I want to use this space this week to send a very important thank-you note. A public thank-you note to our child welfare workers. It’s national Child Welfare Worker Appreciation Week and this community needs to know what great people …
Read MoreImportant Updates
We’re extending our amnesty offer to parents whose licenses have been suspended for failure to pay child support. The agency’s You Drive, They Thrive campaign, started last month in connection with national Child Support Awareness Month, emphasizes the importance of …
Read MoreThey say “don’t leave money on the table.” We definitely don’t want that to happen with federal relief dollars meant to help Hamilton County homeowners. The Hamilton County commissioners launched a $5 million effort last October to help homeowners pay their …
Read MoreWhen your mission is one of community service, one of the most important things is partnerships. No one agency can do it alone. This is absolutely true at our OhioMeansJobs (OMJ) office. The partnerships we have helped build there over the years are …
Read MoreHave you seen our You Drive, They Thrive campaign yet? Every August, we honor Child Support Awareness Month with an amnesty offer to parents who have had a license suspended because they failed to pay child support. We can suspend driver’s licenses …
Read MoreWe are again collecting back-to-school items for our kinship families who have stepped up to take care of kids. They often take in relatives’ children with little notice and little support. Visit our list today and see how you might be …
Read MoreSince the outbreak of COVID-19, there have been significant shortages of infant formulas in many stores. Current shortages have been largely caused by supply chain issues and the recent voluntary recall of certain baby formula products over concerns about …
Read MoreThis young Latinx woman has quite the impressive resume. Dean’s List every semester at the University of Cincinnati. Bachelor’s degree in international affairs and environmental studies. Winner of a prestigious Fulbright Scholarship to study abroad. I’m describing Isabel Slonneger, a first-generation college …
Read MoreI have some great news for young people in Hamilton County – we’re taking our former summer youth jobs program and growing it into the year-round Hamilton County Youth Employment Program. We’ll still help people 14 to 21 find summer jobs, but …
Read MoreI want to introduce you to Ashleigh. She’s a working single mom who stepped up to take in two nieces and a nephew. She’s what we call a kinship caregiver. Her journey to becoming the leader of a family of six …
Read More