone up on all that is happening here at Hamilton County Job and Family Services. Please accept my apologies for falling off over the past few months. One of …

Earlier this week the Enquirer published a wonderful column about Mariah Maxwell, the first HEMI graduate to earn a degree. We could not be more proud of Mariah! Like many of our foster students, she has faced more obstacles than …

For my most recent column in Update, our community e-newsletter, I expanded on my last blog post. My goal was to thank all of those who partner with us and ask nothing in return. I could not mention everyone, but …

We have many partnerships in our community with organizations and other government entities that are doing similar work and trying to achieve similar goals. The bottom line is we can achieve more when we work together. But we have a special …

I am very honored to be asked to speak at The Georgetown Public Policy Institute’s Leadership, Evidence, Analysis, Debate (LEAD) Conference on Jan. 25. The subject is policy and collaboration in child welfare. My presentation will focus on several partnerships we …

Our offices will be closed Monday for Martin Luther King Day. We will open again on Tuesday. I hope you all have a wonderful holiday weekend.

We handled nearly 500 cases in our Adult Protective Services unit in 2012. It is a small number, when you think about the large amount of people who live in Hamilton County. One of the reasons is that the abuse and exploitation …

We produced a special edition of our Update community newsletter that details the best and fastest ways to do business with us. You can also read my column on our renewed commitment to customer service. Here’s the link. While you …