Jul
09
Growing Up and Growing Out of Foster Care

By now, the graduation parties are over and reality is setting in for many of the youth in foster care. Most will age out of the system and face a world of unknowns. Some go on to college, some return …

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Apr
26
Mariah Maxwell is First HEMI Graduate

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 …

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Mar
22
HCJFS Continues to Serve Record Numbers

Earlier this month, I wrote about adaptability in the monthly Update column. I want to highlight the following statistics, which I think are particularly compelling: The number of Medicaid consumers we served in 2012 (178,000) is 40 percent higher than …

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Mar
08
SuperJobs Puts Job Seekers to Work

The goal of the SuperJobs Center is simple: assist job seekers in finding the right job and assist employers in finding the right candidate. Nearly all of the activities at the SuperJobs Center work toward that end and last year, …

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Mar
01
Student drifters: How we are clamping down on student mobility in the foster care system

For foster children, moving into a new home is a reality. For some of them, a new home also means a new school, compounding the disruption and impact on their young lives. Studies correlating student mobility to academic achievement prove …

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Feb
12
Save the Date: Wear Blue April 10

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 …

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Feb
05
A Thank You to This Agency’s Important Partners

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 …

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Jan
29
Haile Foundation Goes Above and Beyond for JFS

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 …

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Jan
19
Hamilton County Child Welfare Partnerships to be Highlighted

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 …

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Jan
18
Closed for MLK Day

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.

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