/tags/children-services children services en-US Copyright Tue, 20 Aug 2024 09:15:00 GMT /section/the-ohio-newsroom/2024-08-20/ohio-wants-more-foster-kids-to-stay-with-families-a-pilot-program-could-help There are not enough foster families in Ohio to care for all of the kids that need help, especially for kids with complex behavioral and mental health needs. A pilot program spreading across the state could help. Tue, 20 Aug 2024 09:15:00 GMT /section/the-ohio-newsroom/2024-08-20/ohio-wants-more-foster-kids-to-stay-with-families-a-pilot-program-could-help Erin Gottsacker /government-politics/2020-07-13/group-proposes-bolstering-kinship-care-to-improve-children-services A group of children services experts from around Ohio are putting together recommendations to improve the system. They say their mission must keep moving… Mon, 13 Jul 2020 21:10:34 GMT /government-politics/2020-07-13/group-proposes-bolstering-kinship-care-to-improve-children-services Andy Chow /government-politics/2019-06-04/dewine-touts-long-term-significance-to-kids-trauma-support-program A collection of case workers and mentors who work with kids experiencing trauma gathered in Columbus to discuss how their programs can better address… Tue, 04 Jun 2019 19:14:09 GMT /government-politics/2019-06-04/dewine-touts-long-term-significance-to-kids-trauma-support-program Andy Chow /government-politics/2019-05-02/ohio-house-doubles-money-for-foster-care-in-its-proposed-budget The Ohio House version of the new two-year state budget has proposed doubling the $30 million Gov. Mike DeWine asked for to take care of foster children… Thu, 02 May 2019 22:10:37 GMT /government-politics/2019-05-02/ohio-house-doubles-money-for-foster-care-in-its-proposed-budget Jo Ingles /government-politics/2019-03-07/mike-dewine-proposes-dramatic-increase-to-children-services-funding Children services officials are celebrating a proposal from Gov. Mike DeWine that nearly doubles the amount of state funding that goes towards their… Thu, 07 Mar 2019 20:15:09 GMT /government-politics/2019-03-07/mike-dewine-proposes-dramatic-increase-to-children-services-funding Andy Chow /government-politics/2019-01-04/child-welfare-advocates-say-theyll-ask-dewine-for-a-lot-more-money Gov.-elect Mike DeWine has said children’s initiatives are a top priority. But one group that advocates for kids says it’s going to push him to prove that… Fri, 04 Jan 2019 18:07:27 GMT /government-politics/2019-01-04/child-welfare-advocates-say-theyll-ask-dewine-for-a-lot-more-money Karen Kasler /health-mental-health-aging/2017-12-21/opioid-crisis-exploding-numbers-and-costs-of-foster-care-in-ohio On the same day that the federal government released stats showing Ohio has the second-highest opioid death rate in the nation, the state’s children… Fri, 22 Dec 2017 04:44:28 GMT /health-mental-health-aging/2017-12-21/opioid-crisis-exploding-numbers-and-costs-of-foster-care-in-ohio Karen Kasler /government-politics/2017-02-10/children-services-agencies-say-no-additional-funding-in-budget-for-kids-hurt-by-opioid-crisis In the last seven years, the number of children taken into custody by children services agencies in Ohio soared by nearly 20%, and half of those cases… Fri, 10 Feb 2017 05:20:14 GMT /government-politics/2017-02-10/children-services-agencies-say-no-additional-funding-in-budget-for-kids-hurt-by-opioid-crisis Karen Kasler /news/2017-01-19/children-services-agencies-say-kids-social-workers-are-suffering-in-opioid-epidemic Ohio leads the nation in opiate overdose deaths, with an average of eight people dying each day last year. And thousands more are addicted, and in many… Fri, 20 Jan 2017 01:40:42 GMT /news/2017-01-19/children-services-agencies-say-kids-social-workers-are-suffering-in-opioid-epidemic Karen Kasler