Family and Community Services

Clinical programsconsumer credit counseling service provides budget counseling, financial literacy education, bankruptcy education and certificates, credit counseling, and a debt management program. In fiscal year 2022, approximately 76 individuals received budget counseling Services. In addition, 44 financial literacy seminars were provided to 121 class participants. ' Valley counseling Services (vcs) located in warren, vcs is a Community behavioral health provider primarily serving the residents of trumbull county, and extending Services to the residents of portage, mahoning, and columbiana counties. Valley counseling Services is certified to provide both mental health and substance use disorder Services by the Ohio department of mental health and addiction Services. During fy2022, vcs provided Services to 5,463 children, adolescents, and adults through various programs and service lines at their four locations. Some of the Services provided are diagnostic assessment, individual and group counseling, individual and group case management, crisis intervention, and medication management. Vcs continues to increase accessibility to Services by creating walk-in clinics and by strategically locating Services within schools, the local children's Services board, the juvenile and Family court systems, the local domestic violence shelter, and multiple child daycare centers. Additionally, cooperative relationships have been established with probate court, local coalitions to end homelessness and with area inpatient psychiatric units to assist clients in remaining in their local communities. The intention has been to be an active participant in providing a continuum of care for the mentally-ill.gougler counseling - fcs' counseling department offers a large array of Services to help families and individuals attain optimum mental health functioning, including individual psychotherapy, group counseling, and psychiatric Services. Through our Family solutions in-home behavioral health counseling and case management Services, we assist in Family stabilization. We offer several diversion programs, driver intervention program for offenders with ovi's, think about your future for adult offenders charged with under aged drinking, and bic 60 for first time marijuana offenders. Participants in these programs engage in drug and alcohol education through individual and group sessions, pay court costs and engage in Community service as their sentence for their offenses. Safer solutions and peaceful solutions are treatment groups of clients with domestic violence issues. Participants engage in group and can be referred to individual sessions as well if needed. Parenting towards solutions is a parenting program that teaches non-violent, nurturing parenting techniques to participants. Group and individual sessions are offered for this program as well. We also offer extensive programming for individuals in recovery, including an intensive outpatient program, four level-ii recovery houses, a step down housing facility, on track to recovery program (ottr), for men who are struggling with housing as they work on their sobriety, as well as root house, a 10-bed residential program for men, and parc, a 23-bed recovery house for women. In fy 2022, we also expanded our footprint in the Community by adding a new recovery/reunification house in portage county. Gougler counseling served approximately 1,450 individuals through its recovery programs, and approximately 1,700 through its mental health programs in fy 2022.family adoption consultants is a full service foster care and adoption program. Children (ages 0-18), their families and foster families are served on a daily basis in Michigan. During fiscal year 2022, approximately 250 children (and their families) were serviced for foster care purposes, and approximately 250 children for adoption purposes.

Veterans programsfreedom house provides transitional housing and supportive Services for homeless male veterans and any other veterans in need. In fy 2022, 43 veterans were provided transitional shelter and case management for a total of 950 shelter nights.valor home summit provides transitional housing to homeless veterans in summit county. The program served 68 veterans and 2,048 bed nights in fy 2022.valor home lorain provides transitional housing to homeless veterans in lorain county. The program served 84 veterans and 5006 bed nights in fy 2022.veteran's haven provides transition-in-place permanent supportive housing for single adults who are homeless veterans. The program served 28 veterans and 1586 bed nights in fy 2022.supportive Services for veteran families (ssvf) - provides housing stabilization support and temporary financial assistance to veteran families and individuals. In fiscal year 2022, a total of 157 households were served.honor home - provides transitional housing and supportive Services for homeless single male veterans and women veterans with and without children in need. In fy 2022, 41 veterans and 6 dependents were provided transitional shelter and case management for a total of 3,230 shelter nights

Food & clothing programskent social Services and the center of hope - provide nutritious hot meals, assistance with emergency food/taxable needs, outreach and advocacy. During fy 2022, 39,337 hot meals were served and 985 thanksgiving and christmas boxes.mobile meals provides nutritious home delivered and congregate meals to recipients in summit, cuyahoga and portage counties. In fy22, 180,779 home-delivered meals and 46,292 congregate meals were served to 1,551 clients.county clothing center collects and distributes used clothing to needy residents. In fiscal year 2022, 4356 shoppers were provided with 65,523 pounds of clothing.

