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February 2014 In This Issue Director's Letter: HCJFS has an Impact on the Economy HCJFS Staff Keeps Up with Additional Medicaid Demand OhioMeansJobs Center to Double Number of Job Recipients Child Care Team Generates No Complaints Child Support Tops $130 Million
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Director's Letter: HCJFS has a Widespread Impact on the Economy
That is what was going through my mind as I reviewed the number of Medicaid applications we have received under the recent expansion. If we receive as many as predicted – 42,000 – that will push us above the 200,000 recipient mark. That is a full one quarter of the county’s 800,000 residents.
The expansion of Medicaid means Hamilton County Job & Family Services is processing about 200 more applications a day. That’s about 1,000 a week more than before the new benefits kicked in Jan. 1. The application period started Dec. 9. Since that date, HCJFS has received 5,224 applications under the expanded program that is expected to help mostly low-income adults with no children living at home. Officials estimate that about 366,000 more Ohioans will qualify for Medicaid now that it extends to people with incomes up to 138 percent of the poverty level - $15,856 for a single person or $32,499 for a family of four.
OhioMeansJobs Center on Pace to Double Number of New Job Recipients
And she’s good at it. In
the past year, she helped 365 clients get to the jobs OhioMeansJobs
Cincinnati - Hamilton County helped them find. She’s the one who makes sure people have help –
bus passes or gas cards – to get to their new jobs.
Finding a job’s difficult
enough, but keeping it’s hard if you don’t have a way to get there.
Child Care Team Generates No Complaints
And the team did all that with no substantiated Customer Service
Office complaints. Zero.
Child Support Tops $130 Million
Hamilton County Job & Family Services took in more than $130
million in child support last year, ranking first in the state among
metropolitan counties for effectiveness. The total collected - $130,049,031 – is a jump of almost $422,000
over the 2012 amount. This is the third year in a row Hamilton County is
being recognized as having the highest collections among metropolitan
counties per full-time worker in the state.
Each month, OhioMeansJobs Cincinnati - Hamilton County highlights dozens of local jobs and employers in the Cincinnati region. Through job fairs, career coaches and workshops, OhioMeansJobs Cincinnati - Hamilton County connects employers to qualified job candidates. |
Hamilton
County Job and Family Services has a $1.8 billion impact on the local
economy.
