Coronavirus: We’re preparing, not panicking

Interim Director Tim McCartney, along with Hamilton County administrators, continues to closely monitor the rapidly evolving Coronavirus information and take precautionary measures. Employees are being asked to conduct as much business as possible online or over the phone and to postpone or reschedule any group meetings. We are also following

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Shared by Hamilton County Job & Family Services March 11, 2020

JFS will always be special

You may have heard already that I will soon leave JFS to accept the position as the first woman to lead the United Way of Greater Cincinnati as CEO/President. I do this with extreme mixed emotions. While I am excited to lead an organization helping hundreds of thousands of children

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Shared by Moira Weir February 3, 2020

Project Lift aims to help families escape poverty

Project Lift is a unique public/private partnership designed to support Hamilton County families on a journey to self-sufficiency. The goal is to reduce poverty and increase economic mobility. Project Lift, which has helped 455 Hamilton County families since launching in April 2019, operates under the following guiding principles: Family-driven solutions

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Shared by Moira Weir January 13, 2020

2019 sets groundwork for even greater 2020

As we say goodbye to 2019 and look ahead to the new year, I am very excited about what JFS has accomplished and where it is headed. Last year started off a bit rocky with a partial government shutdown, but our Family and Adult Assistance staff rose to the challenge

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Shared by Moira Weir January 2, 2020

Kinship program helps hundreds of families in first six months

More than 400 kinship families were helped this year by a new kinship stipend program.  JFS launched the program in June to help Hamilton County grandparents, aunts, uncles and other relatives who care for children in JFS custody.  The kinship stipend program pays kinship caregivers $350 per month, per child for

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Shared by Moira Weir December 27, 2019