Child Focus, Inc. (CFI) serves over 5,000 youth, ages prenatal to young adulthood, and their families annually. A private, not-for-profit 501(c)(3) agency, its 306 staff and 667 volunteers help provide a broad range of early learning, mental health, school and foster care services. With an agency budget of over $15 million dollars, the spectrum of services includes Head Start and early learning programs for children ages 0-5, parenting education and support, partial hospitalization, mental health prevention and counseling services in schools, foster care, independent living and Life Skills preparation, family stability, outpatient individual, family and group therapy, diagnostic testing, psychiatric services, management of a county-wide 24-hour crisis hotline (528-SAVE), community programs and professional training. CFI provides these services in over 70 locations and in hundreds of homes in Clermont County and surrounding southwest Ohio communities, including an outpatient mental health office in Brown County and foster homes in Clermont, Hamilton, Butler and Brown counties. In addition to serving the Greater Cincinnati area, Child Focus community programs and trainings, including school violence and bullying prevention, reach tri-state and national markets.
Our mission is to join with communities in strengthening families and improving the quality of life for children. Child Focus programs improve coping mechanisms, provide support, promote school readiness and success and encourage growth and self-sufficiency for the children and families in our community.
Early Learning
Research indicates that by the time your child is 5, 85% of their brain has developed. Quality pre-kindergarten education that includes a safe, stimulating environment, social interactions, and learning experiences is crucial in establishing life-long healthy patterns and development.
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Mental Health
Children who are mentally ill often affect the education of those around them due to their disruptive behaviors. Children who are mentally ill also have a dramatic effect on their caregivers, both parents and teachers.
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School
With our staff on-site in the schools, it is our goal that students with mental health issues are identified and intervened with early. Barriers to learning must be addressed so schools can accomplish their educational mission.
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Foster Care
Foster parents are ordinary people who choose to get involved with children in need. They can be married couples, single parents, empty nesters, stay at home and working parents. Foster parents do not have to be rich, in fact, they come from all income levels. What is important, is that they have room in their hearts, their homes and their lives to share with a child in need.
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