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About Caregiver's Helper, Inc.
Caregiver's Helper is a non-profit treatment foster care agency., where the focus is the protection of children in care from further abuse and neglect, through recruiting, training and licensing of appropriate individuals and families, to become foster parents to children entering care. We recruit and license parents year round. Caregiver's Helper, Inc. serves children from birth to 18 and up to 21 years if the youth has DD, who present with diverse social-emotional and behavioral issues. Other services offered at Caregiver's Helper are: Community and In-house respite care; 2) independent living skills classes; 3) wrap-around service, youth support groups, foster parents training, and parent support services. Our staff and foster families are diverse, and we serve children from all backgrounds, irrespective of race, color or national origin.
Caregiver's Helper, Recruiting Events
Caregiver's Helper, conducts 3 major recruiting fairs each year. These take place at a variety of settings in the Fall, Spring and Summer. This is usually a community-wide event that incorporates giving gifts and /recruiting materials to the general public for attending. Our recruiting activities are ongoing, and we recruit all races, color and national origin.
Why you should get involved and support us
Yearly, no fewer than 3 million children are abused and neglected in the U.S. Reports about a child's death from abuse or neglect is the norm, as 3 children die daily. But healing and second chance at childhood in a safe, healthy, family setting does come via foster care. This is what Caregiver's Helper offers children and youths.
Why you should consider giving us a call
Consider giving us a call or stopping by our office for a Q & A about what's required to become a foster parent. Our agency is treatment focused and all about meeting children's basic and treatment needs while in our care. And our foster parents receive competitive reimbursements as compensation for children's care and treatment. We remain committed and able to meet foster children's case plan goals and objectives to promote trauma healing and growth. Our staff are experienced, caring, flexible and operate an open-door policy. We also provide year-round, in-house parent training to ensure maintenance of state required training hours by foster parents.
Our other programs and services
Caregiver's Helper, Inc. assists children in agency care with their homework assignments to promote educational success. The agency also provides community and in-house respite care.
We also offer in-class Independent Living Skills (ILS) training to youths who are fourteen years or older. To obtain a certificate of completion, youths attending the ILS must attend at least 10 of the 12 scheduled classes and complete assignments as requested.
Some questions you might have
Who are we? Caregiver's Helper, Inc. is a not-for profit foster care agency, that is located in Gahanna, Ohio.
Our hours: 9am-5p, Monday through Friday. But available for after hour calls and placement requests daily.
Qualifying to Foster? Must be at least 21 years, no criminal record, must have at least one spare room in your home or apartment for a foster child or children. An applicant may be married or single or divorced or widowed. None of these conditions disqualifies an applicant. Applicants must complete state authorized application packet, attend required pre-service training as scheduled, meet all screening requirements, and pass a fire inspection.
Our Staff? Caregiver's Helper, Inc staff are knowledgeable, professional, kind, possesses applicable education and license.
Resources/income: Foster care applicants must show proof of having sufficient income to meet own basic household expenses before consideration can be made.
How to reach us? Anyone interested to begin this journey can call us at (614) 418-9123 or (614)986-7000 or email us via: caregivershelper@sbcglobal.net or caregiversfostercare@gmail.com or just stop by our office at:
1182 Claycraft Road. Gahanna Ohio 43230. Thank you!