Housing programshousing and emergency supportive Services (hess) provides housing stabilization support and temporary financial assistance for families and individuals. A total of 163 households were served during fiscal year 2022.ctp - provides housing stabilization, case management and financial assistance to individuals recently released from the prison. A total of 30 households were served in fiscal year 2022.portage area transitional housing provides transitional housing and supportive Services for homeless families and single adults. In fiscal year 2022, housing Services were provided for 16 households including 14 children.miller Community house provides emergency housing and supportive Services for homeless men, women and children. During fiscal year 2022, 51 households were provided emergency shelter, including 60 adults and 20 children.permanent supportive housing provides long-term housing and supportive Services for homeless families and single adults with disabilities. Housing and additional Services were provided to 16 households, including 7 children.next step -is a Community based program which focuses on at-risk young adults between the ages of 18 and 24. Housing and case management Services are available to assist with employment, education, and life skills for those who have been victimized. The goal is to assist these young adults to successfully transition to independence. From july 2021 to june 2022, 60 youth were served in portage and geauga counties. Twenty-two geauga county clients were provided with transitional housing Services and the total number were provided with case management Services. All clients are provided with access to health care and transportation as needed.

Community based programschagrin falls park Community center the young scholars program provided 352 tutor/leadership building sessions and 377 recreational sessions to students at no cost, promoting increased self-esteem and success in school. The excel and explore summer day camp provided education/leadership and recreational sessions. The strategies for life (sfl) program provide emergency food assistance between the months of july 2021-june 2022 to 2497 clients. Meals provided to families and children totaled 74,910. In addition, we supplied 92 students with school supplies. Lastly, the summer day camp keeps students on track academically while providing a safe recreational environment for growth. In fy22 school year, 91% of the students served by chagrin falls park Community center were on free or reduced lunch. King kennedy Community center - offers tutoring to youth, daily lunches for seniors, computer and nutrition classes, summer programming and Community and cultural events. In fy22, approximately 2,500 breakfasts, lunches, and snacks were served to youth. In total, 65 duplicated youth were served in all programs, activities, and special events.skeels-matthews Community center - offers tutoring to youth, daily lunches for seniors, computer and nutrition classes, summer programming and Community and cultural events. In fy22, 14,111 nutritional meals were served to adults/seniors, 300 duplicated adults/seniors served in all programs/activities, and 76 adults/seniors served in the annual thanksgiving drive up luncheon. In total, 55 duplicated youth served in all programs/activities and 946 breakfast, lunch & snacks were served to youth.scope senior centers - scope senior centers operates 5 centers throughout trumbull county and provides a wide variety of choices for seniors ranging from nutrition, health and exercise programs social functions and a clean, safe environment for older adults to convene and enjoy life with dignity. Scope served 1,974 seniors in fy 2022. This number is down from previous years due to the temporary covid-19 shut downs that occurred.portage county senior center - offers daily lunches to seniors, as well as recreational and social activities such bingo, tai chi, themed parties, art class, and learning events. 138 seniors were served in fy 2022.

Domestic violence & visitation programssafer futures - offers emergency shelter, outreach, case management, support groups, client advocacy, child advocacy and Services for both children and adult victims of domestic violence. In 2022, 25 adults and 21 children were sheltered and received support Services with a total of over 2,219 shelter nights, and another 1,354 survivors received outreach and other program Services. Place of peace provides a safe environment for families experiencing domestic violence to engage in supervised visitation with their children. Non-custodial parents can visit with their children at the center if they are court ordered to have visits supervised or they can pick them up for standard visitation. Victims of domestic violence can feel safer because they never have to see or speak with the abuser during the exchange or visitation of children. Arrival and departure times are staggered so that the victims can arrive and depart safely. In 2022, 72 children and their 42 families benefited from the Services of 440 supervised visits and 94 safe exchanges for visitation.safe path is a transitional housing program that allows survivors of domestic violence and their children to pursue safe and healthy lives. The safe path facility is at an undisclosed, secured location. In 2022, 14 women and 11 children received Services. Someplace safe - is the exclusive provider of comprehensive Services to victims of domestic violence and their children in trumbull county. We provide an emergency phone hotline and online safe chat that is staffed 24/7 with trained personnel; offer legal advocacy including assistance with protection orders and court accompaniment; Community education; in house and outreach case management Services and offer emergency and transitional shelter for victims of domestic violence and their children. In fy 2022, someplace safe provided shelter to 9,255 bed nights to adults and children, received 1,119 hotline calls, 381 safe chats, and assisted 563 clients with filling out paperwork for civil protection orders, victim's rights and court accompaniment. Solace center - is the only private, non-profit safe-exchange, supervised visitation program in trumbull county. Visits and exchanges are currently facilitated on the campus of valley counseling's children and youth Services office located in warren. In fy 2022 we provided Services to 68 families including 146 adults and 93 children. We had 1206 supervised visitations, 42 supervised exchanges, and of those 13 families successfully transitioned out of the program.

