| OHIO
- Ohio Family Care Association
Bill Anderson, President
- Lisa Miller, Executive
Director
- 67 Jefferson Ave.
Columbus, Oh 43215
614-766-5240
- Email
- www.OFCAonline.org
OFCA is the state wide adoption, foster, & kinship
families association. It is a family membership organization with support
from agency memberships. It began in 1972 and is incorporated as a non-profit
and operated by a state wide Board of Directors. It is affiliated
with the National Foster Parent Association, Foster Family-Based Treatment
Association, North American Council on Adoptable Children.
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- It provides:
- a quarterly newsletter,
- annual state
training conference in Columbus,
- regional gatherings
in other parts of the state,
- assistance in
organizing local cross-agency associations,
- identification
of key public policy issues requiring working together for children
in the state,
- Speaker's Bureau
for local associations and agencies,
- phone and e-mail
assistance in securing information and resources for families
It is working to
develop:
- Parent Advocacy
Network (for assistance in case advocacy situations)
- Tuition-free
college education legislation for foster and adoptive children
- Foster Parent
Bill of Rights for Ohio
- Survivors of
the System Association of former foster, adopted, birth children
- Increased Respite
Services for all families with special needs children
Ohio Voice
For Foster Parents
Bob Cunningham
740-398-6844 or 740-694-8078
Email
www.ohiovoiceforfosterparents.info/
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FAB Families
Beth Meadows, President
P.O. Box 911
Sandusky, Ohio 44871-0911
419-624-1511
419-621-1570 (Fax)
Email
www.fabfamilies.org
FAB Families is
a non-profit organization providing support, education,
advocacy and training for Foster, Adoptive and Birth/Kinship families
in
Northern Ohio. We welcome families from both private and public agencies.
We are affiliated
with the National Foster Parent Association and the Ohio
Family Care Association.
We offer --
- Monthly training
with speakers addressing the current needs of our
families.
- Monthly newsletter
and training calendar listing training opportunities
open to all foster, adoptive and kinship families.
- Phone and e-mail
assistance in securing information and resources for
families.
- Clothing closet
with clothing, bedding and supplies for all ages.
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- Franklin County
Foster Parent Association
Annette Scott, President
- Email
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