OJFSDA helped coordinate a visit between Greene County caseworkers, supervisors, & leadership to discuss Ohio Benefits with leadership from the Ohio Departments of Administrative Services, JFS, Medicaid, and system designers and developers from Accenture. It was a great meeting!

Thanks to Wayne County for sharing their Elder Abuse Awareness day pics. Everyone looks great in their purple!

County JFS Directors are working hard to represent their communities on Ohio's legislative committees! Recently Director Somerlot of Marion testified and Director Patton of Allen (shown with Director Damschroder) attended the committee examining publicly funded child care.

Congratulations to Perry County JFS Director Cheryl Boley! She was recently the recipient of the APHSA Outstanding Local Member Award for her commitment to building thriving communities.

The annual Ottawa County Commissioner/JFS cookout was last week and we were honored to be invited! Thanks to Commissioners Coppeler, Douglas and Stahl, as well as CDJFS Director Kowal.

Heartfelt congratulations to Jefferson County Director Michelle Santin for her work assisting children in her community. She was given the Advocacy Award from A Caring Place Child Advocacy Center this week!

Best wishes to Harrison County Director Scott Blackburn on his retirement!

Spent a beautiful summer day visiting Director Murphy in Lawrence County!

What a sharp looking group! Many thanks to Ross County for hosting and Ohio Dept. of Medicaid for traveling to experience a day in the life of a CDJFS worker.

Got a great photo of the NorthCoast District Directors with the beautiful Lake Erie coast behind them!

Last week we had the opportunity to honor two members of the ODJFS team for their exceptional commitment to the counties and citizens of Ohio. Congratulations to Wanda Ellis and Sabrina Jamison, 2022 recipients of the OJFSDA President's Award!

Teri is a great resource for county adult protective services and others in the community who work to combat the exploitation of our older citizens! dispatch.com/story/news/loc…

Love being able to visit counties again! Thanks to Washington CDJFS for hosting us, along with state staff and contractors, to demonstrate and discuss new phone technology options.

Excited to hear about the new Perry County Opportunity Center. "We want to develop this site as a county-wide community asset.” perrytribune.com/news/article_3…

Kicked the week off with a great group of new directors and JFS leaders at our New Director HR Orientation.

The East Central District held a great retreat for CDJFS Directors today, which included presentations from ODJFS on the TANF Block Grant and the Benefit Bridge.

Many thanks to ODM Director Corcoran, ODJFS Director Damschroder and DAS Deputy State CIO Hagberg for joining us at our executive board retreat this week!

Congratulations to Scioto CDJFS Director Tammy Moore-Morton, who received the Pacesetter Award at the OHPELRA Ohio Public Employees Labor Relations Association Conference. If you know Tammy, you know this is MUCH deserved!

We’re so excited to have Tamekia MizLadi Smith give our opening keynote address! Register now at OJFSDA.org

We are thrilled to have Drew Dudley join us to kick off our Annual Training Conference on May 12th! Drew is an internationally acclaimed leadership speaker, Wall Street Journal bestselling author and creator of the renowned TED talk "Everyday Leadership (The Lollipop Moment)".