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MARK YOUR CALENDAR
* Jan. 13, 10-11 a.m., Amy Story (child care)
* Jan. 20, 10-11 a.m., Kevin Holt and Sheila Roth (employment services)
* Jan. 27, 10-11 a.m., Jim Ashmore (Medicaid, food assistance, cash assistance)
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2009
    * Medicaid, food assistance, cash assistance (Nov. 18) click here
    * Adoption (Nov. 4) click here
    * Employment services (Oct. 7) click here
    * Child support (Sept. 29) click here
    * Child care (Sept. 23) click here
    * Medicaid, food assistance, cash assistance (Sept. 16) click here
    * Adoption/foster care homestudy process (Sept. 2) click here
    * Employment services (Aug. 19) click here
    * Child support (Aug. 11) click here
    * Medicaid, food stamps, OWF cash assistance (July 22) click here
    * Adoption/foster care (July 1) click here
    * Child support (June 17) click here
    * Employment services (June 3) click here
    * Medicaid, food stamps, OWF cash assistance (May 20) click here
    * Foster care (May 6) click here
    * Child support (April 29) click here
    * Employment services (April 15) click here
    * Medicaid, food stamps, OWF cash assistance (March 25) click here
    * Child Support (March 18) click here
    * Employment Services (March 11) click here
    * Adoption/foster care (Feb. 25) click here
    * Employment services (Feb. 18) click here
    * Child Support (Feb. 11) click here
    * Medicaid, food stamps, OWF cash assistance (Feb. 4) click here
    * Child abuse (Jan. 14) click here
    * Adoption/foster care (Jan. 7) click here
2008
    * Child Support (Dec. 3) click here
    * Medicaid, food stamps, OWF cash assistance (Nov. 26) click here
    * Adoption/foster care (Nov. 13) click here
    * Employment services/ workforce development (Nov. 5) click here
    * Child Care (Oct. 29) click here
    * Child Support (Oct. 22) click here
    * Child abuse (Oct. 15) click here
    * Employment services/workforce development (Oct. 1) click here
    * Medicaid, food stamps, OWF cash assistance (Sept. 24) click here
    * Adoption/foster care (Sept. 10) click here

INSTRUCTIONS
To participate, you may click on a link posted on www.hcjfs.org  under Today at HCJFS. Also, an e-mail will be sent to subscribers to the HCJFS Update newsletter with a link to the chat area.

BACKGROUND
The agency began offering online chats in the summer of 2008 as part of an effort to make the agency more open and accessible to clients and their family members, social service providers, taxpayers and others.

LINKS TO OTHER HELPFUL COMMUNICATION TOOLS
* Today at HCJFS RSS feed
* HCJFS Headlines and How-Tos audio podcast
* HamiltonCoJFS Twitter page
* HCJFS YouTube page
* Hamilton County Department of Job and Family Services Facebook group and fan page

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