Board

Children Services is governed by an 11-member volunteer board. Ten members are appointed by the County Commissioners, and one is the chair of the Citizens Advisory Committee (CAC). The Franklin County Children Services Board provides leadership, experience, commitment and expertise to assure that the agency is financially responsible and programmatically effective. The Board establishes policy for the agency and directly hires the executive director, who is responsible for agency operations.

The Franklin County Children Services Board meets at 855 W. Mound Street in the third-floor board room on the last Thursday of each month. Click here for more information about board meetings.

For more information:
614-275-2650
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Members

Children Services Mourns Loss of Past Board Member Jerry Hammond

Former Franklin County Children Services board member and Columbus City Council President Jerry S. Hammond, Sr., died early Wednesday morning on August 25, 2010. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family at this time. For more information, read the NBC 4 story here.

Citizens Advisory Committee

The Citizens Advisory Committee is comprised of volunteers representing very diverse backgrounds within our community. All members are reviewed by application and then appointed by the Children Services Board. We are a caring group of individuals devoted to giving children additional opportunities that are not a part of the traditional foster care experience. Among the many ways we promote and support the agency’s mission, a key focus is granting requests from children in foster care for monies that afford them the things in life which cannot be provided to them with the county’s allocated tax dollars. In 2010, the committee will focus on increasing supportive services for the agency’s kinship program. To apply for CAC membership, please complete and return the membership application form. Click here to see a photo of CAC members.