Aug
22
From the director: Partnerships are key at OMJ

When 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 …

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Aug
04
From the director: Helping parents get back on track with their child support

Have 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 …

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Aug
02
Kindness for Kids returns to help fill backpacks with supplies

We 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 …

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May
19
Baby Formula Shortage FAQ’s

  Since 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 …

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May
18
From foster care to a Fulbright Scholarship

This 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 …

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May
04
New, year-round help for young people to find and keep jobs

I 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 …

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Apr
28
Meet Ashleigh, one of our kinship providers

I 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 …

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Apr
27
Apr
14
Always learning more, but proud of all we do

I spent two days last week at a conference with leaders of children’s services agencies from across the country. As a new director with a background in the other services we provide, I wanted to immerse myself in conversations about …

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Apr
07
A good first step toward equity and inclusion – find your person

As I’ve mentioned here before, we’re working very hard at all levels of JFS to bring more equity and inclusion to what we do, both internally and externally. We have a core group of employees working with local equity consulting …

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