School based individual and group counseling, intervention and prevention activities.
An alternative educational classroom which is housed at Project STAY and incorporated into the Holmes County school system. The goal of the program is to encourage and support students to achieve success while they are working toward
their high school diploma.
Transportation
Advocacy and service coordination
Information about and referral to other area resources, wrapping services around youth and their families.
Services to parents that include: family service aides, Parent to Parent support group, wellness education, parenting education and household support.
Welcome!

Holmes County Family & Children First Council is a diverse partnership of organizations and
individuals committed to improving the well-being of children and families. Through shared
resources and a coordinated service delivery system, Council works with parents to empower
families to reach their potential in a strong community environment.

Vision

Holmes County's children and families will be safe, healthy and stable.

Mission

The Holmes County FCFC is a network of organizations and individuals that promotes safe, healthy and stable children and families.  This is accomplished by communication and facilitating service coordination, setting services priorities and sharing organizational resources.

Related Programming

Partnerships for Success is a holistic and strategic approach to building Holmes' County's capacity to prevent and respond effectively to our child and adolescent problem behaviors while promoting positive youth development. Learn more here.

Project STAY (Services To At-Risk Youth) is an Alternative School and Community Care Center that serves school age children and their families.
Services available include:














Project STAY is a free service to families and is open weekdays from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Phone calls and walk-ins are accepted. For more information call: 330-674-6070.

Help Me Grow is a voluntary and free home visiting program for families who are expecting a baby
or who have a child from birth to age three. It is available to all families, regardless of income and
incorporates newborn visiting, ongoing home visits as determined by family needs, and services to
children at-risk of or with a developmental delay or disability.

Help Me Grow offers:













For more information call:330-674-5035 or 330-674-0177


Ohio Children's Trust Fund supports child abuse and neglect prevention programming including parent education and support groups and mentoring services to parents. For more information contact Kathy Kelly at 330-674-1111, ext: 368
Help before new baby is born
Newborn visits
Developmental screenings
Information of parenting topics
Play groups
Toy, book and video lending library
Assistance in getting help from other agencies
Parent education and support

Kathy Kelly • Council Coordinator
Holmes County Family & Children First Council
85 North Grant Street, PO Box 72, Millersburg, OH  44654
Office: 330-674-1111, ext. 368 • Fax: 330-674-0770 • Email: kellyk01@odjfs.state.oh.us