Children’s Services

Maybe you have a blue dress, a blue tie, a blue suit? Wear anything blue for Wear Blue: Child Abuse is Preventable Day. It’s an easy step to help us draw attention to the problem of child abuse. Did you …

This month, we begin an exhaustive look at our Children’s Services Division as we prepare for re-accreditation, which should come sometime in 2015. Most are unaware there is a national organization that gives a seal of approval to agencies like …

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 …

One of the main duties of Hamilton County Job and Family Services is operating Hamilton County’s child abuse hotline: 241-KIDS. In 2011, the hotline received almost 65,000 calls, resulting in more than 5,600 allegations of abuse or neglect. That may …

I love this article that appeared in our newsletter: Longtime foster mom makes room for one more adoption — her eighth.  What an inspirational person. She works full time and manages to take care of eight adoptive children. Ms. Toler …