Options for Families and Youth

Social service agency providing foster care, adoption and behavioral health services. Options for Families and Youth (OFY) is a private, non-profit, 501(C)(3), social service agency licensed by the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services since 198...

Social service agency providing foster care, adoption and behavioral health services. Options for Families and Youth (OFY) is a private, non-profit, 501(C)(3), social service agency licensed by the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services since 1989. OFY is as a provider of specialized and emergency foster care services for the Cuyahoga County Department of Children and Family Services (CCDCFS). OFY has served the needs of this population of children/adolescents who have been neglected; physically, sexually and emotionally abused; and deemed dependent by the Juvenile Court system. OFY has addressed the needs of over 3,000 children and adolescents who needed a temporary place to call home while attempts were made to reunify them with their biological families. In 1997, OFY began to provide adoption services to foster parents for the Cuyahoga County system and for our own