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Provides Children's Protective Services for children in Hamilton County. Operates a 24-hour hotline to report child abuse or neglect. Reports of abuse, neglect and dependency are investigated to assess the child's immediate safety, evaluate potential safety risks, and identify family service needs. Offers ongoing supportive services including home visits, parent education, family visitation, referrals to community resources and collaboration with other community professionals to meet each family's case plan goals.
- Referrals to community resources.
- Placement of children in a safe home when needed.
- Developing safety plans with families.
- Court activities.
- Physical: Bruises, marks, cuts, or other types of injuries resulting from non-accidental means including excessive or out-of-control discipline.
- Neglect: Failure to provide a child with the basic needs such as food, medical care, clothing, and protection that a child needs for adequate growth development.
- Emotional: Consistent and ongoing negative interaction between a caregiver and a child such as constant and undue criticism, verbal abuse, ignoring the mental needs of a child, and other forms of rejection.
- Sexual: Sexual activity or stimulation between an adult and a child (ranging from fondling to rape). This may also include child pornography and exposing children to situations of a sexual nature. Sexual abuse may also occur between juveniles depending on the ages and the sexual behavior.
- Dependency: Involves a child being homeless, destitute, or without adequate parental/caregiver care through no fault of the child's parents or caregiver.
- Emergency responses require a face-to-face contact with the child within one hour. 'Emergency' means immediate risk of serious harm to child's life.
- All others require contact within 24 hours and a face-to-face contact with the child within 72 hours, accroding to Ohio Administrative Code.
Investigates allegations of abuse, neglect or exploitation of children in Kentucky. Provides protective services to reduce or eliminate any risk and arrange for services to assist children to remain safely in their home when necessary.
Investigates allegations of abuse, neglect or exploitation of children in Kentucky. Provides protective services to reduce or eliminate any risk and arrange for services to assist children to remain safely in their home when necessary.
- Physical: Bruises, marks, cuts, or other types of injuries resulting from non-accidental means including excessive or out-of-control discipline.
- Neglect: Failure to provide a child with the basic needs such as food, medical care, clothing, and protection that a child needs for adequate growth development.
- Emotional: Consistent and ongoing negative interaction between a caregiver and a child such as constant and undue criticism, verbal abuse, ignoring the mental needs of a child, and other forms of rejection.
- Sexual: Sexual activity or stimulation between an adult and a child (ranging from fondling to rape). This may also include child pornography and exposing children to situations of a sexual nature. Sexual abuse may also occur between juveniles depending on the ages and the sexual behavior.
- Dependency: Involves a child being homeless, destitute, or without adequate parental/caregiver care through no fault of the child's parents or caregiver.
