FOSTER CARE LINKS

Local Government Agencies

Hamilton County Department of Job and Family Services (HCJFS)
HCJFS is one of the largest combined human services agency in Ohio: welfare, child support and child protection programs all administered by a single organization.

 

State and Federal Agencies

Administration for Children and Families (ACF)
A division of the U.S. Dept of Health and Human Services. Providing information about
federal programs which promote the economic and social well-being of families, children, individuals, and communities.

 The Office for Civil Rights (OCR)
A division of the US Dept of Health and Human Services (HHS). Ensures that people have equal access to services offered by HHS without facing unlawful discrimination.

The Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS)
ODJFS develops and oversees programs that provide health care, employment, economic assistance, child support, and services to families and children.

 

 Information and Outreach

Child Welfare League of America (CWLA)
CWLA is the nation's oldest and largest membership-based child welfare organization, has been known and respected as a champion for children since 1920. The organization’s
primary objective is Making Children a National Priority.

National Foster Parent Association
The National Foster Parent Association (NFPA) strengthens foster families through nationally focused legislative advocacy, training and education, publications, and networking among foster parents, state and local foster parent associations, and child welfare organizations.

North American Council on Adoptable Children
 NACAC provides education, support, research, and advocacy in the U.S. and Canada. NACAC works to reform systems, alter viewpoints, and change lives.

The Public Children Services Association of Ohio (PCSAO) 
 PCSAO is a proactive coalition of public children services agencies that promotes child safety, family stability, and community strength through the development of sound public policy, program excellence, training, and technical assistance.

The Ohio Family Care Association (OFCA)
 OFCA is an organization of families who adopt children, provide foster care or give kinship care. OFCA's purpose is to support these families through programs of education, support, advocacy and leadership.

Foster Child Enrichment Council
 The Foster Child Enrichment Council works to provide positive experiences that enhance the quality of life for abused and neglected children. Donations to the council pick up where public funds leave off.

 

Training

www.fosterparents.com
On-line training is available at this Web site. In addition, you can share information with other foster and adoptive families as well as other professionals working with abused and neglected children.

South West Ohio Regional Training Center (SWORTC)
SWORTC is responsible for providing continuing education for Hamilton County foster families. Any SWORTC sponsored training will satisfy a Hamilton County foster parent’s training requirements. SWORTC offers a wide variety of training in several locations throughout Hamilton County and in seven other Ohio counties.

 

Resources for Foster Children

Foster Club
This innovative Web site is a source of  encouragement, motivation, information and education to youth in foster care.  On-line foster children can ask questions and get answers. Foster children can discover successful former foster youth through our "Reach for the Stars" program, send in opinions about their foster care experience, get recognition for overcoming obstacles, enter our contests and more.