Dec
19
Higher Education Mentoring Initiative continues to help foster children

The Higher Education Mentoring Initiative held its annual scholarship dinner Dec. 18 and honored dozens of foster children with scholarships to aid in their academic success. Job and Family Services Director Moira Weir’s idea to start a mentoring organization to …

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Feb
26
Health fair for foster children

The Higher Education Mentoring Initiative (HEMI) is hosting a health and wellness fair for Hamilton County foster youth in high school and beyond.  The fair will be held in the UC Campus Recreation Center on Saturday, March 9, from 11 …

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Aug
28
AT&T donates for HEMI scholarships

We are so thankful to AT&T for this money – $12,000 for scholarships for teens in foster care. The company has been an ongoing supporter of HEMI, a partnership between HCJFS, the University of Cincinnati and other entities that works …

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Aug
23
AT&T supports HEMI

$12,000 for college scholarships for kids in foster care. Thank you, AT&T. HEMI is a partnership between the University of Cincinnati, Hamilton County Job and Family Services and other entities. Here is our director, Moira Weir, right, with Mark Romito …

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Jun
07
Program Reducing Cost of Youth Aging Out of Foster Care in Hamilton County

Foster children aging out of Hamilton County’s child welfare system cost local residents $17.7 million in social expenses and lost productivity each year, according to a local financial impact study released today by the University of Cincinnati’s Economic Center and Hamilton County Job and Family Services. One program is helping reduce that cost.

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Jun
08
Education & Career Pathways Summit is June 19

The 2015 Education & Career Pathways Summit will be held on the campus of Cincinnati State on Friday, June 19th from 8:30 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.

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Jul
07
Sandra & Sandy, HEMI Family

It’s never too late in life to seek a mentor. Sandra Jones has proof of that. “I have always wanted a mentor in my life – someone to take me to dinner, or to go shopping. That one person I …

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Jun
23
Help foster kids finish school

Recruitment is under way for mentors to get involved in a unique partnership that helps foster children aging out of the system to finish high school and college. The Higher Education Mentoring Initiative (HEMI) – a partnership represented by the …

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Dec
13
A True Honor

I am extremely humbled and grateful for the recognition I received at last night’s Higher Education Mentoring Initiative’s holiday party. I can think of no greater honor that than to have my name attached to a scholarship that will help …

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Apr
26
Mariah Maxwell is First HEMI Graduate

Earlier this week the Enquirer published a wonderful column about Mariah Maxwell, the first HEMI graduate to earn a degree. We could not be more proud of Mariah! Like many of our foster students, she has faced more obstacles than …

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