Children’s Trust Fund

Logan County FCFC serves as the Logan County Local Advisory Board (LAB) for the Ohio Children’s Trust Fund.

The mission of the Ohio Children’s Trust Fund is to prevent child abuse and neglect through investing in strong communities, healthy families and safe children.

What is the Ohio Children’s Trust Fund?

As Ohio’s sole, dedicated public funding source for child abuse and neglect prevention, OCTF is in the forefront of prevention activities throughout the state. From establishing guidelines for program development – to accessing up-to-date prevention curricula – to producing educational and public awareness materials – to impacting related social policy initiatives, OCTF provides expertise and resources for legislators, the media, state agencies, and the public.

The Ohio Children’s Trust Fund was created in Ohio law in 1984. OCTF funds primary and secondary prevention strategies that are conducted at the local level and activities and projects of a statewide significance designed to strengthen families and prevent child abuse and neglect.

Revenues from surcharges on birth and death certificates and divorce and dissolution decrees provide the funding for OCTF. These funds are earmarked for each county through a formula based on the number of children living in each county. In addition, OCTF has been awarded The Community Based Child Abuse Prevention federal grant which is made available for additional prevention programs and special initiatives.

For more information on the Ohio Children’s Trust Fund, click here: http://jfs.ohio.gov/OCTF/index.stm

newborn home visiting

Provider






Logan County Health District

Beginning July 1, 2010, the Logan County Children's Trust Fund allocation will be utilized to bring Newborn Home Visiting back to the county.  Hospitals are able to refer new mothers to receive a home visit by a Registered Nurse within 6-weeks of their child's birth.

Purpose
Ensure that at-risk newborns get a healthy start to life by providing parents with guidance, information, and support directly in their homes after delivery.

Target Population for Newborn Home Visiting (prioritized)
  1. 1st time teen mothers
  2. High risk mothers including, but not limited to the following categories
    1. Late pre-term babies born at 34-37 weeks gestation
    2. Baby is transferred to a level 3 hospital
    3. Maternal history of alcohol or other drug use
    4. Fewer than 5 pre-natal visits (including no prenatal visits)
    5. Community report (including CSB) to hospital for concern of child’s well-being
    6. Mental health condition of mother
    7. Developmental or physical disability of mother
    8. Socio-economic status of mother
    9. Other medical conditions of mother/child.
  3. Any teen mother
  4. 1st time mothers

Description
Referrals can be made to the Logan County Family & Children First Council’s Help Me Grow Birth-3 Central Intake & Referral Site.  Referrals will be forwarded to the provider, Logan County Health District, who then contacts families to schedule.  Upon consent, three assessments can be conducted by a Registered Nurse of the Logan County Health District, including:
  1. Environmental Assessment
  2. Maternal Health Assessment
  3. Newborn Health Assessment
Up to 2 home visits can be provided to any child referred. All referrals will run through the Birth - 3 Central Intake and Referral Site.

Evaluation
The Newborn Home Visiting program will contribute toward the reduction of child abuse and neglect in Logan County by:
  1. Increasing infant care self-efficacy for at-risk mothers (building knowledge of child development & parenting)
  2. Increasing advocacy and linkage services to connect families in areas of need (building concrete support)
  3. Decreasing stress for at-risk mothers (building social-emotional support)