Volunteer and service programsretired and senior volunteer program (rsvp) this americorps seniors program (funded thru the corporation for national and Community service) recruits and places individuals age 55 and older in meaningful volunteer positions to address important Community needs in 15 counties in Ohio. The benefits of the program include building Community assets and the volunteers are shown to exhibit better health parameters than non-volunteers of the same age group. In fy 2022, 479 volunteers served 82,545 hours addressing the needs of 13,454 clients in local non-profits and schools.volunteers in service to america (vista) this americorps program (funded thru the corporation for national and Community service) places volunteers, who serve either a summer term or a full year term, with non-profits and schools to address poverty, increase capacity and develop program sustainability. In fy 2022, the performance of vista members resulted in 1006 volunteers recruited or managed and they served 2,167 hours at various Community organizations and events. These results are through the efforts of the 17 full year and 11 summer vista members who served.senior companion program - the senior companion program (scp) is a national service americorps seniors program that recruits individuals 55 and better to provide companionship Services to seniors who experience feelings of loneliness and social isolation as well as respite Services for caregivers. In fy 2022, 41 volunteers provided companionship and respite Services for a total of 46,684 hours of service in clark, greene, montgomery, miami, preble, portage, summit and stark. Foster grandparent program - the foster grandparent program (fgp) is a national service americorps seniors program that recruits individuals 55 and better to connect with students with exceptional needs. Fy 2022 saw 86 volunteers mentor, support, and tutor some of the most vulnerable children in mahoning, montgomery, portage, stark, trumbull, geauga, greene and clark counties. Fgp volunteers served 83,884 hours. Big brothers & sisters provides a one-to-one mentoring program, matching youth aged 6-17, with adult volunteers who act as friends, role models and mentors in relationships facilitated by professional staff. During fy 2022, 26,400 hours of volunteer service were provided to 200 children in portage, mahoning and trumbull counties.

Youth and disability programsohio early intervention: portage county early intervention (ei) is a statewide system that provides coordinated early intervention Services to parents of eligible children under the age of three with developmental delays or disabilities. Ei is grounded in the philosophy that young children learn best from familiar people in familiar settings. 309 children were involved in the program in fy 2022. During covid evaluations and Services were completed virtually, and now the program operates as a hybrid-model, giving the parents the option to choose a virtual or in-person visits. Youth development program provides Services to at-risk youth, including study skills, preparation for the transition to post-secondary education, work experience/payroll Services, life skills, and young adult mentoring. For the period 7/1/21 to 6/30/22, the program served roughly 79 youth through work experience and wage processing, 49 youth in mentoring Services, 7 youth in educational support Services, and 8 in life skills. Program participant are eligible to work 20 hours per week, earning up to a maximum wage of $10.00 per hour. 2000 hours is the maximum number of hours participants are able to work during the program participationemerald transportation - provides non-emergency medical transportation, non-medical transportation to the dd population, individual, group, and special event transportation and provided Services to over 286 individuals in fiscal year 2022.unified resources recreation this past year, unified resources planned and implemented recreational, social, and leisure activities for adults with developmental disabilities. During fiscal year 2022, we served 103 adults and 11 teens in portage county. The program hosted a bowling league, continued a virtual component and also recruited over 137 volunteers that served for over 308 hours. In january, we will start a youth component to our program.