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The fellows said their summer fellowship (June 2–Aug. 8, with a May 28–30 training) produced a set of deliverables intended to seed a countywide sustainability plan for Hamilton County covering all 49 jurisdictions. They showed a county-specific greenhouse‑gas inventory (using Thrive Together regional data narrowed to the county), a peer-review of other U.S. sustainability plans, an engagement strategy, stakeholder contact lists and draft chapter templates. The fellows said industrial and transportation sectors are the county’s largest sources of emissions and that the plan aims to align existing local and regional efforts rather than replace them.

Brad Johnson, a staff member who introduced the fellows to the commission, said the county earlier asked staff to begin exploring a comprehensive sustainability plan and that the fellowship provided an outside review to help identify strengths, gaps and opportunities. Eva Heffernan, one of the fellows and an undergraduate at Ohio State, described the fellowship’s peer-plan review and greenhouse‑gas work. A second fellow, Shoba (graduate student, University of Cincinnati), described the fellows’ community‑engagement approach and said the team reached out to roughly 80–90 contacts and that every stakeholder they asked agreed to collaborate.

Major projects the fellows reported completing or initiating included:
- A climate‑budgeting pilot modeled after Oslo’s approach, intended to treat greenhouse‑gas emissions like financial expenditures and to identify climate‑forward spending in county budget documents for Planning & Development and the Metropolitan Sewer District.
- Community‑wealth‑building outreach in Amberly Village and Arlington Heights, including a social media plan to promote a community garden and publicity for a green workforce education program working with WeThrive at Hamilton County Public Health.
- A sustainable procurement review recommending low‑carbon procurement practices for local government projects.
- A countywide sustainability plan outline with chapter templates, a proposed timeline extending into 2026, surveys (internal, interdepartmental and public) and monitoring procedures.

The fellows said the external public survey has not yet been released; they plan to publish results after coordinating with Green Umbrella and the county communications team. They also left the county a Google Drive of materials, a master next‑steps list with month-by-month action items and a suggested steering‑committee roster of roughly eight people, including nonprofit, government and community representatives. The students said they discussed including youth representatives on the steering committee.

Commissioners asked for more detail on the proposed steering committee and on the public‑survey timing. Commissioner Denise Treehouse called the presentation \"very well done\" and asked about fellows’ longer‑term interest in green planning. Commissioner Dumas asked that staff return with a formal steering‑committee membership list and more updates; Brad Johnson and county staff said they would continue to work with Assistant Administrator Chrisman and Administrator Jeff Alito and provide future briefings.

No formal vote or formal endorsement of a plan or steering committee was recorded at the meeting; the fellows requested the commission’s leadership to carry the project forward and to facilitate interdepartmental coordination.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Hamilton County Commissioners Staff Meeting 8/12/25","oneSentenceSummary","Two Green Umbrella fellows assigned to Hamilton County presented a 10‑week progress report Aug. 12, 2025, and asked commissioners to champion and formally endorse a steering committee to carry forward a countywide sustainability plan.","taxTitle","Hamilton County, Ohio","taxId",2657,"location","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":80,"_47":81,"_49":82,"_51":83,"_53":84,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":85,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":86,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6138755,"Hamilton County VSC reports staff and program expansion, readies second annual Veterans and Military Appreciation Day",279,3568000,3847000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5582448-0f5561bf0c34086deb96f1c0625624f8&start=3568&end=3847","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5582448-0f5561bf0c34086deb96f1c0625624f8/thumbnail_3568000.jpg","/articles/6138755/Hamilton-County/Ohio/Hamilton-County-VSC-reports-staff-and-program-expansion-readies-second-annual-Veterans-and-Military-Appreciation-Day","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6138755-2162ff218cf21b14659cbc8ed877d7a3/orig.mp4?Expires=1770895253&Signature=PfZanYJUvp5~Al-zIYAa5FFH6dHKYyl64JV4Mmj0ymVKk7s-bwb3OFeNCav30~cAnP1pVEJAxRxT8B1G6IO8mh2YBxiV-rtgubarj702G~vgW~eye3VOqojV~pbH-gVl8uV2dwG87ldQvGscB5WryBlg1xzA-x~5tjmSPvx5AMQyZcUiXOqEKezHym2QVKZxpm8-LSzMA-3a56kjWGY~LDqb1LtgLRTe1LjlrEJq10Vh-BxFALDfdp68xBrM~C0sGFA-bbVBF~AQGo0oED1nNuG5zHpB1d9UA4ZNKYHI7Xz3-PTO1UR99~HEs1E1Y6zBebYN1qzVqptjV64i~bVFLQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Director Sanza of the Hamilton County Veterans Service Commission gave a midyear update to the Board of County Commissioners on Aug. 12, 2025, summarizing program expansion, new benefit services and plans for the commission’s second annual Veterans and Military Appreciation Day.

Sanza told commissioners that the commission grew from six full‑time employees to 18 over the previous 15 months, and said the office now serves a population the director cited as more than 38,000 veterans in Hamilton County. Sanza reported new or expanded services, including dental and vision assistance programs, a financial‑literacy initiative and expanded transportation including a van that takes veterans to and from VA medical appointments. Sanza also said the sign‑up for the upcoming Veterans and Military Appreciation Day had reached about 1,200 veterans \"as of yesterday\" and encouraged veterans to register; the presentation emphasized that this year the event will include on‑site veteran service officers who can take claims assistance in person.

