I’m excited to be part of a new group of male Black child welfare leaders working together to support each other and help transform the child welfare system through a race-equity lens. The group is the Black Male Wellness Collective, an initiative of Casey Family Programs. …
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We have been working diligently to boost our Hamilton County Youth Employment Program – finding more job opportunities in more businesses, adding more training and making sure young people and their families know we have year-round opportunities. Now we’re jumping …
Read MoreSince Friday started Women’s History Month, I want to mention all the women who help keep JFS and Hamilton County running smoothly every single day. Five out of seven members of our JFS executive team are women. Almost 80 percent …
Read MoreWe’re participating in a new program that I’m really excited about, one that focuses on preventing kids from needing to enter foster care. We know that a predominant factor leading to the placement of children into foster care is neglect. …
Read MoreWith the holidays nearing, it’s a good time to remind our consumers to be careful with their food assistance cards. We are still seeing quite a bit of benefits lost to sophisticated fraud schemes. You might have seen our Guard …
Read MoreEach week I try to share information you might not know about us. This time, I’m going to share things I never knew about a very important asset in our community – Hoxworth Blood Center. Hoxworth is helping us with …
Read MoreI write a lot here about things going on at our agency that I’m excited about. This is definitely one of those. It’s an extraordinary opportunity that can be truly transformational for some of our youth in foster care. We’re …
Read MoreFor the second year, the Fatherhood Collaborative of Hamilton County hosted its Daddies Do Hair Too! Ten professional hair stylists helped more than 20 dads fix their daughters’ natural hair on Oct. 26 at the University of Cincinnati’s Innovation Hub. …
Read MoreService, family and fatherhood. These are the three pillars we look to highlight in the men chosen each year for our Esteemed 7 fatherhood recognition. The annual dinner takes place Nov. 16 at Great American Ball Park. At a mixer Tuesday, these …
Read MoreThe other day, I misplaced my phone and had to spend some time looking before I found it. In that brief period without it, I had that sense of being cut off, disconnected from others. There’s that slight sense of …
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