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A Publication of Mahoning County Children Services |
October 2009 |
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Strategic Planning Committee
The Strategic Planning Committee held it’s 8th session on
October 9, 2009 at 8:00 a.m.
The facilitators for our Strategic Plan are Dr. Joseph Mosca,
Dean of the Bitonte College of Health and Human Services at
Youngstown State University and David Arnold, LISW-S, CEO of the
Family Service Agency.
Dr. Joseph Mosca & David Arnold
Issues regarding agency community relations were discussed, with
Public Relations scheduled for the next meeting. With the plan
coming to completion, the next and possibly final session was
scheduled for October 22, 2009 at 8:00 a.m.
Strategic Planning Committee:
Denise Stewart, Brad Price, Cathy Gagliardi, Louis Wainwright, Amy
Chismar, Dan Thomas, Dave Macek, Floree Stubbs, Gretchen Bowman,
Carolyn Taylor, Anna Marie Jones, Gloria Sanchez, Becky Haddle,
Julie Rudolph, Katrina Simms, Brad Smith, Theresa Pancoe,
Patrick Carlini, Nancy Sefchik and MCCS Board Members
-for more information please contact your department representatives.
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Recruitment Events
By Theresa Pancoe, MSSA, LSW
Community Education Specialist
Canfield Fair
"Something to Crow About"
September 2 - September 7, 2009
Glenna Ress working the Canfield Fair Booth
Our theme this year was “Get Aboard the
Adoption Train”. This year we promoted Child Abuse/Neglect
Prevention, Foster/Adoptive Parent Recruitment, Internet Safety
and the One Church, One Child Program.
We would like to extend a VERY SPECIAL THANK YOU to Crouse Mills
True Value Store for providing us with the model train for our
Booth (for the 12th year!) & donating a model train for us to
raffle off to the Community! We had 843 entries and the winner of
the train is Olympia and Mya Phifer!
Thank you to all our staff that volunteered to work the booth! It
was a very successful year for our Recruitment efforts with 57
individuals signing up for information on how to become a foster
or adoptive family in Mahoning County! We are very proud of Cathy
Gagliardi, Family Services Chief Supervisor, who signed up 11
people during her shift! WAY TO RECRUIT CATHY!
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Ohio's Waiting Children
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A family is the most important thing a child
can have. Every child has a right to a permanent family – a family
where he or she can be loved, cared for, and kept safe.
Unfortunately in Ohio more than 3,500 children do not have a
family to call their own.
We need help finding families for these children. Mahoning County
has a great need for families that want to adopt children with
special needs, teens and sibling groups!
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