Family & Children First Council of Ashland County, Ohio

• Provide information to families on available services including education, disabilities, health, mental health, social services, etc
• Link families with children to vital service supports to promote family stability and healthy family and child functioning
• Assure that agency staff working with families coordinate their efforts
• Help families know their rights with agencies and services
• Help parents/caregivers be active participants in service plans for their children

We start with the family. Families are the center of our work and are active participants in the service planning, and decision-making process. Our ultimate goal is to enable families to function independently of the system and increase their ability to be self-sufficient.

We take a personalized approach in building a unique service opportunity plan based on a foundation of the individual family’s strengths. This plan is also centered around respect for the cultural, racial and ethnic differences of the families we serve.

Our work is results-oriented. We employ ongoing evaluation of outcomes to ensure effectiveness. We believe that effective coordination of services for our families includes delivery of high quality services; reducing and eliminating duplicative efforts among agencies and barriers to collaboration; integration of community and family supports; and full utilization of funding resources.