September is Kinship Care Month

When we say a child is in kinship care , it means that when the child was no longer able to safely live with parents, a relative or a non-relative adult who has a bond with the child (maybe a teacher, minister, long-time family friend) stepped up to take the

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Shared by Moira Weir September 10, 2019

Local adoptive family featured by Good Morning America

BJ and Calena Durel’s story of adopting two girls while pregnant with twins, is making national news. The couple was featured this week on the Good Morning America website . The couple had been providing respite care (providing breaks for foster parents) to Mariah and Aubree, when they had the

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Shared by Moira Weir August 9, 2019

Child support amnesty offered in August

A suspended driver’s license is a roadblock to working and paying child support. Everyone loses when a child’s basic needs go unmet. Re-establishing regular child support payments is the most successful outcome for children and their parents. In August, Hamilton County Job and Family Services will reinstate driver’s licenses for

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Shared by Moira Weir August 1, 2019

We want to make the child support process simpler

Hamilton County Job and Family Services helps more than 250,000 county residents each month with child support. The goal is a simple, seamless process for parents, so children receive support to meet their basic needs. Visit our Child Support page to see how we can help you: establish paternity, including

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Shared by Moira Weir August 1, 2019