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Family Service of the Cincinnati Area
Cincinnati, OH

Family Service of the Cincinnati Area
Founded: 1879. Additional information about Family Service’s history is available here.


Service location(s): Cincinnati and Covington, Ky.

Mission: Family Service engages children, families and adults as partners so they achieve educational, emotional and occupational success.

Program and service highlights: Family Service provides a variety of services including counseling; the Friends of the Children initiative; employee assistance programs; the International Family Resource Center for immigrants, refugees, and international visitors; early childhood and parent education; and school-based services.

Number of employees: 85

Operating budget: $5.1 million

Accreditation: Council on Accreditation


Alliance Involvement

Member since: December 1986

Agency participation in Alliance activities:
U.S. Compensation Survey 2006, 2007
Employee assistance program provider for Alliance sister-company FEI Behavioral Health
Member Profile Survey 2005, 2006
Federal Funding Survey
2006 Older Adult Services Survey
Staff subscribe to Alliance E-News
Staff use the Severson Center’s DocuShare
Staff enrolled in Online Discussion Groups, including Resource Development Services discussion group, Human Resources discussion group, Chief Financial Officer group, and Program Management group
Staff enrolled in Chief Financial Officer Community of Practice 
Severson Center information requests
Staff participate in Hot Topic teleconferences
Participate in Public Policy calls to state representatives
Staff attended Senior Leadership Conference 2006, 2007
Staff attended 2007 Fund Development Conference


Arlene T. Herman, President

Arlene T. Herman, President

Years as president: 15 years

Total years of service: 22 years; Arlene began working at Family Service of the Cincinnati Area in 1985 as Family Life Educator and, four years later, became Director of Family Life Education.

Involvement with Alliance activities:
New Age of Aging teleconference
Families in Society article requests
Severson Center information requests
CEO online discussion group
DocuShare user
Alliance E-News subscriber
Research Affinity online discussion group
2005 Alliance National Conference
Alliance Executive Leadership Conference 2006, 2007
Current service on Alliance boards and committees: Member, Alliance Strategic Positioning Committee
 


Arlene Katz, Board Chair
Arlene Katz, Board Chair, Retired Director of Probation, Juvenile Court


Time as board chair: 9 months

Total years of board service: 11 years; Arlene has served two rounds on the board, the first for 7 years, and 4 years so far during this round.

Total board members: 27

Frequency of board meetings: 9 times each year
 

Web site: FamilyServiceCincy.org
Annual report: Family Service of the Cincinnati Area has several annual reports available for viewing online.

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