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Focus on Youth, Inc., founded and incorporated on February 5, 1992, is a non-profit, faith based foster care and adoption agency. We are located in southwest Ohio and serve neighboring counties by licensing quality foster homes. The primary services provided by Focus on Youth, Inc. are:
- Recruitment and licensing quality foster homes, both traditional and treatment foster care
- Matching skilled families to youth for placement according the special needs of the youth
- Provision of mental health therapy for youth and families
- Professional training and development programs for foster parents, adoptive parents, and licensed social workers
Our staff has over 100 years of experience in foster care and adoption, not only as social workers, but also as professional foster parents, adoptive parents, and siblings to foster and adopted youth. Our well trained, skilled staff will assist you with making the best decision for you and your family on becoming a foster family. Because of our experience in screening, assessing, training, and licensing foster parents, we offer quality foster parent and adoptive parent homes that provide stability, structure, and nurturance to youth of all in need.
We are proud to be a Nurtured Heart agency drawing from principles and concepts laid down by Howard Glasser. The Nurtured Heart Approach is an effective parenting intervention for youth of all ages that builds relationship between the parent and youth. In the process youth are transformed where difficult behaviors are turned into successes. This approach is being used in a wide variety of settings, including treatment foster care, with wonderful success. The Nurtured Heart Approach is the primary parenting model embraced and taught at Focus on Youth, Inc.
Our programs and services are governed by all applicable federal and public laws, MEPA, the Ohio Revised Code (state law), Ohio Administrative Code (Ohio Department of Job and Family Services rules), and Focus on Youth, Inc. agency policies.
To experience who we are and feel the warmth of our agency, we extend an invitation to you to call and talk with us further about fulfilling your desire to become a foster parent. You may want to look at our agency newsletter, “Youthful Times,” to get an insider's look of who we are.
As a foster parent, you have the power to change a life – what’s stopping you?
Infomational Meetings are held monthly at our office. Click here to see them listed on the Event Calendar.
