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Provides licensing, assessment, training, matching, pre-finalization and post-finalization services.

ODJFS offers a website with resources aimed at relatives caring for children whose parents are temporarily - or permanently - out of the picture. Current and prospective caregivers can find answers to common questions, use an interactive map to find local services, view a calendar of events and training opportunities, and fill out a form to be contacted for one-on-one assistance.

Family & Children Services is mandated to receive and investigate reports of alleged child abuse and neglect. Investigations are performed in cooperation with the Police and Sheriff's Departments. Services available to families involved are: Case Management, Case Counseling, Protective Services, Family Stability, Substitute Care and Adoption.

Arranges transportation for Medicaid clients to and from Medicaid-covered services.

Handles special needs adoptions, such as older children, children with behavioral issues, and children with disabilities and/or health issues. Recruits, prepares, trains, educates and supports prospective adoptive parents, including relative caregivers seeking to adopt. Adoption specialists provide a complete adoption home study. Provides post-placement supervision, support and court finalization of the adoption.

Offers free pregnancy tests, peer counseling, post abortion support, adoption information & pregnancy support. Does not provide abortion referrals.

Voice of Hope Pregnancy Center offers the following free and confidential services. - Laboratory-grade Pregnancy Tests - Limited First Trimester Ultrasound - Confidential Peer-Counseling - Information on abstinence, abortion, adoption and STDs - Referrals for medical care, social services and adoption - Maternity Clothing - Baby Clothing up to Size 4T - Earn While You Learn - prenatal and parenting education classes - Support for women who have experienced miscarriage or abortion - Speakers for organizations and events - 24 Hour Helpline - 1-800-712-HELP(4357)

Offers an adoption registry to provide a way for people adopted in the state and their biological families to find one another. Biological parents and siblings may file their contact information with the registry. Release or request for information may be withdrawn at any time.

Provides adoption referrals.

Provides adoption options education to pregnant women, birth mothers, and/or birth fathers. Provides support and guidance to birth mothers and/or birth fathers following adoptive placement of their newborn, infant, or child. Provides information and education about adoption laws in Ohio.

Designed to open up the loving choice of adoption as a real, viable option in a crisis or problem pregnancy.

Voice of Hope Pregnancy Center offers the following free and confidential services. - Laboratory-grade Pregnancy Tests - Limited First Trimester Ultrasound - Confidential Peer-Counseling - Information on abstinence, abortion, adoption and STDs - Referrals for medical care, social services and adoption - Maternity Clothing - Baby Clothing up to Size 4T - Earn While You Learn - prenatal and parenting education classes - Support for women who have experienced miscarriage or abortion - Speakers for organizations and events - 24 Hour Helpline - 1-800-712-HELP(4357)

Provides a variety of adoption services. Offers information on adoption and the different types of adoption. Provides evaluation of families looking to adopt and placement of children into an adoptive home. Offers post adoption services including counseling, therapeutic education, support groups, anger management and respite care.

Provides information about the adoption process to prospective adoptive parents, adoption service providers, and members of Congress. Issues Adoption Notices and Adoption Alerts to inform prospective adoptive parents about developments in a country. Also, Monitors complaints against Hague accredited adoption service providers, and oversees the work of designated accrediting entities.

Arranges transportation for Medicaid clients to and from Medicaid-covered services.

Provides information about adoption, foster care issues, and free adoption matching services and help support families through the home study process.

Callers receive information, support, and referral regarding a wide variety of adoption, foster care, and kinship care-related questions.

Provides information on the adoption process for women who are planning to relinquish a child for adoption. Will also talk with birth parents of children that have been born to explore options for relinquishing older children. Services include an overview of the process of adoption, questions to ask when choosing an agency to handle the adoption of their child, and information on resources women in this situation may need.

Provides referrals to adoption agencies and other service providers.

Stabilize families harmed by parental drug use. Provides quick access to substance abuse treatment, shared decision making with providers and the family, increase parent recovery services, family-centered services.

When children are unable to return permanently to their own home or the home of a relative, permanent custody is often sought by Children Services so that a new, long-term home can be provided to the child through foster care or adoption. Families in Marion County who wish to adopt may receive assistance through Children Services. This assistance is in the form of information and referral, conducting of home studies, registration of families with various adoption listing services in Ohio and nationally, and provision of counseling and supervision during and after these placements

Stabilize families harmed by parental drug use. Provides quick access to substance abuse treatment, shared decision making with providers and the family, increase parent recovery services, family-centered services.

Provides information on the adoption process for women who are planning to relinquish a child they are pregnant with. Will also talk with birth parents of children that have been born to explore options for relinquishing older children. Services include an overview of the process of adoption, and information on resources women in this situation may need.

Provides general mental health counseling for adults, children and adolescents in individual sessions.

Licensed staff help link families with organizations providing international placement services. Services include education on the requirements for international placements, conducting home studies, and providing the necessary post-placement supervision. Pre- and post-adoption counseling is available for parents and adoptees. Service available through Columbus office only.