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CHILD CARE RESOURCE AND REFERRAL SERVICE APOLLO CAREER CENTER 3325 Shawnee Rd., Lima, OH 45806-1454 Telephone (419) 998-2988; 1- 800- 992-2916; Fax (419) 998-2929
Contact: Jan Berger, Director
Business Hours: Monday - Friday (8:00 am - 4:00 pm). Evenings by appointment
Services:
Eligibility: All families regardless of income, all child care providers and employers within the eight-county area, and interested community professionals.
Procedure to Obtain Services: Call or visit office.
Cost of Services: No charge for core services referenced above.
Facility Accessibility: Handicapped accessible.
Financed by: Ohio Department of Job and Family Services CHILDREN’S DEVELOPMENTAL CENTER OF LIMA, INC. Lima Memorial Hospital 1001 Bellefontaine Ave., Lima, OH 45805 Telephone (419)226-5046; 1-800-227-3564 ext. 5046 Fax (419) 998-4492 E-mail: childctr@limamemorial.org
Contact: Jolene K. Joseph, MSW, Executive Director
Business Hours: Monday - Friday (7:00 am - 3:30 pm)
Services: Specialized education / developmental services to children with special needs. - Physical, Occupational, Speech and Psychological Therapies. - Developmental classes for 0 - 5 years of age. -Transportation. - Home visitation. - Parent education. - Public education. - Infant stimulation classes. - Recreational bowling program for adults. - Equestrian Therapy - HOPE Program: prevention of child abuse
Eligibility: Children with special needs 0 - 5 years of age. No income guidelines.
Procedure to Obtain Services: Contact physician first, if child seems to have a special need. Physician can write a prescription to have child tested, or call Children’s Developmental Center.
Cost of Services: Developmental classes, horseback riding and transportation provided at no cost to every family. Therapy is provided by Lima Memorial Hospital and will be billed separately. The center can provide some financial assistance. Transportation for developmental classes, therapy, horseback riding provided for those in Lima area. Mileage reimbursement for those residing out of the Lima area.
Facility Accessibility: Handicapped accessible. Located on the first floor of Lima Memorial Hospital.
Financed by: United Ways of Allen, Auglaize and Hardin Counties. Ohio Elks Association, contributions, donations and fund raisers. CHILDREN’S LAUGH AND LEARN CHILD CARE CENTER 10702 US Rt. 68N Kenton, OH 43326 Telephone (419) 675-2680
Contact: Todd & Monica Smith, Owners Kelly Eversole, Director
Business Hours: Daycare: Monday - Friday (6:00 am - 6:00 pm), subject to change based upon need Office: Monday - Friday (6:00 am - 6:00 pm) Closed Thanksgiving, Christmas, & other major holidays
Services: Child care and education for children from 6 weeks old to 12 years old in a loving, safe and nurturing environment
Eligibility: Contract with Hardin County Job and Family Services child care program or private pay.
Cost of Services: Contact Center for details. Fees set according to half days and whole days.
Procedure to Obtain Services: Contact Center to schedule an appointment and receive an application. DAY BY DAY CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER 1991 State Route 309, Alger, OH 45812 (419) 634 - 1405 Contact: Sue Mattson Jodi Minnich
Business Hours: Monday - Friday (6:30 am - 6:00 pm)
Services: Day care for children ages 6 weeks to 5 years. Before and after school care for school-aged children. Preschool classes.
Eligibility: Private pay or public assistance.
Procedure to Obtain Services: Call center.
Cost of Services: Contact center for information regarding fees.
Facility Accessibility: Handicapped accessible. FAMILY INFORMATION NETWORK (FIN) 308 E. South St., Coldwater, OH 45828 Telephone (419) 678-8207
Contact: Laura Bruns, Parent Consultant
Services: Information, education, and support to families with children in early intervention.
Eligibility: Families with children eligible for early intervention services.
Procedure to Obtain Services: No referral necessary - just contact office.
Cost of Services: No cost.
Financed by: Ohio Dept. of Health and Bureau of Early Intervention. HARDIN COUNTY WIC (HHWP CAC) 216 w. Franklin St, Kenton, OH 43326 Telephone (419) 675-2000
Contact: Pam Layman, RN
Business Hours: Monday – Wednesday (7:30 am – 12:30 pm; 1:00 pm – 4:30 pm)
Services: WIC provides nutrition counseling and education, supplemental foods and referrals to other service agencies to participants. Supplemental foods are distributed by method of coupon vouchers participants redeem at local stores. These foods are given free of charge after initial appointment in which a nutritional assessment is conducted. We serve pregnant, breast feeding, and post-partum women, infants, and children up to five years of age.
