Mentors
Mentors in Ohio (Google)
Ohio AIRS
Statewide Social Services Directory (Call 211 to speak to a live person)
Thousands of links to Help agencies in your county.
Ohio AIRS
Statewide Social Services Directory (Call 211 to speak to a live person)
Thousands of links to Help agencies in your county.
America's Promise Alliance For
Youth (888) 559-6884
Headed By Colin Powell, this
group provides mentors for at-risk youngsters and can direct you to other
child-related resources.
Find a local chapter
in your area.
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Missing
Kids
Missing
Children Clearinghouse (Ohio)
Assists in the search for missing children, creates public awareness of
pertinent issues, and develops and disseminates information in order to educate
the public, professionals, and others in the prevention and intervention of
missing and abducted children.
What
To Do When Your Child Is Missing (Step By Step)
The first 48 hours, helping police, getting help from political figures and
more.
National
Runaway Switchboard
The Switchboard plays a key role in helping to reunify runaway youth and their families, or preventing runaway
episodes.
National Center for Missing & Exploited Children
National Clearinghouse On Child Abuse
Other Resources For Missing Or Exploited Children
United Way Help
Line
(For
All 50 States, DC & Puerto Rico)
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Ohio, select your city, and look up help agencies galore!!! Their stellar search engine can lead you to any social service topic you can
think of. Just type in the
words "Children and (the name of your topic)".
US Non-Profit Missing Children Organizations (Many States)
The Nation's Missing Children
Organization & Center for Missing Adults
Find information on both children and adults.
Comprehensive links For Missing Kids & Adults
See Consumer-SOS/Crimes/Children
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Financial
Assistance Programs
(Ohio)
Different types of financial assistance is available through some of our many
programs including: Child Support, Medicaid, Ohio Works First, Prevention
Retention and Contingency (PRC), Unemployment Compensation Benefits and the
United Way.
Ohio
Benefit Bank
Food Assistance
Ohio Works First (cash assistance)
Healthy Start and Healthy Families (health insurance)
Medicaid (health insurance)
Child Care Subsidies
Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LI-HEAP)
Ohio AIRS
Statewide Social Services Directory (Call 211 to speak to a live person)
Thousands of links to Help agencies in your county.
Pregnancy
Option Line: Locate a
Pregnancy Help Center Near You (US and Canada)
Option Line is a program of
Heartbeat
International, with the toll-free number 1 (800)
712-HELP, and website optionline.org available 24
hours a day, 7 days a week via e-mail, instant message and telephone. Their option line offers local assistance
and compassionate outreach to women facing crisis pregnancies so that they receive the life-affirming, practical support needed to
choose life, whether by being a parent, or placing the child for adoption.
Option Line refers each contact to a pregnancy help center near them for services including pregnancy tests, ultrasound, material aid and/or answers to questions about abortion, adoption, parenting, medical referrals, housing, and many other issues.
Ohio Department of Health-Pregnancy Information Center
Ohio
Benefit Bank
Food Assistance
Ohio Works First (cash assistance)
Healthy Start and Healthy Families (health insurance)
Medicaid (health insurance)
Child Care Subsidies
Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LI-HEAP)
Ohio AIRS
Statewide Social Services Directory (Call 211 to speak to a live person)
Thousands of links to Help agencies in your county.
Medicaid and Married Couples (Ohio)
Boys
& Girls Clubs Of America
(800) 854-2582
United Way Help
Line (For All 50 States, DC & Puerto Rico)
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Ohio, select your city, and look up help agencies galore!!! Their stellar search engine can lead you to any social service topic you can
think of. Just type in the
words "Children and (the name of your topic)".
Directory Of Women's Groups By
Subject & State (All 50 States & DC)
Use their search engine to locate over 9000 feminists groups and help agencies.
Health & Medical (Consumer-SOS)
Safety
& Accident Prevention
U.S. Consumer Safety Commission
(800) 638-2772
They will tell you what to look
for when buying baby toys, clothing and furniture products. They also have a
list of products that have been labeled unsafe and will tell you what to do if
you find them in your home.
Child
Safety Laws & Regulations (All 50 States
& DC)
Child protection laws on car safety seats, seatbelts, helmets, consumer goods,
swimming pools, playground structures, toys and more.
Household Safety
Publications
Reporting Unsafe Products
Toys
And Household Product Recalls
www.recalls.gov
A "one stop shop" for U.S. Government recalls. Has recall information on cars,
boats, medicine, consumer products, food, cosmetics and environmental products.
Just follow the tabs to obtain the latest recall information, to report a
dangerous product, or to learn important safety tips.
Health Topics: Infants and Children
(CDC Brochures)
Safety
Around Dogs/Preventing Dog Bites
State By State
Foster Care Links
Contains FAQs & resources for foster parents, state-by-state listing of foster child organizations.
Injuries
(CDC Brochures)
United Way Help Line (For All 50 States, DC & Puerto Rico)
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Ohio, select your city, and look up help agencies galore!!! Their stellar search engine can lead you to any social service topic you can
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The American Red Cross
Many chapters offer classes on
child development, baby-sitting, child safety, accident prevention and first
aid.
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Wish Granting
The Starlight Foundation (All States)
Make A Wish Foundation (All 50 States & DC)
Grants the wishes of children with life threatening illnesses.
United Way Help
Line (For
All 50 States, DC & Puerto Rico)
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Ohio, select your city, and look up help agencies galore!!! Their stellar search engine can lead you to any social service topic you can
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Help Throughout Ohio
Ohio AIRS
Statewide Social Services Directory (Call 211 to speak to a live person)
Thousands of links to Help agencies in your county.
Connect Me Ohio
This is your first
stop for information about home and community based services, supports and
opportunities for older adults, persons with disabilities and caregivers in
Ohio. Whether you're looking at options for independent living, long term care
alternatives, support to stay in your home or ways to stay healthy.
Find Your Legal Aid in Ohio By County or Zip Code
Directory Of Women's Groups By
Subject & State (All 50 States & DC)
Use their search engine to locate over 9000 feminists groups and help agencies.
Coalition For America's Children
(888) 544-5437
Call 24 hours a day for
child-help organizations in Ohio.
Serves child-advocacy
organizations in 40 states and can link you to groups in your community.