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Phone System Switch 1-8-2019

Marion County Children Services · January 8, 2019 ·

***********BE ADVISED**********
We are currently switching phone systems here at Marion County Children Services. Your calls are very important to us. If you are unable to reach the offices during the hours of 8:30 to 4:30 today, please call the Marion County Sheriffs Office at 740-382-8244, and they will get you in touch with our on call caseworker. We don’t anticipate many issues, however we want everyone to be informed!

2019 Board Meeting Times

Marion County Children Services · December 3, 2018 ·

 

MARION COUNTY CHILDREN SERVICES BOARD

2019 MEETINGS

 

Meetings are held at Marion County Children Services every 3rd Friday of the month at noon unless otherwise posted. The public is welcome to attend. 2019 meetings are scheduled for the following dates:

January 18th

February 15th

March 15th

April 19th

May 17th

June 21st

July 19th

August 16th

September 20th

October 18th

November 15th

December 20th

December Board Meeting Time Change!

Marion County Children Services · December 3, 2018 ·

 

MARION COUNTY CHILDREN SERVICES BOARD

DECEMBER 21, 2018 MEETING RESCHEDULED

 

The December 21, 2018 regular meeting of the Marion County Children Services Board has been rescheduled to December 14, 2018 at 11:30am at Marion County Children Services.

 

 

Board Meeting Time Change!

Marion County Children Services · September 25, 2018 ·

ATTENTION:

  • MARION COUNTY CHILDREN SERVICES BOARD NOVEMBER MEETING RESCHEDULED FOR NOVEMBER 30, 2018 

    The November 16, 2018 regular meeting of the Marion County Children Services Board has been rescheduled. The meeting will occur on November 30, 2018 at noon at Marion County Children Services.

Letter from our Executive Director, Jacqueline Ringer

Marion County Children Services · March 12, 2018 ·

MARION, OH (March 2018) –

Marion Community,

The life of 1 out of every 9 children in our community was touched by Marion County Children Services in 2017. We responded to 844 concerns of child maltreatment last year and experienced record numbers of children in foster and kinship care. A major contributor to the increased need for our services over the past five years is Ohio’s opioid epidemic and the effects on Marion County’s SILENT VICTIMS – THE CHILDREN.

The primary reason children were removed from their homes was parental substance abuse. Placing these children with kin, while a top priority, is complicated by the fact that opioid use can become a multi-generational family addiction. Consequently, we must often turn to foster care. Many of these children are quite young. 82% of children in foster care are under the age of twelve; 55% are ages 5 and younger.

Statistically, parents who are addicted to opioids are likely to relapse – some multiple times during their recovery process – thus their children remain in care longer. If parents cannot demonstrate sobriety, or if they fall victim to a fatal overdose, then children come into the permanent custody of our agency. Not surprisingly, the number of children adopted through our agency (11) in 2017 increased 38% since 2013.

Children who enter the custody of Marion County Children Services because of their parents’ substance use are demonstrating more complex needs due to the trauma experienced in their home. For babies born drug-exposed, many require more intensive levels of care to address their withdrawal symptoms. For children who have witnessed horrific drug-related scenes such as their parents overdosing, many of them require higher levels of care to address their adverse experiences and stabilize their behaviors.

Maintaining more children in custody and addressing the trauma they experienced is increasingly expensive. Marion County Children Services spent $701,198 in total foster care placement costs in 2013; by 2017, costs had more than doubled to $1.56 million. In 2017, 44% of our expenditures were paid with local funding; 45% with federal funding; and 11% with state dollars.

Protecting children from abuse and neglect while stabilizing families remains one of the most challenging jobs in social services. Our ability to meet the increased demand in services would not be possible without the community’s long-standing history of support to child protection. Please take a moment to review our 2017 Community Report. Do not hesitate to reach out with any questions or presentation requests.

 

Respectfully,

Jacqueline Ringer, MPA/LSW

Executive Director

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