Eligibility: Residents of Hardin County, pregnant, breast feeding, post-partum women, infant, or child under the age of five, below income guidelines set at 185% of poverty level; found to be at medical or nutritional risk as determined by health professional after assessment.
Cost of Services: No cost.
Procedure to Obtain Services: Contact office for appointment.
Facility Accessibility: First floor; handicapped accessible.
Financed by: Federal USDA, Ohio Department of Job and Family Services, Bureau of Nutritional Services, and agency of HHWP Community Action Commission (Findlay). HEAD START (HHWP COMMUNITY ACTION COMMISSION) 348 N. Main St., Kenton, OH 43326 Telephone (419) 674-4433; Fax (419) 674-1282
Contact: Mindy Dyer, Health and Family Service Coordinator Becky Angel, Family Service Coordinator Mandy Mellott, Family Service Coordinator Cheryl Purcell, Education Supervisor
Business Hours: Monday - Friday (8:00 am - 4:30 pm).
Services:
Eligibility: Children ages 3 to kindergarten. Eligibility is based on poverty level income criteria, but up to 10% of enrolled children may be over the income guidelines. Children with documented disabilities receive preference for enrollment.
Procedure to Obtain Services: Contact Head Start office for application.
Cost of Services: No cost.
Facility Accessibility: Transportation may be provided to enrolled children who live within the busing area. Some handicapped accessible classrooms are available.
Financed by: State and Federal Grants.
Head Start Sites in Hardin County:
McGuffey: Forest/Hardin 2 Homebase: McGuffey Church of Christ United Methodist Church 203 Columbus St. 109 E. Dixon St. McGuffey, OH 45859 Forest, OH 45843 419-757-0417 (419) 273 - 2317
Ada: Kenton 1 & 4/Hardin 1 Homebase: United Methodist Church St. John’s United Church of Christ 301 N. Main St, PO Box 255 221 E. Carrol St. Ada, OH 45810 Kenton, OH 43326 (419) 634-8140 (419) 674-4218
Kenton 2 & Kenton 3 Kenton 4 1st Christian Church Simon Kenton School Building 348 N. Main St. 705 N. Ida St. Kenton, OH 43326 Kenton, OH 43326 (419) 674-4433 (419) 674-4158 HELP ME GROW Located at the Childreach Family Center 775 E. Eliza St, Kenton, OH 43326 Telephone (419) 673-1531; Fax (419) 675-0896
Contact: Jennifer Beeson, Project Director
Business Hours: Monday – Friday (8:30 am – 4:30 pm)
Services: Help Me Grow is a program for Ohio’s expectant parents, newborns, infants and toddlers that provides health and developmental services so that children start school healthy and ready to learn. Services are designed with the family’s concerns and goals in mind.
The mission of Help Me Grow is to: · Carry out a county wide, comprehensive, coordinated, multi-disciplinary, interagency system for Hardin County infants and toddlers with developmental delays or disabilities or at risk of developmental delays or disabilities and their families. · Assure that services to families are based on needs and goals determined by parent/provider partnerships · Coordinate existing systems for identification, referral, follow-up and transition of children from birth to three years, with or at risk for disabling conditions. The Help Me Grow program focuses on outreach and child find activities, prenatal visits, newborn home visits, ongoing home visitation, service coordination, IFSP development, family support services, and evaluation to determine eligibility for Early Intervention Specialized Services.
Eligibility: Programming for expectant parents, newborns, infants & toddlers ages birth to three.
Procedure to Obtain Services: Please contact our office.
Cost of Services: None.
Financed by: Help Me Grow is administered through the Ohio Department of Health as lead agency for Part C of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and directed at the local level by the Hardin County Family and Children First Council and the Hardin County MRDD Board. YW Child Care Connections 616 S. Collett St, Suite 203, Lima, OH 45805 Telephone 1-800-992-2916; FAX (419) 225-5465 E-mail: carelink@woh.rr.com
Contact: Karen Burwell, Director
Business Hours: Monday - Friday (8:30 am - 5:00 pm)
Services: Child care resource and referral agency. We provide child-care and provider services in Hardin, Hancock, Wyandot, Van Wert, Mercer, Auglaize, Allen, and Putnam counties. YW Child Care Connections is a service provided to families of all income levels. We help families find child care. There is no cost to be registered with us or to use our service. · For Parents: we provide information on how to choose a child care provider, assist parents in locating child care, refer parents to other needed agencies, and inform parents about child care tax credits. · For Child Care Providers: we provide a registry with names of providers meeting state requirements, training in child development and other related topics, assistance for program start up and expansion, educational brochures, newsletter, and access to our lending library.
Procedure to Obtain Services: Contact office.
Cost of Services: Free.
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