Commissioners and staff praised the VSC’s outreach. A commissioner noted that the first year’s event drew roughly 3,000 veterans and families and that the Aug. 23, 2025, event will include partnership with other veteran organizations and on‑site claims assistance from the VA, Disabled American Veterans and other partners. Sanza said the commission’s interim director will be Lehi Welling, who will take the interim role when his resignation as commissioner is effective.

The commission update was informational; no formal board action or vote was recorded on programmatic changes at the Aug. 12 meeting. Commissioners thanked Sanza for the work and encouraged veterans and military service members to register for the Aug. 23 event, which the VSC described as free and family‑friendly and intended to provide immediate, on‑site assistance with benefit claims and referrals.","The Veterans Service Commission reported expanded staff and new services and promoted the second annual county Veterans and Military Appreciation Day, with on‑site claims assistance and 1,200 signups as of Aug. 11, 2025.",{"_33":88,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":89,"_41":90,"_43":91,"_45":92,"_47":93,"_49":94,"_51":95,"_53":96,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":97,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":98,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6138760,"Women Helping Women reports rising demand in Hamilton County; asks commissioners for outreach help to expand Divert and school programs",505,2271000,2776000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5582448-0f5561bf0c34086deb96f1c0625624f8&start=2271&end=2776","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5582448-0f5561bf0c34086deb96f1c0625624f8/thumbnail_2271000.jpg","/articles/6138760/Hamilton-County/Ohio/Women-Helping-Women-reports-rising-demand-in-Hamilton-County-asks-commissioners-for-outreach-help-to-expand-Divert-and-school-programs","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6138760-45c9b043d2aaa6843ee8f2811ffe0d0e/orig.mp4?Expires=1770895253&Signature=oLZPHpLx3pT~tRZtjNp6zuOHYp8gXXIMhWjmZtIHFQ03t~sPOc1cjguNNHHyfdeHD-IzmBv4-mSlTL22eQI-3TGcIx~Mzq-5Vx1argX3MK5Yxf4krtLr19OKa3rlQUFoyb5q0O8H7gLJIL08LSOsbmbZmPNpLq3PNQTVUeGdpWfUYesJWg-tl5C4FI-QtobKBr66CJuXaFdYU3O5GUmaEIm6rLrM1WJKB93wBxqswElZDyAkNyoymFfgzl0TH6Lt3jwP1pV2hJ0uHwnSxjCYQD4yqpKaI~fDrFtWIFfrdj6c9ougfgMV4CBeAFdQVBf4Gw~zLsi1O1cj51ztEg3ugg__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Women Helping Women leaders gave a midyear update to the Hamilton County Board of County Commissioners on Aug. 12, 2025, reporting increased demand for crisis services, trends in lethality indicators and gaps in program reach they attributed in part to staffing constraints.

Kristen Smith Shrimplin, president and CEO of Women Helping Women, and colleagues Amber Malat (vice president of programming) and Amy Blazer (chief operating officer) presented service and prevention statistics and asked commissioners to help strengthen connections with the remaining jurisdictions and unserved school districts so the nonprofit can expand Divert (law‑enforcement response) and school‑based prevention work.

Key figures and program descriptions the organization reported include the following (figures are the organization’s statements at the Aug. 12 briefing):
- 2024: the organization said it provided services to 8,500 survivors and delivered 37,000 crisis‑intervention services (organization statement).
- Through second quarter 2025 in Hamilton County: the hotline logged 7,725 calls from more than 2,400 survivors; hospital advocacy reached 214 survivors across 26 hospitals; court advocacy provided 788 court‑accompaniment experiences for 400 survivors; the DVERT law‑enforcement response reported 964 responses serving 941 survivors; support groups have had 47 Hamilton County participants to date in 2025; client assistance funds aided 458 survivors with about $165,000 for housing, eviction prevention, utilities, moving costs and food.
- Prevention: the group reported having served more than 1,900 community members and students in Hamilton County with prevention programming in 2025 to date. Prevent and Empower is a five‑day, school‑based program for grades 7–12; Brave Bar trains alcohol‑service establishments; WorkStrong is a workplace program for employers.

Blazer highlighted system coordination the nonprofit maintains, including court, hospital, law‑enforcement and campus partnerships. She said recent trends include a 36% increase in domestic‑violence hospital response in Hamilton County and that 49% of survivors the organization works with report some form of disability. She also said 55% of survivors reported strangulation by an abuser, a lethality indicator the organization tracks since the offense in Ohio was reclassified last year, and that 84% of the survivors they serve have at least one minor child.

Commissioners asked for additional detail about program coverage and capacity. Shrimplin and staff said DVERT currently operates in 36 jurisdictions (the presenters stated that count includes the city of Cincinnati) and that 16 schools have participated in prevention programming so far in 2025; they attributed gaps to staffing turnover and the timing of school schedules. Shrimplin and Blazer said they had recently lost and had to retrain several educators (five of six educators left earlier in the year) and asked commissioners to share contacts and help with outreach to jurisdictions and school districts.

Commissioners and staff offered to assist with outreach and to review lists of participating versus unserved jurisdictions and schools the nonprofit provided. The organization did not request a specific vote at the Aug. 12 meeting; commissioners discussed options for helping the nonprofit with connections and local outreach.","Women Helping Women presented midyear program data on Aug. 12, 2025, reporting increases in hotline and hospital responses, details on prevention programs and staffing constraints limiting reach into some jurisdictions and schools.","actionData","errors"]

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