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Job & Family Services outlines sharp rise in placement costs, proposes modest levy increase to blunt shortfall
Summary
The county's Job & Family Services presented an 88% rise in CPS placement costs from 2020–2025 and proposed either a renewal or a renewal plus 0.20‑mill increase (about $7 per $100,000 annually) to reduce a projected placement funding deficit; officials projected placement costs above $7 million in 2026.
Dottie Meyer, director of Clermont County Job & Family Services, told commissioners on Jan. 12 that Children's Protective Services (CPS) faces rapidly rising placement costs and presented two levy options to address an anticipated budget shortfall.
Meyer said CPS investigated 1,469 maltreatment cases in 2024; of those, 76 children were removed through emergency procedures. She said that as of January 2025 there were 203 children in CPS custody and that the county regularly serves more than 400 children a month in in‑home…
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