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.

Coordinates the recruitment, screening, and selection of prospective foster and adoptive parents.

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

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 information about becoming a foster or adoptive parent and provides training. The program also provides kinship caregivers with a variety of services and supports to encourage stable and successful placements with the children in their care. Relatives meet the children’s needs while working with the parents to complete a case plan. Services include counseling, educational support, and financial assistance.

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

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

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).

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 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.

Identifies and enlists people who are willing to provide foster care for dependent children who are in the temporary or permanent custody of Carrol County Department of Job and Family Services.

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

Oversees the temporary care of children who are not safe within their family's home due to abuse, neglect, or dependency.

Provides certification of Foster and Adoptive Families.

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.

Seeks and screens families who will adopt or provide foster care for children who have come into the custody of a public agency due to abuse or neglect. Provides information, education and support for those who wish to provide foster care or adopt. Conducts evaluations and home studies of prospective adoptive and/or foster families.

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.

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.

Offers assistance with the adoption process for the foster care / adoption of abused and neglicted children.

Substitute home care for children and adolescents whose parents are temporarily unable to care for them. Program includes foster home recruitment and training and support services to children served, foster families and birth parents. Includes traditional, specialized and therapeutic foster care.

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.