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 with a professional social worker. Service includes assistance with becoming a foster or adoptive parent.

Provides educational programs and a speakers' bureau that makes presentations on topics relating to adoption.

Provides the opportunity to get assistance with issues related to parenting, to apply for needed benefits (including possible help with rent and/or utilities), to participate in a job training program with the goal of employment, and to discuss with a case manager a plan for family success with a professional social worker. Service may include assistance with becoming a foster or adoptive parent. Provides intensive assistance and case management to reunite families who have been seperated and aho have a case with the Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS).

Provides the opportunity to get assistance with issues related to parenting, to apply for needed benefits (including possible help with rent and/or utilities), to participate in a job training program with the goal of employment, and to discuss with a case manager a plan for family success with a professional social worker. Service may include assistance with becoming a foster or adoptive parent.

Provides case management services for children and foster children and their families.

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 with a professional social worker. Service includes assistance with becoming a foster or adoptive parent.

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 or employment and to discuss with a case manager a plan for family success with a professional social worker. Service includes assistance with becoming a foster or adoptive parent.

Provides educational offerings (including programs, conferences, and special events) that allow allied professionals to stay current in their field regarding adoption, and which earn Continuing Education Units (CEU's) in social work. Offers Adoption Assessor training for social workers as well as postfinalization workshops for adoptive and foster parents.

Maintains information about community resources related to adoption and foster care issues. Links individuals who are in need of specialized services with appropriate resources.

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 with a professional social worker. Service includes assistance with becoming a foster or adoptive parent.

Provides the opportunity to get assistance with issues related to parenting, to apply for needed benefits (including possible help with rent and/or utilities), to participate in a job training program with the goal of employment, and to discuss with a case manager a plan for family success with a professional social worker. Service may include assistance with becoming a foster or adoptive parent.

Provides the opportunity to get assistance with issues related to parenting, to apply for needed benefits (including possible help with rent and/or utilities), to participate in a job training program with the goal of employment, and to discuss with a case manager a plan for family success with a professional social worker. Service may include assistance with becoming a foster or adoptive parent.

Provides help for eligible individuals applying for benefits, including but not limited to, food stamps, cash assistance, medical (Medicaid), and Social Security; obtaining official documents (birth certificates, state-issued ID), searching for employment, housing, mental health counseling or other community resources.

Provides individualized expertise, information and guidance on searching for information or reunion regarding biological relatives. Includes assistance getting birth certificates for those who have been adopted, interpreting DNA results from sites such as Ancestry or 23&me.

Provides a speaker series focused on topics related to adoption, including foster care, kinship care, loss, grief and instability, understanding trauma, the brain, building resilience, exploring racism and how to prevent it, fertility fraud, the fertility industry, genetic identity and dealing with the emotional impact of DNA testing.

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.

OFCA keeps members informed about the latest news related to adoption, foster care, kinship and family care through educational workshops, a monthly electronic newsletter and website at ofcaonline.org.

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.

Provides a workshop that covers the full range of adoption options for prospective families, including public adoption from foster care, private adoption, and international adoption. Following the workshop content participants from a panel of each of three adoption options (public, private, and international) to learn more about their experiences. Information and resources offered during the workshop help families decide about the best route for their adoption journey. Provides a second workshop for those who decide to pursue a private adoption. Second workshop goes into more detail about the specific process for a private infant adoption, including how to select an agency, an overview of creating a profile for a birth parent to learn about the potential parents, details of a home study, and a discussion about openness in the adoption. also offers a workshop about adopting from foster care.

Provides the opportunity to get assistance with issues related to parenting, to apply for needed benefits (including possible help with rent and/or utilities), to participate in a job training program with the goal of employment, and to discuss with a case manager a plan for family success with a professional social worker. Service may include assistance with becoming a foster or adoptive parent. Provides intensive assistance and case management to reunite families who have been seperated and aho have a case with the Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS).

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 with a professional social worker. Service includes assistance with becoming a foster or adoptive parent.

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.

Offers a lecturers and presentations to schools, churches, daycares, civic organizations and other community groups. Topics include: detection and reporting of child abuse and neglect, as well as foster care, adoptions, and general agency operations.

OFCA educates Ohio’s policymakers about the needs of abused, neglected and dependent children and the resource families that care for them; testifies before legislative committees on pending legislation which impacts resource families; and represents resource families and primary families at state agency meetings held in which regulatory changes are being considered.

Provides a low interest (3%) loan to help families defray adoption expenses such as adoption agency expenses, court expenses, home studies, and travel expenses. Can loan up to $50,000 across 5 years.