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Matt Damschroder, director of the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services, visited Cincinnati today to meet with leaders of Hamilton County JFS for a conversation about successful programs and emerging needs.
He wanted an “in-person understanding of what you face and what needs you have,” he told Interim Director Amy Story and a group of managers....

At JFS, we work hard to spread the word about the safest way for babies to sleep – alone, on their backs and with nothing in their crib or playpen. But we also want to help bring attention to infant mortality and the other reasons, besides unsafe sleep...

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 5 ½ years, she has been the agency’s Assistant Director for Strategic Operations Support, which includes oversight...

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 children for going back to school – we plan to use these items initially to help our kinship families. Kinship...