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.

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Ohio Foster Care

Foster care services in Ohio are built on family-focused, strengths-based practices that support children and youth from diverse communities across the state. NYAP provides evidence-based, culturally responsive services designed to address each child and youth’s unique developmental, emotional, physical, and cultural needs.

Foster parents in Ohio receive thorough pre-service and ongoing training centered on child and youth safety, trauma-responsive care, and positive behavior support. When appropriate, they also serve as primary family mentors—cultivating positive relationships, reinforcing stability, and helping children and youth achieve long-term well-being, permanency, and success.

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.

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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. 

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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.