Our mission is to protect children who are in danger of harm and unable to protect themselves.
When you choose a partner for yourself, you are choosing for your child too. Your baby is counting on you to make the right decision. Never leave your child with someone you don't trust with your child's life.
Far too often, a child is abused or even killed when left in the care of a parent's partner.
In Ohio, data shows that of those children who were killed, the biological parent was responsible in 61% of the reviews. The mother's partner was cited in 28% of the reviews.
(Ohio Department of Health; Child Fatality Eighth Annual Report, September, 2008)
According to data from the Ohio Child Fatality Ninth Annual Review, which was submitted by the Ohio Department of Health and Ohio Children's Trust Fund, 30% of child abuse and neglect deaths involved a parent's partner as the alleged perpetrator.
Ask yourself these questions:
If you answered yes to even one of these questions, your child might be at risk!
When signs of risk are identified:
Resources to call:
A.L.I.V.E
Family and Children First Council
Jefferson County Department of Job and Family Services
The Help Line
Trinity Health System