CARING FOR KIDS INC
EIN 34-1796454 · Foster Care (P32)
What they do
DURING THE 2024-2025 FISCAL YEAR CFK SERVICED 337 FOSTER and ADOPTIVE FAMILIES, 207 INFANTS and CHILDREN IN FOSTER CARE/ADOPTIVE PLACEMENTS and 125 EXPECTANT PARENTS. CARING for KIDS (CFK) HAS BEEN OPERATING SINCE 1996 CERTIFYING FOSTER CAREGIVERS and APPROVING PRE-ADOPTIVE PARENTS to ADOPT. CFK is A FULL-SERVICE FOSTER CARE and ADOPTION AGENCY LICENSED BY THE OHIO DEPARTMENT of JOB and FAMILY SERVICES (ODJFS). CFK HAS MULTIPLE PROGRAMS SERVING THE NEEDS of VULNERABLE CHILDREN IN THE CUSTODY of THE PUBLIC CHILD WELFARE SYSTEM, FOSTER CAREGIVERS PROVIDING CARE for THESE CHILDREN, PRE- ADOPTIVE PARENTS HOPING to ADOPT A CHILD or SIBLING GROUP, and BIRTH MOTHERS (AND BIRTH FATHERS) WHO CHOOSE to MAKE A VOLUNTARY ADOPTION PLAN for THEIR NEWBORNS. OVER THE PAST 15 YEARS, CFK HAS EXPERIENCED SIGNIFICANT GROWTH and EXPANSION IN THE SERVICES IT PROVIDES and THE NUMBER of CHILDREN and FAMILIES THE AGENCY SERVES.
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About this charity
- Recognized since
- January 1996
- Location
- 1100 GRAHAM RD CIRCLE, CUYAHOGA FALLS, OH 44224-2901
- County
- Summit
- In care of
- % PATRICIA MILLER