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Provides a residential treatment facility for women suffering from addiction to alcohol or other drugs. Length of stay is determined by medical necessity, with average stay of 4 months. Aftercare referrals provided which may include referral to Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP). Maximum length of in-patient stay is four (4) four months. Two months of aftercare are provided.

Provides workshops designed to develop life skills needed to decrease infant mortality, reduce stress, accomplish goals, and make health life choices.

Provides financial rewards for keeping prenatal and well baby appointments. Rewards may include gift cards and portable baby furniture.

Provides a fatherhood program for fathers and father figures. Programming covers topics such as co-parenting, communication, men's health, children's growth, and the importance of fatherhood. Additionally, all participants work with a case manager to address individual needs such as child support navigation, parenting time/custody navigation, basic needs, and other goals. Employment coordinators are available to assist with job readiness, resume creation, and referrals for employment. Job/Interview ready clothing may be provided, if needed. Gift card incentives are provided for participation.

Offers central intake for expectant women and families to provide resources and coordinate assistance by community health workers (CHW) in the client's preferred setting (home, agency, and/or community setting). Performs a detailed screening to identify barriers, needs, and opportunities for women and their families and then a step-by-step approach to action is taken to each item. Applies for and/or enrolls individuals in various community programs that the individual qualifies for, such as WIC and Medicaid. Completes a minimum of three (3) outreach attempts on each person screened to ensure all needs/opportunities have been met.

Callers receive information, support, and referral regarding a wide variety of adoption, foster care, and kinship care-related questions.

Offers a support groups for mothers who are pregnant or have children. Provides connections, support, activities, and resources to help mothers.

Homeless Outreach and Case Management, Rapid Re-housing, Emergency Assistance/Basic Needs, First Step Pregnancy Support, Social Work Counseling, HUD housing counseling including Foreclosure Prevention and Pre-purchase education, SSI/SSDI/SOAR Specialist, Prison Re-entry Case Management.

Provides the opportunity to get assistance with issues related to parenting, to apply for needed benefits, to participate in a job training program with the goal of employment and to discuss with a case manager a plan for family success. Service provided by professional social workers. Includes assistance with becoming a foster or adoptive parent, parenting skills for foster parents, adoption and foster care support groups and life skills education.

Food pantry where single moms can shop for food, diapers, clothing, and household goods. The pantry also offers legal assistance on the 2nd Sunday of each month and ODJFS comes to help with paperwork on the fourth Sunday.

Provides supplemental food card that includes staple foods, fruits and vegetables; nutrition education; breastfeeding education; support and counseling; and referral services to eligible women and children. During the summer also provides a one-time $30 supplemental voucher to a limited number of participants for fruits and vegetables from selected local growers (Farmers' Market Nutrition Program), available while supplies last. Also offers speakers who discuss the program and the value of good nutrition.

Provides financial rewards for keeping prenatal and well baby appointments(checkups, lead screening, immunizations, flu shots). Members can redeem rewards for gift cards to retailers. Rewards are available for women getting preventive care such as dental exams, annual physicals, flu shots, diabetes well care visits and testing and more.

Coordinates with other agencies in the community to ensure at-risk-families are receiving as many forms of assistance as possible, such as social, medical and educational services. Community Care Coordinators meet clients in their own homes to assess the family's needs and to establish a care management plan. Targets pregnant women to support throughout their pregnancy to help reduce and eliminate Ohio's Infant Mortality Rate. Offers diapers and wipes to families at all visits by the coordinators.

Network of care coordination agencies with focus on assisting those with high-risk pregnancy and chronic disease through certified Community Health Workers. Uses 21 Pathways model to address social determinants of health and to improve health outcomes. Community Health Workers provide outreach, health education, care coordination, and advocacy for individuals of different ages and risk categories. * Funded by Ohio Commission on Minority Health, Ohio Department of Medicaid, and local funding.

Provides a mentoring program for families. Clients establish and work toward goals with a client advocate, using a video-based curriculum that is evidence based. In return, the client has the opportunity to earn vouchers which can be redeemed for diapers, clothing, and other baby items.

Provides a wide array of prevention activities for local school and other community entities. PAX Good Behavior Game which increases individual child self-regulation skills; Programs addressing alcohol, tobacco and substance use; Suicide prevention; and Community Kernels to strengthen positive behaviors across the general population

Provides case management, support groups and special events for fathers. Provides basic information on how to establish paternity, visitation, and help with navigating the child support system. Provides support groups for fathers as well as various father/child activities and events. Provides linkage to social services needed, and encourages strengthening the bond between fathers and their child(ren).

Assist kinship caregivers and their children by making referrals, assisting with forms and accompanying caregivers to community resources as needed.

Offers Fatherhood Project Program which supports fathers through parenting classes, co-parenting and individual coaching, and group support meetings. Additional services include legal, employment, and housing assistance.

The AARP Foundation Grandparenting Program strives to ensure that grandfamilies have the resources they need to strengthen their health, finances, and family connections. The Grandparenting Program provides national and local level information and referral for grandparents in their varying roles (with a special emphasis on grandparents who are raising grandchildren), and works collaboratively with a wide array of organizations, corporations, and individuals to increase outreach, resources and services for grandparents. Services/Resources: - Newsletter and Other Free Materials: A free quarterly newsletter for grandparents caring for grandchildren is published and available in English and Spanish, along with various other materials providing key information for grandparents. - State Fact Sheets for Grandparents and Other Relatives Raising Children: State-specific fact sheets that identify public and private resources available to grandparents and other relative caregivers at the state and local level. - Local Grandparent Support Database - The only nationwide, searchable online database of supportive programs and services for grandparents and other relatives who are caring for children or facing visitation issues.

Provides supplemental food card that includes staple foods, fruits and vegetables; nutrition education; breastfeeding education; support and counseling; and referral services to eligible women and children. During the summer also provides a one-time $30 supplemental voucher to a limited number of participants for fruits and vegetables from selected local growers (Farmers' Market Nutrition Program), available while supplies last. Also offers speakers who discuss the program and the value of good nutrition.

Provides the Kinship Navigator Program to assist kinship caregivers in locating programs and services in Ottawa County and surrounding counties that help to support caregivers and the children they are caring for; eligibility is based on meeting financial guidelines.

Program provides pregnancy support through education, one-on-one support services, decision-making counseling, outreach to individuals at home, hospital or community setting.

Provides supplemental food vouchers ("nutrition cards," similar to EBT or debit cards), nutrition education, counseling, support and referral services to eligible women, children, fathers, and kinship caregivers. Nursing mothers are provided with information and education on breastfeeding. Also offers speakers who discuss the program and the value of good nutrition and breastfeeding. During the summer also provides a supplemental voucher to each client for fruits and vegetables from selected local growers (Farmers' Market Nutrition Program). These are available while supplies last.