2008, ISBN: 9781156335451

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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Helen Jones-Kelley, was the Director of the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS), Ohio's largest agency, from 2007-2008. During her tenure, she received substantial media attention for various ODJFS related activities, and for her role in the Controversial Ohio database searches of Joe Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Helen Jones-Kelley, was the Director of the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS), Ohio's largest agency, from 2007-2008. During her tenure, she received substantial media attention for various ODJFS related activities, and for her role in the Controversial Ohio database searches of Joe Wurzelbacher. A licensed attorney, Jones-Kelley received her Bachelor's degree in Secondary English Education from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio and her law degree from the University of Dayton School of Law. Prior to law school, Jones-Kelley studied at the Scripps Gerontology Center at Miami University. She then worked for a bank before working for the Cincinnati Recreation Department for nine years. Jones-Kelley was appointed the co-chair of Ohio's Advisory Council on Children, Youth and Families in 2003. Before Jones-Kelley began her work with Children Services, she served as an Assistant Legal Director for Montgomery County Juvenile Court. In this position, she started the program Court Appointed Special Advocate, or "CASA." Helen Jones-Kelley lives in Clayton, Ohio with her husband, Tom Kelley, and four daughters. She also has a stepson. Tom Kelley is the assistant director of the Family and Children First Council. Helen Jones-Kelley has frequently presented workshops on children and the law, including for the American Bar Association, National Court Appointed Special Advocate Association, and others. Helen-Jones was selected as one of the Ten Top Women in Dayton, Ohio in 1996 and one of the Ten Top African-American Women in 2002, and other awards. Jones-Kelley, a Democrat, was selected to run the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services, by Governor-elect Ted Strickland, at the end of 2006. ODJFS oversees programs helping unborn babie. More: Books, , Ohio-Department-of-Job-and-Family-Services~~Books-LLC, , , , , , , , , , General Books LLC<