Guersey County Children Services
“Please consider becoming a foster or adoptive family,” said Kelly Lynch to the Cambridge Lions Club. “We need our community and our children need us all.” Lynch is the executive director of the Guernsey County Children’s Services.
“We are constantly trying to extend our foster care network,” said Jeff Flaherty, specialized services director of children’s services. “We have a number of grandparents raising kids. We are constantly recruiting people to become foster families so that we can have a wider variety of options to get a better match for kids.”
“We have a number of programs to help families,” said Jamie Miller, community outreach education coordinator. “We have a boot camp for new dads with classes once a month. This is a time when new dads can get advice from experienced dads in changing diapers, in how to handle a baby, and how to deal with other things with a new baby.”
“We have a poster that helps recognize how to avoid shaken baby syndrome,” Miller said. “Shaking a baby can create serious problems that may last a lifetime. Shaking a baby can cause brain damage.”
“The Children’s Advocacy Center is a joint project of law enforcement, the hospital, the prosecutor’s office and children’s services,” said Melissa Keylor, unit supervisor - assessments. “We have a child and family friendly environment where we can video tape interviews of children when we are investigating possible child physical or sexual abuse.”
Video tapes can be viewed by the prosecutor and used as evidence in court. This allows for a one-time interview that can be viewed by the prosecutor and children’s services personnel. The child is spared having to retell the situation to multiple interviewers.
“We also are participating in the alternative response pilot program,” Lynch said. “We involve the family in the decision making process. We recognize that there is no single right solution for every family. For some families it is more appropriate to provide families with support and services so they don’t get to the point where protective services are required.”
Children’s Services will be conducting a Backpack Luncheon on July 23 from 11:00-1:00. People can donate a backpack or money so kids can go back to school in style.
There will also be an “Adopt a Family for Christmas” program later in the year sponsored by children’s services. There will also be an opportunity for kids to select presents for their parents, a project supported by the Cambridge Lioness Club.
Sarah Hickman, intake screener, also attended the meeting. More information about children’s services is available at www.guernseycsb.org. To report cases of abuse or for more information call 740.439.5555.
“We are constantly trying to extend our foster care network,” said Jeff Flaherty, specialized services director of children’s services. “We have a number of grandparents raising kids. We are constantly recruiting people to become foster families so that we can have a wider variety of options to get a better match for kids.”
“We have a number of programs to help families,” said Jamie Miller, community outreach education coordinator. “We have a boot camp for new dads with classes once a month. This is a time when new dads can get advice from experienced dads in changing diapers, in how to handle a baby, and how to deal with other things with a new baby.”
“We have a poster that helps recognize how to avoid shaken baby syndrome,” Miller said. “Shaking a baby can create serious problems that may last a lifetime. Shaking a baby can cause brain damage.”
“The Children’s Advocacy Center is a joint project of law enforcement, the hospital, the prosecutor’s office and children’s services,” said Melissa Keylor, unit supervisor - assessments. “We have a child and family friendly environment where we can video tape interviews of children when we are investigating possible child physical or sexual abuse.”
Video tapes can be viewed by the prosecutor and used as evidence in court. This allows for a one-time interview that can be viewed by the prosecutor and children’s services personnel. The child is spared having to retell the situation to multiple interviewers.
“We also are participating in the alternative response pilot program,” Lynch said. “We involve the family in the decision making process. We recognize that there is no single right solution for every family. For some families it is more appropriate to provide families with support and services so they don’t get to the point where protective services are required.”
Children’s Services will be conducting a Backpack Luncheon on July 23 from 11:00-1:00. People can donate a backpack or money so kids can go back to school in style.
There will also be an “Adopt a Family for Christmas” program later in the year sponsored by children’s services. There will also be an opportunity for kids to select presents for their parents, a project supported by the Cambridge Lioness Club.
Sarah Hickman, intake screener, also attended the meeting. More information about children’s services is available at www.guernseycsb.org. To report cases of abuse or for more information call 740.439.5555.
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