Allen County Children Services is asking taxpayers to renew the agency's $750,000 five year levy.
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“We're very supportive of the Allen County Children's Services Board and the assistance that they provide not only to the children, but to the families that are in need,” Kohlrieser said. “We're hoping to help combat any issues of neglect or dependency, to help these families that are in crisis, to show a little support and hopefully benefit them in some way.”
A specialized treatment foster care program is being created to help children who have previously been housed in out of town facilities.
The organizations donated $1,500 to Allen County Children Services (ACCS) to assist with the purchase of diapers — a critical need when children are removed from their homes or when families served by the agency cannot afford basic necessities.
City and county officials, staff from ACCS, and concerned citizens gathered for the agency’s annual flag-raising ceremony to mark the beginning of April as Child Abuse Prevention Month. Coniah Burklund and Madilyn Grundisch assisted the Lima Fire Department in raising the flag.
Statistics from the National Poison Data System show a sharp rise in young children ingesting cannabis edibles. In 2017, there were 207 reported cases of children under 6 consuming edibles; by 2021, that number had surged to more than 3,000 cases.
LIMA, Ohio (WLIO) — It happens more often than many realize, and Allen County Children Services (ACCS) is working to change that.
November has been set aside to recognize individuals and families that make the decision to provide a safe, loving, and permanent home for children in Allen County. Commissioners today(11/7/19) making a proclamation for National Adoption Month to the Allen County Board of Children Services for all they do in helping children in their care to find a family. So far this year, 7 adoptions have been finalized and 17 more children are waiting for a new family.
Ohio's new spending budget is sending a significant amount of money towards children services across the state. About a hundred million dollars have been set aside for county children services for the next two years. Making it the largest amount ever given to child and family services, and for Allen County Children Services it will allow them to rebuild their staff, which had to be cut in order to pay for a spike in cases as a result of the opioid epidemic.
A recommendation by Governor Mike DeWine would almost double the state funding for family and children services. The increase is in his proposed two-year budget. Allen County's Children Services executive director says the child welfare system is in crisis and has been for the past decade.