Amy Story, a veteran leader at Hamilton County Job and Family Services, takes over as interim director while county officials continue looking for a new executive director. Story joined the agency in 1990 and has held many leadership positions, in Quality Assurance, Child Care and Children’s Services. For the last
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Shared by Hamilton County Job & Family Services August 2, 2021
CDC: Hamilton County Seeing Substantial Spread COVID-19 Guidelines Change in Substantial Spread Areas Hamilton County, OH……All of Hamilton County, including the City of Cincinnati have been identified as an area of “substantial spread” of COVID-19 by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Substantial spread occurs when an area
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Shared by Hamilton County Public Health July 30, 2021
Attention CoC Funded Agencies, Community Members, and Friends August 13th 2021 at 1:00 pm, we will hold the Community Prioritization Event (CPE) for the 2021 Cincinnati/Hamilton County OH-500 Continuum of Care Competition. CoC-Funded agencies are required to attend and participate. All community members, partners and friends are welcome! We especially
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Shared by Strategies to End Homelessness July 22, 2021
We have a generous donor bringing us a big load of backpacks for back-to-school this year. But we could use some help filling them. Kindness for Kids is our new wish list on Amazon, filled with everything from pencils to folders and binders. It can be expensive to stock up
Read More Shared by Hamilton County Job & Family Services July 13, 2021
The National Association of Counties granted Hamilton County Job and Family Services two achievement awards this year, honoring work to help kids in foster care get better medical care and changes to help more families who need one-time help. The two awards: Human Services category – “Leveraging TANF/PRC flexibility to
Read More Shared by Hamilton County Job & Family Services July 12, 2021
If you can no longer stay in your current living situation and are being asked to leave and would end up in shelter without assistance, please click this link to complete the Emergency Housing Voucher Assessment. Please be aware that the Emergency Housing Vouchers are an extremely limited resource. Submitting this
Read More Shared by Strategies to End Homelessness July 9, 2021
The job description for Executive Director of Hamilton County Job and Family Services is here, but there’s so much more to say about all that goes into this important role. Read the .pdf below describing the opportunity and the many ways a new leader will shape this agency as Hamilton
Read More Shared by Hamilton County Job & Family Services June 29, 2021
To help prevent babies from dying in unsafe sleep situations, Hamilton County Job and Family Services begins on Monday an unprecedented prevention campaign. HCJFS workers will visit neighborhoods to talk to parents of infants and distribute free Halo swaddles and sleep sacks. Proper sleep attire is the one aspect of
Read More Shared by Hamilton County Job & Family Services June 25, 2021
You can now search the Greater Cincinnati United Way database without leaving United Resource Connection by using the form located at https://cincinnati.unitedresourceconnection.org/uwgc-database. The Greater Cincinnati United Way database consists of nearly 1,500 agencies and organizations that provide approximately 3,000 programs to assist you in your time of need. The database provides
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Shared by United Resource Connection June 18, 2021
Juneteenth – also known as Freedom Day, Jubilee Day, Liberation Day, and Emancipation Day – is a holiday celebrating the emancipation of those who had been enslaved in the United States. Originating in Galveston, Texas, it is now celebrated annually on June 19 throughout the United States, with varying official
Read More Shared by Hamilton County Public Health June 16, 2021