Network of Care

The Stark County Network of Care is an internet-based resource for up to date information related to children and families as well as mental health. The user-friendly format provides quick access to: a Service Directory , a Library full of health related information, legislative information, related internet links, and information about available health insurance programs. It also allows users to create their own fold to store individualized information.

SCHOOL/COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS

Care Team

For over a decade there has been an effort made in Stark County to find ways for the public, child-serving systems to better work with education systems to more seamlessly serve children and families in our county. Many models have been researched and various efforts have been mobilized that have had varying rates of success. One school district in the county, Fairless Local Schools, has been very effective in taking research-based knowledge and combining it with a strong commitment to working collaboratively with their child/family-serving community partners throughout the county. The result has been the development of a CARE Team model that is showing great promise in mobilizing community efforts to support student achievement and wellness. The Stark County Family Council has taken an active role in supporting and mobilizing these efforts.

Shared Beginnings

As part of the Help Me Grow program, Shared Beginnings helps young parents develop their children’s early language and literacy skills. Home visitors work with parents of children birth to three years of age, participating in a series of activities that give them practice in reading aloud to their children and planning early learning experiences that stimulate language development in infants and toddlers

EARLY CHILDHOOD MENTAL HEALTH

Stark County Childhood Resiliency Project Description

The Stark County Childhood Resiliency Project is an early childhood consultation, and social and emotional skills promotion program for young children, ages 2 to 6, their families, and childcare providers. Specially trained "Resiliency Coaches", provided by Child & Adolescent Service Center and Community Services, Inc., work on-site in early childhood programs throughout Stark County. Consultation activities at the sites include teacher training and direct classroom support, parent consultation and education, such as Incredible Years Parent Groups, and child activities and skill training. The Childhood Resiliency Project is associated with Ohio Department of Mental Health’s Early Childhood Mental Health Initiative, and hosts monthly Incredible Years Consultation Groups for leaders.