Offers placement for youth in county custody who are in need of loving homes. The Medically Fragile program places children with medical problems, handicaps, developmental disabilities and/or traumatic separation issues. Treatment Foster Care is an alternative to residential care for emotionally troubled children ages 4 to 18 who need to learn ways to deal with unhealthy behaviors. Foster caregivers receive extensive support and training. Foster caregivers are licensed by the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services.

Provides homes for children who may otherwise be placed in a group home or institutional situation.

Provides foster families for children who have been removed from the home and who are in county custody. Will work with youth who have moderate to severe mental/behavioral health problems, substance abuse issues, or special medical needs. Provides supportive services include counseling, crisis intervention, respite care. Recruits, trains, and provides supportive services to families who would like to work with this agency to provide foster homes.

Provides agency-supervised private family homes in which foster parents have been trained to provide individualized, structured services in a safe, nurturing family living environment for children and adolescents with significant emotional or behavioral problems who require a higher level of care than is found in a conventional foster home but do not require placement in a more restrictive setting.

Recruits and assists people who are willing to provide foster care for special needs children (children who have come into the care and custody of a public agency due to dependency, abuse or neglect) who need an alternative family living arrangement. Children may have emotional or behavioral difficulties, may be part of large sibling groups or may be minority children. Those who want to foster parent attend education classes, participate in a home study and receive the support of a social worker through the process.

Provides interested persons or families with information about the foster to adopt process for children who have been removed from their homes due to abuse, neglect, or dependency.

Recruits and provides training for foster parents. Conducts home studies and family assessments for purposes of placing children into foster care.

Offers Levels I-IV foster care for children removed from their homes. Some of the children have experienced multi disruptions and previous placements and usually have been diagnosed with some level of emotional disturbance. Foster parents help prepare children in their care for reunification with their families, for adoption, or for independent living (for older teens).

Stabilize families harmed by parental drug use. Provides quick access to substance abuse treatment, shared decision making with providers and the family, increase parent recovery services, family-centered services.

Services to provide foster homes for families who, because of a family crisis, can not remain together. Severe alcoholism, inadequate care and supervision of children, physical or sexual abuse, severe financial problems, mental or physical illness, loss of parents through death or desertion or severe marital stress are examples of why children come into foster care. The length of placement can be for short periods of time, sometimes just for a weekend, or for several years. During that time foster parents receive a small stipend for the child in order to defray the costs of food, housing and clothing, and school supplies. Medical expenses for the child are also paid by the county. Foster Parent training is also offered for those interested, call for class schedule..

The Emergency Custodial Care for Children program provides emergency or temporary care for children who must be removed from their home because child abuse, neglect or dependency.

Provides planned, time limited placement for infants and children with major medical problems, handicaps, developmental disabilities and/or traumatic separation issues beyond those that can be handled in traditional foster family care. Foster caregivers receive extensive training and support and are licensed by the Ohio Department of Jobs and Family Services. Treatment plans are supervised and approved by a registered nurse. Recruits and provides training to families who are interested in providing a temporary home to these children.

Foster parents are needed to provide temporary homes and care for children who are unable to live in their own homes due to the substantial risk of abuse and/or neglect. There is a very great need for more foster parents. Currently, there are not enough foster parents in Licking County to serve the increasing number of children who are placed in foster care. Too often children are placed in foster homes in other counties, which makes it more difficult to provide services to the child, foster family and birth family.

Provides licensing for foster and adoptive parents who are dedicated to making a difference in a child's life.

Provides information about adoptions and foster care in the State of Ohio. Maintains a web site with photographs, stories and local agency contact information about children waiting for adoption. The processing of adoptions is done by local private/public agencies under contract with ODJFS to provide this service.

Recruits, trains, and supports prospective foster and adoptive parents while they are going through the process of licensing/adoption approval. Assists in all phases of foster/adoptive recruitment, including marketing, working with organizations regarding their adoption/foster care recruitment plans, producing materials for recruitment and helping the recruitment department staff in performing the inquiries required for the processes that lead to licensure/ approvals of foster parents. Appears at agency and neighborhood meetings when invited to discuss the need for foster/relative and adoptive families. Provides fingerprinting services in the home and neighborhoods when needed. Staffs support groups.

Provides agency-supervised private family homes in which foster parents have been trained to provide individualized, structured services in a safe, nurturing family living environment for children and adolescents with significant emotional or behavioral problems who require a higher level of care than is found in a conventional foster home but do not require placement in a more restrictive setting.

Provides licensing for foster and adoptive parents who are dedicated to making a difference in a child's life.

Provides foster care for emotionally troubled children (including those with severe emotional issues as well as those who may have suffered abuse or neglect) whose needs may be greater than those addressed by traditional foster care. Aims to build children's self-confidence; improve communication and interpersonal skills; reduce risk taking behavior; and boost academic performance. Also provides families for groups of siblings and older adolescents (who are often more difficult to place). Foster parents are trained to use parenting techniques designed for children with emotional and behavioral problems. Recruits and provides training to families who would like to become foster parents to the children in this program.

Provides homes for children who may otherwise be placed in a group home or institutional situation.

Provides a foster home placement for children who do not have emotional and/or behavioral problems. Also provides a Treatment Foster Care program that provides foster homes for children with emotional and/or behavioral problems.

Provides agency-supervised private family homes in which foster parents have been trained to provide individualized, structured services in a safe, nurturing family living environment for children and adolescents with significant emotional or behavioral problems who require a higher level of care than is found in a conventional foster home but do not require placement in a more restrictive setting.

Provides foster care for emotionally troubled children (including those with severe emotional issues as well as those who may have suffered abuse or neglect) whose needs may be greater than those addressed by traditional foster care. Aims to build children's self-confidence; improve communication and interpersonal skills; reduce risk taking behavior; and boost academic performance. Also provides families for groups of siblings and older adolescents (who are often more difficult to place). Foster parents are trained to use parenting techniques designed for children with emotional and behavioral problems. Recruits and provides training to families who would like to become foster parents to the children in this program.