Lucas County Children Services works with families, service providers and community members to assess risk and coordinate community-based services resulting in safe, stable and permanent families for children.
LCCS Services — General Overview
Lucas County Children Services gets its mandate from state of Ohio law. According to the Ohio Revised Code, public children services agencies shall do all of the following:
- Investigate allegations of child abuse, neglect or dependency
- Make reasonable efforts to prevent the removal of children from their homes
- Accept custody of children from courts with juvenile jurisdiction
- Provide temporary emergency shelter when necessary
- Find family foster homes for children
- Implement a system for assessing risk to children
- Administer federal adoption assistance funds
Our present array of services includes:
- Intake and assessment
- Ongoing case management
- Family team meetings
- Out-of-home (foster or kinship) placement
- Crossover services
- Permanency support
- Kinship support
- Family search, adoption, and post-adoption services
- Independent Living and young adult services (BRIDGES)
- Visitation
- Protective day care
- Health/medication monitoring
- Pre-service and in-service caregiver training
- Resource referral
Accreditation
As part of its commitment to leading the community in the protection of children, LCCS in 2005 achieved accreditation from the Council on Accreditation, an independent not-for-profit international accreditor of community-based behavioral health care and human service organizations. This involved a four-year examination of agency policies and practices. The standards driving accreditation ensure that services are well coordinated, culturally competent, evidence-based, outcomes-oriented, and provided by a skilled and supported workforce. The agency later achieved reaccreditation in 2009 and 2017.
705 Adams St., Toledo, OH 43604
Directions
Switchboard is answered 24/7
Phone: (419) 213-3200
Fax: (419) 327-3291
Office Hours:
Monday – Friday:
8:00 am – 5:00 pm
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