Ohio Family and Children First Council

The purposes of the Ohio county FCF Council are to streamline and coordinate existing government services for families seeking services for their children. To fulfill its purpose, a county council provides the following:

1.     Referrals to the state cabinet council of those children for whom the county council cannot provide adequate services.

2.     Development and implementation of a process that annually evaluates and prioritizes services, fills service gaps where possible, and invents new approaches to achieve better results for families and children.

3.     Maintenance of an accountability system to monitor the county council’s progress in achieving results for families and children.

Commitments to Child Well-Being

The OFCF engaged community stakeholders to develop Ohio’s Commitments to Child Well-being. OFCF is moving forward in utilizing the commitments as a framework to organize programs and resources, align state activities and measure the state’s performance in improving the lives of Ohio’s children.

Ohio’s Six (6) Commitments to Child Well-Being are:

• Expectant parents and newborns thrive

• Infants and toddlers thrive

• Children are ready for school

• Children and youth succeed in school

• Youth choose healthy behaviors

• Youth successfully transition into adulthood