Our Kids in School Rule! program is drawing national kudos for its work helping students in foster care stay in school and find better educational outcomes. KISR! is a partnership between Hamilton County Job and Family Services, Cincinnati Public Schools, the Legal Aid Society of Greater Cincinnati and Hamilton County
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Shared by Hamilton County Job & Family Services March 18, 2021
Hundreds of Hamilton County residents struggling because of Covid-19 got direct access to help Tuesday night during the county’s “relief-a-thon.” Hamilton County Job and Family Services and the Hamilton County administration joined with the United Way of Greater Cincinnati and 20 other agencies to answer calls from people looking for
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Shared by Hamilton County Job & Family Services March 16, 2021
Gov. Mike DeWine announced that 15 long-term mass vaccination clinics will open throughout Ohio to significantly expand regional access to COVID-19 vaccines. One of the clinics will be in Cincinnati. The others: Lima, Maumee, Dayton, Columbus, Akron, Youngstown, Chillicothe, Marietta, Wilmington and Zanesville. Four mobile mass vaccination clinics will also
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Shared by Hamilton County Job & Family Services March 8, 2021
If you’re struggling financially because of covid-19, we might be able to help. We have funds available now in our Prevention, Retention and Contingency fund and this money can cover a wide variety of things – rent, utility bills, beds and baby items, to name a few. Because of covid,
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Shared by Hamilton County Job & Family Services March 3, 2021
The horrible and disturbing death of George Floyd in Minnesota and the continued ravaging of our country from the health and economic scourge of coronavirus are pushing many of us to feel angry, frustrated and overwhelmed. I feel it every day. I hear it in peoples voices and see
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Shared by Hamilton County Job & Family Services June 4, 2020
Unprecedented. Extraordinary. Unparalleled. These are the words often used to describe this pandemic and the impact it has had on our agency and our employees. It’s a truly once-in-a-lifetime situation. But we have risen to the occasion. And we’ve done it in large part because of the strong
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Shared by Hamilton County Job & Family Services June 4, 2020
Ohio Practitioners Network for Fathers and Families hosts an online event Saturday, April 18 to hear from fathers across Ohio about fathering in the COVID-19 pandemic, and to offer resources to those in need. Being a Dad can be hard enough in normal times. How are fathers coping with the
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Shared by Hamilton County Job & Family Services April 14, 2020
Ohio residents who receive food assistance can now shop online and pick up groceries in their cars. Federal rules say SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) benefits cannot be used for food delivery. But retailers are no longer required to submit waiver requests to allow online shopping and curbside pickup for
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Shared by Hamilton County Job & Family Services April 2, 2020
It’s been 22 days since Governor DeWine initially declared a state of emergency in Ohio. While there were things happening related to the coronavirus prior to that, that March 9 declaration began to really change our world. We began limiting travel, canceling in-person training and increasing the cleaning regimen in
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Shared by Hamilton County Job & Family Services April 1, 2020
Ohio’s Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS) is instructing Ohio employers planning layoffs or shutdowns as a result the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic to share the following mass lay-off number with their employees to speed the processing of unemployment benefits: 2000180. The agency also is providing instructions for employers to
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Shared by Hamilton County Job & Family Services March 16, 2020
Dear JFS Family, As our county struggles with the effects of COVID-19, JFS is doing everything it can to help. This is exactly why our agency exists. Throughout our nearly 75-year history, we have time and time again come through for Hamilton County residents during hard times. You can count
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Shared by Hamilton County Job & Family Services March 16, 2020
