Sep
29
Co-op students from MSJ learn here, but also get full-time jobs

As we settle into a new school year, we feel fortunate to have a great team of co-op students working for us as they continue their studies at Mount St. Joseph University. This is the seventh year for the partnership …

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Sep
28
Manufacturing training is a path to opportunity in Hamilton County

We run a one-stop employment center in Hamilton County and people often ask me what career fields are the most promising.

Of course information technology, truck driving and health care are at the top of the list, but I increasingly point to an old staple for the US economy: manufacturing.

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Sep
14
Clifton Market is now a Produce Perks location

Produce Perks provides a dollar-for-dollar match – up to $10 — to customers who use their Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program food cards to buy healthy fruits and vegetables.

Clifton Market, located at 319 Ludlow Ave. is a community-owned grocery store that stocks regionally-grown fruits and vegetables.

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Aug
24
DeWine calls need for foster parents “crisis of immense proportions”

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine today announced a new $1 million fund for recruitment of foster families, calling the lack of enough safe homes a tragedy and a “crisis of immense proportions.” More than 15,000 kids were in foster care …

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Aug
18
Hamilton faster with SNAP benefits than other large Ohio counties

Hamilton County had the highest SNAP timeliness rate in 2016 – better than all the other Metro counties in the state.   The timeliness rate is the percentage of SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) cases authorized within 30 days for …

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Aug
18
Food Assistance Issue Resolved

The nationwide EBT card problem from yesterday has been resolved and consumers can once again buy food with their card. Conduent, the Ohio Direction Card vendor, had notified the state of Ohio that there was card outage most of yesterday.   …

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Aug
09
Chief Child Support Officer Michael Patton explains child support amnesty

If you are a parent behind on child support, August is your chance for a fresh start.

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Aug
01
Child support amnesty offers delinquent parents chance to reinstate licenses

Parents who have had their driver’s license or professional license suspended for not paying child support have the chance of reinstatement this month as Hamilton County Job and Family Services celebrates national Child Support Awareness Month with an offer of …

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Jul
31
“Support” means more than money when it comes to children

When the public discusses child support, especially pertaining to our agency, it almost always means the monetary support a non-custodial parent pays to the child. When we discuss it internally, we like to broaden the definition to include family/parent engagement. …

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Jul
13
Public Assistance Interviews Moving to Phone

Intake interviews on public assistance cases will take place over the phone, rather than in person, starting July 17. This transition is happening for the convenience of the consumer, who will no longer have to travel downtown, pay for parking, …

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