Provides programming that enables youth ages 7 to 12, facing challenging life circumstances, to achieve their full potential as productive, responsible, caring people. The five core program areas are character and leadership development; education and career development; health and life skills; the arts; and sports, fitness and recreation.

Educates parents and care givers on quality indicators of child care, makes referrals to child care providers, helps link families to community resources, provides general and Step Up to Quality approved trainings to early care and education professionals, offers CDA credential training, and supports child care programs through technical assistance and resources.

Provides a foster home placement for children who do not have emotional and/or behavioral problems and a Treatment Foster Care program that provides foster homes for children with emotional and/or behavioral problems. Recruits, trains, licenses, and supports foster parents.

Provides a list of child care providers within the county.

Provides pre-service training and home studies assessments for prospective foster care and adoptive families. Those who go on to adopt receive pre-custody services, subsidized services, finalization and post-custody services. Provides monthly board rate plus medical and clothing expenses for the child in foster care.

Provide Pack N Play portable cribs and Safe Sleep Survival Kits to families and caregivers that are unable to provide a safe sleep environment due to financial hardship. Survival Kit contains a sheet for the Pack N Play, a sleep sack for the infant, a bedtime storybook and educational materials for the parents. Family must come to Board of Health office to pick up Pack N Play and receive instruction on proper assembly and use before taking Pack N Play home.

Provides child care subsidy for people who are employed, in school or attending job training, licensure of Family Child Care providers and information about child care resources.

Visit jfs.ohio.gov/CDC to view a listing of licensed child care providers and see their inspection reports before choosing a specific provider.

Program provides initial assessment and referrals for counseling. Includes individual, family, budget, and substance abuse counseling.

Provides Emergency Shelter Care Services for male youth between the ages of 11 and 18 who are under the custody or supervision of Franklin County Children Services. Placement can occur within one of four shelter care sites located within Franklin County. NYAP's shelter homes provide a structured setting with 24-hour supervision. Case management services are available through Treatment Coordinators who assist with referrals and linkages to meet the individual needs of referred youth. Referrals are made through the Service Reception Department and require similar referral information as indicated for foster home placement.

Develops teams of professional and personal family supports to assist families in developing a plan and finding services for children who have needs in multiple social service systems including mental health, child services, health, juvenile court, school systems and the Department of Developmental Disabilities.

Offers resources to support and to answer questions and guide clients through services, benefits, and referrals related to child care, schooling, parenting, wellness, housing, and many other needs. Parent Youth Ambassadors have lived experience.

Program is designed to reduce the number of children in foster care, decrease the amount of time children remain in foster care, and promote adoptions.

Provides information and referral of social services and benefits information to older adults. Will provide assessments in the home for residents when needed. Offers counseling to help seniors cope with life-style changes, personal, marital, and family problems. Assist with forms completion and maintains a registry of chore service providers

Provides foster care for children who have been removed from the home by a county agency as well as hard to place children (such as those with behavioral issues, disabilities, or health issues). The children receive case management (to link them to appropriate community and medical services) and individualized services from a team of professionally-trained foster families and social workers. This program is intended as a short-term solution with the goal of reunifying the primary family whenever possible. Transition support for children who are aging out of the foster care system is also provided. Recruits and trains families who are interested in providing foster care to children with special needs.

Provision of specially trained foster parents in the community and surrounding area to provide safe, supportive home placements for youth with mental, emotional, and behavioral treatment needs.

Provides a referral service to help families find appropriate child care options, including child care centers, and licensed individuals who provide child care in their own homes. Also provides consumer education materials on what to look for when selecting and evaluating a child care program. Organization cannot provide referrals for child care in the client's home (not the same as care in the home of a child care provider). However, if a client has an emergency situation AND has an open case with the county department of children and family services, the county department may be able to make arrangements for service in the home of the client.

Provides online search of licensed early care and education programs in the state of Ohio. Individuals can find results for child care, preschools, and day camps for school-aged children. Searches can be narrowed by location, program type, Step Up To Quality rating, hours of operation, and other services.

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 Mandated Reporter Training seminars for Day Care Centers to help staff identify and prevent child abuse and neglect.

COAD provides free child care referrals for individuals looking for child care services. COAD has trained counselors to complete and intake with families that will provide the best options for the needs of the families. COAD helps improve the quality of child care in the same 10 county. Staff assist individuals opening a child care program, looking for to star rated or increase a rating. COAD will help individuals walk through the licensing process of becoming a foster family in the same 10 county region. COAD offers parenting wisely parent education classes.

Offers services to help Limited English Proficient (LEP) older adults remain independent and participate in mainstream opportunities. Program services include: assistance with reaching individually chosen goals that help participants remain independent and improve the quality of their lives, assistance with preparation for US citizenship, home visiting, linkage to existing community services and mainstream resources that increase independence among older adults.

Provides information and referral on available child care resources; information on parenting concerns or issues. Community based support services for families. Support services for persons operating child care businesses and support services for persons interested in starting a child care business.

Provides callers information about child care and early learning options.

Child care referrals are provided to local family child care providers and to child care centers.