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Commissioners, invest that $78M in at-risk kids

Posted at 2:27 PM, Jun 01, 2016
and last updated 2016-06-02 10:37:56-04

The Hamilton County Job and Family Services Department saved up money for 10 years anticipating a big fine from the federal government. The fine wasn't that big and now it has $78 million in the bank. There's lots of ideas about how to spend it, but our editorial board thinks the decision should be pretty clear -- put it back in children's services programs.