child neglect

Our Speakers Bureau can provide someone to talk to your group about HCJFS.  Topics include: Spotting child abuse, getting public assistance, reporting fraud, adoption, and our fatherhood initiative.  Visit our Speakers Bureau page under the Contact Us section to request …

A nine-year-old child whose parents were consumed in the current opioid epidemic strives for a normal family life, with help from HCJFS.  Read the story on Cincinnati.com.  If you think you could be #theone to help a child like her, …

We are recruiting fathers and mothers to participate with HCJFS staff in a series of meetings aimed at helping JFS better engage and serve fathers. To achieve our goal, we need involvement and input from our community’s fathers and mothers. …

Hamilton County Job and Family Services recently hired a veteran attorney to join its executive team and lead customer service improvement efforts.

Talia Bryan, customer complaint resolution administrator, will help ensure the agency is responsive to consumers and properly addresses complaints. She will root out trends in casework and consumer feedback to identify system improvements – all with an emphasis on equity and inclusion.

Today is Wear Blue Day to promote awareness of child abuse. Our staff got in the spirit. 

A recent story on WCPO.com tells how HCJFS, and caseworker Natrasha Christian-Beasley played a part in one man’s success.

Robert Johnson went from foster care to family man. We’re proud of our role in his success.

I hope you will join us in our Child Abuse Prevention Month efforts this year. Child abuse prevention is a year-round focus for our agency, but April is the month set aside to really draw awareness to the problem. Sadly, …

The ladies of Delta Kappa Gamma Cincinnati Area Women’s group collected items for our emergency closet for protective services clients who need clothing or personal items.

April is national Child Abuse Prevention Month. Please join us in wearing blue on April 11 to show your support. We’re giving away $100 to the person who’s most creative with their blue. Post a pic here with #HamiltonCo and #WearBlue to enter.

HCJFS has hired a senior-level specialist to coordinate and manage the agency’s behavioral health work as the agency attempts to serve more families and children with greater emotional and mental health needs.

Nina Lewis joins the agency after many years of work in the public health field. She will lead the agency’s behavioral health transition to Medicaid managed care for foster children, with a focus on multi-system partnerships, community-based programs and in-home services that strengthen the agency’s behavioral health offering.