{"id":110286,"date":"2018-12-06T04:30:56","date_gmt":"2018-12-06T09:30:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=110286"},"modified":"2018-12-06T04:30:56","modified_gmt":"2018-12-06T09:30:56","slug":"vw-county-djfs-director-to-retire-soon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2018\/12\/06\/vw-county-djfs-director-to-retire-soon\/","title":{"rendered":"VW County DJFS director to retire soon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>VW independent\/submitted information<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Director Marcia Drake has announced her upcoming retirement from the Van Wert County Department of Job and Family Services (VWCDJFS), effective December 31.<\/p>\n<p>During her 21-year tenure at the VWCDJFS, Drake has been a valuable and productive employee to the county. Serving previously as business administrator of the county DJFS Fiscal Department &#8212; and as director since 2014 &#8212; Drake\u2019s knowledge and experience alone will be tough to replace.<\/p>\n<p>Drake\u2019s successor, Erinn Mendenhall-Sellers, was chosen by the Van Wert County Board of Commissioners because she brings many of her own strengths to the position. Mendenhall-Sellers has worked for the Allen County Department of Job and Family Services (ACDJFS) for more than 20 years.\u00a0 She has experience managing a number of different programs within the ACDJFS and looks forward to being able to make a positive impact on Van Wert County &#8212; where she was born and raised.<\/p>\n<p>Mendenhall-Sellers is a Lincolnview High School graduate and currently lives in Van Wert County.<\/p>\n<p>The commissioners said they feel the new director will bring the same positive attitude and strength of character to the workplace that Drake currently provides.<\/p>\n<p>Drake\u2019s service to the county has been exemplary and much appreciated, and the county commissioners formally thanked Drake for her more than two decades of service to the county.<\/p>\n<p>Mendenhall-Sellers\u2019 first day of employment with the VWCDJFS is scheduled for today, Thursday, December 6.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VW independent\/submitted information Director Marcia Drake has announced her upcoming retirement from the Van Wert County Department of Job and Family Services (VWCDJFS), effective December 31. During her 21-year tenure at the VWCDJFS, Drake has been a valuable and productive employee to the county. Serving previously as business administrator of the county DJFS Fiscal Department [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-110286","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-04 03:04:25","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110286","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=110286"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110286\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=110286"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=110286"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=110286"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}