Ohio

NYAP in Ohio has served children, youth, and families since 1978. NYAP Ohio serves communities through multiple regional offices located throughout the state, which supports our philosophy of holistically caring for people.

Locations

  • 800 Market Ave. North

    Suite 400

    Canton, OH 44702

    234-226-7350

  • 11156 Canal Rd.

    Suite A.

    Cincinnati, OH 45241

    513-772-6166

  • 5500 S. Marginal Rd.

    Suite 220

    Cleveland, OH 44103

    216-221-7588

  • 527 S. High St.

    Columbus, OH 43215

    614-227-9444

  • 6100 E Main Street
    Suite 108
    Columbus, OH 43213
    614-965-6850

  • 1303 E. Main St.

    Columbus, OH 43205

    800-256-5001

  • 5900A Sharon Woods Blvd.

    Columbus, OH, 43229

    614-895-6818

  • 1020 Woodman Dr.

    Suite 330

    Dayton, OH 45432

    937-253-0606

  • 6000 Philadelphia Dr.

    Dayton, OH, 45415

    937-277-6101

  • 2727 Harding Hwy

    Lima, OH 45804

    419-221-2821

  • 400 W. High St.

    Suite B

    Mt. Gilead, OH 43338

  • 507 Wooster Road

    Mt. Vernon, OH 43050

  • 59 Grant Street

    740-349-7511

  • 6100 E. Main St. Suite 108
    Reynoldsburg, OH 43213

  • 30 Northwest Ave.

    Building A, Suite 120

    Tallmadge, OH 44278

    330-633-4187

  • 1219 Jefferson Ave.

    Toledo, OH 43604

    419-221-2821 or 567-289-2273

  • 2650 Weir Rd.

    Suite B

    Warren, OH  44484

    (330) 633-4187

  • 118 W. Jackson St.

    Suite B

    West Unity, OH 43570

    419-221-2821

  • 14 N. 5th Street

    Suite 109

    Zanesville, OH 43701

    740-755-4730

Foster Care in Ohio

While foster parents are just as unique as the children and youth they care for, the most important qualifications to become a foster parent include the ability to provide a safe, loving, and nurturing home.

Foster parents may be single, married, or cohabitating couples. Prospective foster parents must be willing to participate in an in-depth home study process and work collaboratively with the licensing team to demonstrate they are:

  • In good physical and mental health.

  • Financially able to support their household without the reimbursement from being a foster parent.

  • Able to provide adequate physical space in their home to ensure a child or youth's privacy and comfort.

  • Able to provide positive references.

  • Willing to complete background checks.

  • Willing to engage in pre-service training.

  • Willing to work with multiple NYAP team members including educators, therapists, case managers, and medical professionals.


National Youth Advocate Program deeply values and is committed to equity, diversity, and inclusion and seeks and welcomes a diverse community of foster parents.

Additional state qualifications:

  • At least 18 years old

  • Willing to support connections between children and their primary families to support reunification.

  • Complete driving record checks for all adult household members.

  • Provide personal references, including three non-related, one relative, and for all adult children

  • Complete a physical exam and provide a medical statement by an approved healthcare professional.

  • Complete a home safety inspection including a fire inspection, with approval by a fire inspector if bedrooms are located higher than the 2nd floor or in a basement

Foster Parent Training Calendars

Foster Care Training Guidelines

We strive to make trainings accessible for all and as such conduct many trainings for parents and employees virtually. We are also dedicated to maintaining high standards of quality and integrity in all trainings. Therefore, we respectfully ask that you follow NYAP’s webinar training guidelines.

OhioRISE is LIVE!

We’re proud to partner with Ohio Medicaid and Aetna Better Health of Ohio in serving Allen, Auglaize, Champaign, Clark, Darke, Hardin, Greene, Logan, Madison, Miami, and Shelby counties. 

NYAP, Ohio is thrilled to partner with OhioKAN, a new statewide flexible and responsive kinship and adoption navigator program designed to assist children, caregivers, and families. With the support of dedicated NYAP staff, OhioKAN’s 100% free services will help kinship and adoptive families in the following counties navigate and connect with all of the resources available locally and statewide: Erie, Huron, Lorain, Lucas, Ottawa, Sandusky, Seneca, Wood

For more information and helpful resources, as well as a directory of other regional partners serving other areas of Ohio, click here. To connect with a navigator, call 1-844-OHIO-KAN.