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| MISSION |
| Pickaway County Family and Children
First Council is a community collaboration which coordinates services to
support and empower children and families. |
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| HISTORY |
1993 The Ohio General Assembly
codified (ORC 121.37) Ohio Family and Children First Council,
establishing the state council and instructing the formation of similar
councils in each county under the direction of the county commissioners.
Councils were initiated as a partnership of government agencies and
community organizations committed to improving the well being of
children and families.
1993-2000 The Pickaway Family and Children First Council primary
function was to form “clusters” as needed for children of multi-needs
who were in crisis and required residential placement. Local agencies
providing service for the child were represented on the cluster.
2001-2005 Pickaway County received a Family Stability Grant and
the focus changed to developing effective early interventions programs
to change behaviors and avoid out of home placements. Council wrote
guidelines for organized community collaboration (Service Coordination
Plan) to meet the needs of children with serious mental health and
behavioral concerns and the “cluster” changed to TEAM (Together Everyone
Achieves More) for Youth.
Council began to meet quarterly and initiated county-wide planning and
community collaboration for services around families and children.
The responsibilities of the Council increased to include the oversight
of grant funding for Help Me Grow and Children’s Trust Fund and use of
the ABC (Access to Better Care) funds by TEAM for Youth.
2006-2007 Pickaway County received a Partnerships for Success
grant to guide Council to function with a holistic and strategic
approach to building the community’s capacity to prevent and respond
effectively to child and adolescent problem behaviors while promoting
positive youth development. The needs assessment, resource assessment,
and strategic action identification activities will guide our county in
strategic planning.
July 1, 2007 Council is responsible to submit an Annual Plan
mandated by House Bill 289. This will require council to identify the
local interagency efforts to increase child well-being in the county. We
will use the PfS process to identify local priorities and identify
indicators that are measurable ways of defining the areas of priority. |
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| CONTACT US |
| Wilma Beerman, FCFC Coordinator |
| 740-474-3105, ext. 701 |
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beermw@odjfs.state.oh.us |
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