News

With the holidays nearing, it’s a good time to remind our consumers to be careful with their food assistance cards. We are still seeing quite a bit of benefits lost to sophisticated fraud schemes. You might have seen our Guard …

Each week I try to share information you might not know about us. This time, I’m going to share things I never knew about a very important asset in our community – Hoxworth Blood Center. Hoxworth is helping us with …

I write a lot here about things going on at our agency that I’m excited about. This is definitely one of those. It’s an extraordinary opportunity that can be truly transformational for some of our youth in foster care. We’re …

For the second year, the Fatherhood Collaborative of Hamilton County hosted its Daddies Do Hair Too!  Ten professional hair stylists helped more than 20 dads fix their daughters’ natural hair on Oct. 26 at the University of Cincinnati’s Innovation Hub. …

Service, family and fatherhood. These are the three pillars we look to highlight in the men chosen each year for our Esteemed 7 fatherhood recognition. The annual dinner takes place Nov. 16 at Great American Ball Park. At a mixer Tuesday, these …

The other day, I misplaced my phone and had to spend some time looking before I found it. In that brief period without it, I had that sense of being cut off, disconnected from others. There’s that slight sense of …

Now that school is back in session, leaders of our Hamilton County Youth Employment Program (YEP) can take a look back at just how much good they did for young people this summer. They have quite a bit to brag …

You’ll soon be seeing our You Drive, They Thrive campaign again. Every August, as part of Child Support Awareness Month, we extend an offer of amnesty to parents who have had a license suspended because they failed to pay child support. Many …

Keeping kids safe is one of the most important things we do. It’s critical work for the people of Hamilton County. To do this important work, we need caseworkers. It’s not the job for everyone, we understand that. But it’s …

April is Child Abuse Prevention Month nationally. It’s not a time for case workers to think about preventing child abuse and neglect. They do that every day. Instead, this is a time for communities to join those social workers and …