Providing quality care for children in the spirit of Christian love

Our Mission: Foster Care to Success

Adriel has a long and rich history of caring for children in need. Founded as the Mennonite Children’s home in 1896, Adriel’s mission has always focused on serving those children who either have no family or whose family environment is not safe or healthy. Children come to Adriel from an unsafe situation, to foster care to success.

As the needs of children and families have changed, Adriel has adapted and expanded its services to meet them. Today, Adriel provides foster care, counseling, and independent living services for children, kinship and adoption home study services for families, and family preservation services to help children and families stay together.

How We Approach Our Mission

All of our programs use the Teaching-Family Model of Care, an evidence-based practice model that reinforces positive behavior and diminishes negative behavior. This model helps empower children to make good decisions for their lives and facilitates foster care to success.

Our agency is licensed by the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS) and certified by the Ohio Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services  (ODMHAS) to provide counseling services. Adriel is also accredited by the Council on Accreditation (COA), an achievement that indicates adherence to “best practice” standards of care. Adriel is a member of the Ohio Children’s Alliance.

 

What does Foster Care to Success Mean?

Foster Care to Success acknowledges that foster care is a step along a journey for the child, not an end goal. It is not intended or expected to be a permanent situation. Success usually means one of three things:

  1. The child and birth family (parents and/or other legal “kinship” guardians) are safely reunited for a sustainable future.
  2. The child is adopted by the foster parent or another suitable adoptive family (often through kinship care).
  3. The child transitions safely to adulthood, often with the help of the Bridges Program for young adults ages 18-21 if and when the child “ages out” of foster care.

Ultimately, foster care to success means that the child is loved, cared for, and given all of the opportunities all children deserve. Sometimes it can take a try or two before the child finds the right long-term solution, but working with Adriel can help increase the chances of a positive outcome.

Adriel's Mission

Providing quality care for children in the spirit of Christian love. 


Adriel's Vision

Until every child lives in a safe and loving home, Adriel will be
a premier provider of exceptional care for children in need. 

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