Geauga Family First Council is a collaborative, interagency organization designed to meet the diverse needs of families living within Geauga County through a unified system of services. The Council is strongly committed to removing barriers for multi-need children through prevention, early intervention and an inter-system provision of services which support the entire family.
Many families within Geauga County require the support of more than one agency. As a result, over the past several years the Council has helped to develop and now funds a broad continuum of community-based services for these families.
Most of the children and adolescents served by the Geauga Family First Council are in need of assistance such as:
- Child development/early intervention programming
- Health services
- Juvenile justice intervention
- Mental health and substance abuse counseling
- Social services
- Special education
Geauga Family First Council provides the framework for county agencies to coordinate collaborative efforts and take a proactive approach to sharing information, discussing areas of concern that impact both families and services, and developing community solutions to identified issues.
The following are dates for the Geauga Family First Council:
- January 25
- *February 22
- March 21
- *April 18
- May 16
- *June 20
- July 18
- *August 15
- September 19
- *October 17
- November 21
- *December 19
Meetings are held at 2:00 p.m. on the third Monday of the month (except when legal holiday).
*These meetings are held at the Mental Health Board Office located at 13244 Ravenna Rd in Chardon, all others are at JFS, located at 12480 Ravenwood Dr in Chardon.
For more information visit the Geauga Family First Council website.
