All children need and deserve to grow up in a safe, stable family. For some children who are abused and neglected, this may mean living with a foster or adoptive family is the best alternative to their biological family. Huron County Children Services, in collaboration with our community, builds upon the strengths of families by providing or linking them to prevention and intervention services and resources.
Four main areas of the Department of Children Services include:
• Foster Care and Adoption
• Child Protective Services
• Kinship Care
• Safe Havens for Newborns

Huron County Department of Job & Family Services strives to provide programs to strengthen families, protect children, and the elderly. An important component in supporting independent families is to promote self-sufficiency as a way of life. Support services such as assistance with buying food, limited financial aid, getting adequate health care coverage, and child care are all supportive measures to help families in their pursuit of success.

The Huron County Child Enforcement Agency is responsible for:
• Locating absent parents
• Establishing paternity
• Establishing, enforcing and modifying child and medical support orders and
• Collecting and distributing child support monies.

Why should I get an order for child support and health insurance?
Often parties will ask why a support order is needed if the payer is unemployed, the payee has sufficient resources to care for the child or the payer is in school. First, circumstances change and the sooner an order is established, the better. Second, if a party receives state or county benefits, they may be required to cooperate in establishing support and health insurance as a condition of receiving benefits. The child's parent, guardian, legal custodian, or the person with whom the child lives can contact the child support enforcement agency for assistance in having a child support order established.

Job Seekers
The Jobs First! program mission is to empower its participants to achieve and sustain economic self-sufficiency. The program helps individuals to obtain and maintain employment.

Jobs First! has an experienced staff with expertise in assisting individuals with employment needs. Comprehensive assessment tools are available when needed to determine appropriate placement and promote successful job matching services.

Employers
Huron County employers have access to placement services to help them fill positions.
Available resources include:
• Pre-employment screenings
• Pre-employment testing
• Post Job Openings Now
• The Job Store database matches employees with openings
• Labor Market Information at Ohio Workforce Informer

Welcome to the Human Resources Department of Huron County DJFS!
We are delighted that you have chosen to visit us. The Human Resources department facilitates and coordinates the human resource functions for the agency. We are a central source of human resources expertise providing consistency and efficiency regarding policy, benefits, and support services for our employees. We are committed to the vision and mission of Huron County Department of Job & Family Services. Our goal is to provide topnotch customer service that meets the needs of Huron County Department of Job & Family Services employees and the community.