Services
The Vision
- Every child has a permanent family which provides a safe loving environment that is emotionally and economically stable;
- All children develop their full potential by having all physical, emotional, educational, cultural, spiritual, developmental, and special needs met;
- All families have the skills and resources to maintain their integrity, function to the best of their ability and be responsible to their family members;
- A community that invests in the future of its children by providing services to empower families;
- A community whose members respect diversity and support the strengths of the racial, cultural and ethnic heritage of families and neighborhoods.
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Intake Services Social workers assess the abuse or neglect concern by interviewing and observing interactions of the child and family.
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Kinship Services
Richland County Children Services Board believes that each child deserves a home. Adoption provides that permanent family. The agency screens, trains, and supports prospective adoptive parents while matching them with a child in need of a safe, nurturing home. |
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Agency News
5/15/2013
John and Deanna Mack have welcomed 16 foster children into their homes. As a veteran of the process, John offered some sage advice to prospective foster parents at an open house Wednesday at Richland County Children Services.
Upcoming Events
6/1/2013 - 9:00am
Foster parent training -- But Words Can Always Hurt Me: The Impact of Emotional Abuse
6/8/2013 - 9:00am
Richland County Children Services Board meeting
6/10/2013 - 4:30pm