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| 1935 |
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Social Security Act authorizes first
federal grants for child welfare services -- advancing child protection
activities that had been going on at local and state levels. |
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| 1935 |
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Also, as part of the Social Security Act, Aid to Dependent Children
(ADC) becomes law. A modest
initiative, ADC provides a subsidy to
families with fathers who are deceased, absent or unable to work. |
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1947 |
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Hamilton County Commissioners establish the Department of
Welfare. The new agency opens a month later at 411 Lincoln Park Drive (now
Ezzard Charles Drive)
in the West End with Frederick A. Breyer as its first director. The agency
later relocates to 628 Sycamore St. and, in 1995, to 222 E. Central Parkway.
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| 1962 |
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Federal government expands ADC and renames it Aid to Families with Dependent
Children (AFDC).
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| 1964 |
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Congress passes the Food Stamp Act, making what had been an on-again and
off-again program permanent. |
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1975 |
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Hamilton County Children’s Services, a division of the
Department of Welfare, starts 241-KIDS -– one of the nation’s first 24-hour
child abuse and neglect reporting lines.
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| 1975 |
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Federal child support program established under Title IV-D of
the Social Security Act.
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| 1981 |
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Hamilton County voters approve the first Children’s Services
Levy. They continue to approve renewals every five years thereafter.
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| 1987 |
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Department of Welfare changes its name to the Hamilton County
Department of Human Services.
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1990 |
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Department of Human Services starts 421-LIFE, one of the
country’s first centralized elder abuse reporting lines. |
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1992 |
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Hamilton County Child
Support Enforcement Agency rejoins Hamilton County JFS after being under the courts for several years.
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| 1995 |
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Human Services moves from 628 Sycamore St.
and other locations to 222 E. Central Parkway.
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| 1996 |
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Welfare reform:
Federal government enacts the Personal Responsibility Work Opportunity
Reconciliation Act (PRWORA). Abolishes AFDC. Cash assistance, once an
entitlement based primarily income, becomes time-limited with work
requirements. States given flexibility to develop work-support programs.
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| 1998 |
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Agency opens second major office at 237 William H. Taft Road.
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| 1999 |
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HCJFS launches its first external Web site:
http://www.hcjfs.org.
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| 2000 |
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Agency converts 70,000 child support cases involving 200,000
people to the new Support Enforcement Tracking System (SETS).
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2001 |
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Don Thomas
retires after serving as the agency’s director for 13 years.
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| 2001 |
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Hamilton County Department of
Job and Family Services becomes one of the first public agencies of its kind
accredited by the Council on Accreditation. |
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Agency takes the name "Hamilton County Department of Job and
Family Services" to reflect a merger at the state level.
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2002 |
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Suzanne Burke becomes agency director.
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| 2005 |
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Rick Roberts named agency director. |
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| 2006 |
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Paper child support checks replaced by debit cards and bank
account direct deposits. |
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| 2006 |
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food stamp customers start getting monthly benefits with an Electronic
Balance Transfer (or debit) system. |
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| 2007 |
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Moira Weir becomes the sixth director in the agency’s history. |
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| 2008 |
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Agency
stresses collaboration with community
partners and improved customer service. For example, clients can fax in
verification forms for Medicaid, food stamps and Ohio Works First (OWF) cash
assistance from any Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County Public
Library Branch.
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| 2009 |
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In
response to funding cuts resulting from the economic recession, Hamilton County Department of Job and
Family Services downsizes, reduces contracts and focuses on core
competencies. Staff at 237 William H. Taft move downtown. Meanwhile, the
agency serves record numbers of people.
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