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Every member and every position in Team FCCS is seen as a child welfare professional, with a hope that each employee feels safe, supported, respected, and valued. Join us in celebrating our newest team members and honoring those who have been promoted. September 2024 CONGRATUALTIONS ON THESE PROMOTIONS & TRANSFERS: Devon Hampp - Secretary 2/Professional Development  KeVeronique Holloway - Office Manager 1/Legal Records WELCOME TO THESE NEW EMPLOYEES: Cassandra Aarons - Child Welfare Caseworker 1/Intake and Investigations Eva Abreu - Child Welfare Caseworker 2/Intake and Investigations Elaine Burke - Clerical Specialist/Volunteers Maria Claypool - Child Welfare Caseworker 3/Center for Family Safety and Healing Taylor Finch - Social Service Aide 2/Visitation and STS  Allison Fischer - Social Service Aide 2/Visitation and STS  Kelsey Gill - Child Welfare Caseworker 1/Intake and Investigations Nadia Hogan - Social Service Aide 2/Visitation and STS  Paula Kuzelka...

Whether you’re overdue for that annual mammogram, wondering about common signs and symptoms, just got a diagnosis, or are caring for a friend or family member in treatment, breast cancer information and medical resources are thankfully abundant here in Central Ohio.  Through the Franklin County Cooperative THRIVE ON program - available to all FCCS and Franklin County employee, support and resources for battling cancer are one phone call away. CancerBridge offers personalized guidance with the OSU James Cancer Center for advanced treatments.  Free for employees and immediate families, CancerBridge is self-directed and needs no insurance claims. Call toll-free at 855.366.7700. Or visit the Thrive On website at https://bewell.franklincountyohio.gov/Programs/CancerBridge .  Below are additional places to find help here in Central Ohio: Cancer Support Community - Central Ohio 614-884-4673; www.cancersupportohio.org LifeCare Alliance Cancer Services – low-cost or free mammogram...

National Partnership for Child Safety co-chairs Chip Spinning, Executive Director of Franklin County Children Services, and Jodi Hill-Lilly, commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Children and Families, call to end the blame and shame cycle in child welfare. This article originally appeared in The Imprint .   Child welfare professionals care deeply about the families they serve. Every day, child welfare caseworkers are called upon to make decisions that have a tremendous impact on families, children, and their futures. And any caseworker will tell you, there is no worse day than when a child fatality occurs on their watch. They don’t take this responsibility lightly. They make these safety-critical decisions with an eye to family preservation – helping families navigate crises by connecting them to supports – because child welfare research tells us that kids do better when families stay together. The research around safety science is also clear. When it comes to work like c...