Seneca County Family & Children First Council
Seneca County Family & Children First Council’s goal is to achieve, through community collaboration, an effective and comprehensive system which empowers families and children to proactively affect their lives, resulting in enhanced family stability.
The Family & Children First Council consists of representatives from human services, mental health, schools, local government, the court system, youth services, developmental delays and disabilities, parent representatives and other community agencies. The Council provides integration and planning to improve community based, family centered services. The Council serves to bring service providers together, cut through the red tape, increase local flexibility, and focus programs on families and children
SMYL
Seneca Mentoring Youth Links program seeks to mentor Seneca County youth to make better choices for a brighter future. SMYL is a youth mentoring program dedicated to pairing local youth (ages 6-17) with mentors in order to provide a positive, stable influence in the youth’s life.
Impact After School Program
After-school program offering homework help, mentoring and pro-social skill building.
Seneca County Friendship Club
An initiative of Seneca County FCFC for young adults who struggle with social connections.
Wraparound
Coordination helps families who have multiple needs. The team of providers and family supports focus on the family's strengths to help fill their needs. The wraparound process is team-based; that helps groups of people involved in your family’s life work together toward a common goal. The goal is a team mission and the family’s vision of how things will look in the future.
Girls Empower Girls
Seneca County Family and Children First Council is administering activities for Seneca County Department of Job and Family Services. Our initiatives include Master of Me, a teen empowerment program for middle school girls that builds self control and strong values in teenagers through conversations, speakers and activities and our Girls Empowerment group based in Fostoria.
Seneca County CARES Program
The CARES - Coordination Aimed at Reducing the Effects of Substances prenatally - coordinator collaborates with medical and service providers to address health and well-being needs of families and develops Plans of Safe Care for substance-exposed and substance-affected infants as required by the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act. Coordinators conduct Qualified Residential Treatment Program Level of Care Assessments for youth in need.
Women Empowering Women
Support and empowerment for women at all levels to develop their fullest potential
Handle With Care
A trauma-informed, collaborative, cross-systems response to Adverse Childhood Experience
Asset Building
Every program is based on the Search Institute's 40 Developmental Assets. The assets help build resiliency and problem solving skills in youth.
Seneca County Early Intervention
A free program for expectant parents, newborns, infants and toddlers
Seneca County Family & Children’s First Council Initiatives
