Stark County Family Council is the Regional Prevention Coordinator of the Northeast Ohio Regional Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Council, which serves 11 counties: Ashland, Columbiana, Holmes, Lorain, Mahoning, Medina, Portage, Stark, Summit, Trumbull and Wayne.

In this role, we carry out the work of the Ohio Children’s Trust Fund in these counties.

The Ohio Children’s Trust Fund has a very simple goal: “to prevent child abuse and neglect through investing in strong communities, healthy families and safe children.”

To ensure that, we focus on parents, caregivers and professionals who serve families. When the people who surround children have the support and resources they need, then children get the nurturing environments they deserve. What we value above all else are strong Ohio families — of all types. Visit our partner's website to learn more about Ohio Children's Trust Fund.

 

What We Do

As Northeast Ohio’s sole, dedicated public funding source for child abuse and neglect prevention, we are responsible for: 

  • Providing grants to other agencies and nonprofits that provide programs in their communities. We focus on programs based on evidence to show their effectiveness.
  • Providing resources and education to parents and caregivers to help them manage stress, find support and services and build stronger foundations for their families.
  • Providing training and education to professionals who provide services to families.

All of these activities add up to support our goal of providing children in Ohio with the best chance at safe and healthy childhoods.

Available Funding Opportunities

The Ohio Children's Trust Fund and Stark County Family Council announce the availability of funds to provide child abuse and neglect prevention programming for Northeast Ohio. The eleven county region consists of: Ashland, Columbiana, Holmes, Lorain, Mahoning, Medina, Portage, Stark, Summit, Trumbull and Wayne counties. This is a competitive Request for Grant Application process. The application packet can be found by clicking this link: SFY 2026 & 2027 Northeast Region RFGA Packet

 

Applications under this announcement must be received by the Northeast Ohio Regional Prevention Coordinator no later than 3:00 p.m. on April 28, 2025. The application packet and any attachments must be emailed to jennifer.brindle@apps.sparcc.org. No faxed or paper application packets will be accepted. Please include the following in the subject line of your email: "Name of Organization - Request for NE Ohio Regional Prevention Council Funding." The Letter of Intent is due on April 2, 2025 - no later than 3:00 p.m. 

Each complete proposal will be considered by the NE Ohio Regional Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Council RFGA Review Committee. Any applicant who fails to submit a complete application packet to the NE Ohio Regional Prevention Council will not receive consideration. 

Once you submit your application packet electronically, you will receive an email confirming receipt. If you do not receive a confirmation email within 4 business days after submitting your application packet, please contact Jennifer Brindle at jennifer.brindle@apps.sparcc.org. 

 

COORDINATED COMMUNITY CARE

For stronger youth and stronger families

Stark County Family Council has had an enormous impact on child and family outcomes in Stark County. Our number one priority is helping families obtain and sustain wellness and stay together. Our efforts have increased our county's ability to maximize resources, generate additional state and federal revenue, develop needed programs and services and build capacity to serve children and families. 

When the families of Stark County win, we all win.