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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.

LGBTQ Cultural Competency Training will be offered from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Monday, November 13 at Lighthouse Youth and Family Services, 401 E. McMillan Street

If you are a parent behind on child support, August is your chance for a fresh start.

Hamilton County JFS has been recognized with an Achievement Award for innovative technology from the National Association of Counties (NACo). The awards honor innovative, effective county government programs that enhance services for residents.

Children with developmental disabilities who age out of the child welfare system at age 21 are often unable to make decisions for themselves. The same is true of senior citizens (over age 60) suffering from dementia or Alzheimer’s disease. If there are no family members to help, these individuals require legal guardians.

Guardians are appointed through probate court. In Hamilton County, when a child turns 18 years of age and requires guardianship, they can be placed on a lengthy waiting list for guardians. Hamilton County JFS also has to seek guardianship for senior citizens involved with its Adult Protective Services program.

 We are a week away from a county-wide vote on the Children’s Services Levy (Issue 53). I am asked nearly every day what the levy is and how the money is used. The levy raises funding for services to abused …

  We are asked a lot about the opiate crisis gripping our community. How does it play out in child welfare? Heroin has hit our “business” hard. Abuse of opiate-based painkillers such as Vicodin and OxyContin is also a problem. …

We have received some good news at our agency the past month and I would like to share. I have great pride and joy in the work of my staff, so I always like to point out their success when …

I have another passion to add to my list of priorities: finding temporary homes for our Heart Gallery. The Heart Gallery is a traveling exhibit of pictures portraying some of the 200 children we have available for adoption. Set up …