Central Ohio Program Addresses Foster Kids’ Mental Health

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The Buckeye Ranch in central Ohio has created a new program to support high-risk children entering the foster care system, recognizing that many of them have experienced trauma in their lives. This initiative aims to address the challenges these children face when adjusting to new foster homes.

Key Highlight:

• Healing Alternatives for Youth (HAY) program Developed by The Buckeye Ranch, this program is exclusive to Franklin County and aims to address the needs of high-risk children entering the foster care system. It focuses on placement, stabilization, and treatment for children who have experienced trauma.
• Lindsay Williams, Vice President of Child Welfare Services at The Buckeye Ranch Highlights the program’s focus on youth with intensive needs due to trauma, aiming to prevent situations where children spend nights in agency lobbies.
• Rev. Belinda Woods, local foster parent Was compelled to get involved with the HAY program to ensure no child in Franklin County sleeps in an office due to lack of placement.
• Goal of the HAY program Swiftly connect traumatized children with resources to stabilize them, recognizing early intervention as critical for their well-being. Williams’ perspective Providing supportive resources and a healing environment is key to stabilizing traumatized children.
• Rev. Woods’ approach Being a HAY foster parent involves giving these children even more grace due to the unimaginable trauma they have experienced. She aims to provide them with a soft place to land until they find stability.

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