NCJ Number
230979
Journal
Children, Families, and the Courts - Ohio Bulletin Volume: 4 Issue: 2 Dated: 2008 Pages: 1-24
Date Published
2008
Length
24 pages
Annotation
This bulletin presents an overview of the 2008 Ohio Summit on Children (Summit) where community leaders met to focus on efforts to improve child safety, well-being, and stability in their home communities.
Abstract
In May 2008, the Ohio Summit on Children (Summit) was convened with participation from 79 of Ohio's 88 counties. The Summit was a forum to be utilized to initiate local plans to improve child safety, well-being and stability and to make recommendations for state-level improvements. The overarching goals of the Summit were to increase local interagency collaboration and to identify ways that the state could support county efforts to work effectively together. This bulletin briefly examines the Summit, highlights some of the planning tools developed for the conference and their online availability, summarizes detail reflected in counties' initial planning agendas, and categorizes the recommendations for state-level improvements. The bulletin concludes with the next steps for the local planning teams. Exhibits and Ohio Updates