Workforce Development

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Hamilton County Job & Family Services (HCJFS) Workforce Development section administers a variety of programs and services to help county residents obtain self-sufficiency by joining the workforce and moving up the economic ladder:

Community Link is a consortium of private agencies that partners with HCJFS to help those receiving cash assistance become economically independent by providing barrier removal, job readiness skills and/or training.
Benefit Bridge helps families that experience a reduction or loss of benefits due to wage increases continue their path to self-sufficiency through development of career skills and financial literacy.
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Employment and Training (SNAPET) assists Able Bodied Adults without Dependents with skill enhancement that includes, work readiness, job readiness and training services to assist them in finding employment for required participants.
Learning, Earning, and Parenting Program (LEAP) encourages teenagers receiving TANF/OWF to complete secondary education or GED.
OWF Hardship assists individuals that have exhausted 36 months of cash benefits that experience economic hardship due to circumstances beyond their control.

Office of Youth

Comprehensive Case Management Employment Program (CCMEP) is a dynamic, year-round program for Hamilton County residents ages 14 to 24 who have incomes within 200 percent of the federal poverty level. CCMEP services include case management, referrals, and barrier removal in order to move clients forward on an education or career pathway.
WIOA Youth Programs – provide 14 – 24-year-old in-school and out-of-school youth with resources to help them gain the required job readiness, educational attainment, and job knowledge for transitioning into the workplace.
Hamilton County Youth Employment Program (YEP) provides jobs and year-round job readiness training for Hamilton County residents ages 14 – 21. We want to help young people in Hamilton County find work, explore careers and remove barriers to create a clear path to more education or a career.

Link: https://www.hcjfs.org/initiatives/office-of-youth/

Other

OhioMeansJobs offers tools and resources that help job-seekers and employers find a job or employees in Hamilton County.

Child Support

Child Support is money required by law to be paid by one parent to another to help cover the costs of raising their children.

Child Support

Food Assistance

Food Assistance helps families stretch their food budgets to buy healthy food. Also known as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), the program may be available to both families and individuals who qualify.

Food Assistance

Medical Assistance

Medicaid (medical assistance) provides health care coverage to families who may not otherwise have access to health care. Medicaid may cover part of the cost of visits to the doctor, nursing home care and home health care.

Medical Assistance

Child Care

Child Care services are available to eligible parents who are either working or in school, to help cover part of the cost of child care for their children. Parents are able to pick a child care provider that meets their …

Child Care

Cash Assistance

Cash assistance, also known as Ohio Works First, is temporary assistance available to families to help them pay for immediate needs while the adults of the family prepare for and search for jobs. While receiving assistance, families spend a minimum …

Cash Assistance

Child Protection

The Children’s Services Division works with families to help keep Hamilton County children safe. Children’s Services operates the 241-KIDS hotline, provides services to help families and, when necessary, places children who cannot be safe in their own homes into temporary …

Child Protection

The Workforce Development unit helps Hamilton County residents join the workforce and move up the economic ladder.