Holmes County Family & Children First

What Holmes County Family & Children First does

Holmes County Family & Children First (legal name: Family & Children First Council of Holmes County) is a county government council established under Ohio Revised Code 121.37(B)(1)(a-n), which mandates that each Ohio board of county commissioners establish a Family & Children First Council. Headquartered at the Holmes County Department of Job and Family Services in Millersburg, Ohio, the council coordinates services for families with children ages birth through 24 who are engaged with multiple systems or agencies. Its core offering is a four-stage Service Coordination process (Referral, Initial Team Meeting, Plan Implementation with 90-day reviews, and Transition) that convenes all relevant agencies to produce a single written service plan, supplemented by a published Resource Directory, an Information Referral Exchange via United Way WHIRE, and curated links to early childhood, family support, and suicide prevention resources.

The council is a 21-member governance body (15 statutory, plus non-statutory seats) with a quorum of 11 and two-thirds threshold of 14. Membership spans Help Me Grow, Mental Health & Recovery Board of Wayne and Holmes County, OneEighty, Holmes County Health Department, Kno-Ho-Co Head Start, the Holmes County Board of Developmental Disabilities, West Holmes and East Holmes Local Schools, The Counseling Center, Anazao Community Partners, OSU Extension, the Public Library, Family Life Counseling, Love INC, and United Way WHIRE, with JFS acting as fiscal agent. Andrea Hysell serves as Council Coordinator; Mark Woods as Chair; Becky Starner as Vice Chair.

The business model is government-funded and non-commercial. There are no fees charged to families; the council is sustained by county appropriations, partner agency contributions, and in-kind hosting by DJFS. It does not raise venture capital, has no parent company, no subsidiaries, and no disclosed revenue. GTM motion is community-led: families are reached through partner-agency referrals, the public website, and community events. The entity is operationally a public administrative body rather than a commercial enterprise, and the technology stack is limited to a website, a Word/PDF resource directory, and a PDF referral intake form, with no proprietary platform, API, or AI/ML capabilities.

Name

Holmes County Family & Children First

Legal name

Family & Children First Council of Holmes County

Website

https://holmescountyfcfc.org

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Holmes County Family & Children First is a county government council mandated under Ohio Revised Code 121.37 that coordinates services for Holmes County, Ohio families with children ages birth through 24 engaged across multiple agencies. It is funded by county appropriations and partner agency contributions and does not charge families.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Family & Children Social Services

NAICS

Child and Youth Services (62411), Other Individual and Family Services (624190)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Family Resource Centers & Wraparound Support Services (EDACALAH)

Keywords

• Family service coordination
• Children youth services
• Community resource referral
• Multi-agency coordination
• Early childhood intervention

Headquarters

HQ city

Millersburg

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Others

Revenue model

1. Government Funding: The council operates as a government-mandated entity under Ohio Revised Code 121.37, established by the Holmes County Board of County Commissioners. Funding comes from county government allocations and partner agency contributions.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Holmes County Family & Children First Council coordinates multi-agency services for families with children ages birth through 24 in Holmes County, Ohio. The council facilitates service coordination by bringing together partner organizations to develop unified written service plans, conducts 90-day progress reviews, and connects families to early childhood, mental health, education, and social service resources. All services are provided free of charge through a network of 21+ member agencies.

Product overview

Holmes County Family & Children First is a county government council (not a technology company) that provides a coordinated service delivery system for families with children ages birth through 24. The organization operates a network-based model combining Service Coordination as its core offering with complementary Resource Directory, Information Referral Exchange, Early Childhood Services, and Family Support Programs. These services connect families with multiple community agencies through a single coordinated point of access rather than representing a software platform or technology product.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Service Coordination A coordinated service delivery model that brings together multiple agencies to help children and families access needed services through a single, organized written plan. Families participate in planning, and all organizations meet together to develop and review the plan on a 90-day cycle. Eligible to any family with a child aged birth through 24 already engaged with more than one system or agency.
• Holmes County Resource Directory A comprehensive directory of community resources available to families in Holmes County, including resource cards and phone directories for local services. Provided as a downloadable document on the council's website.
• Information Referral Exchange Partnership with United Way WHIRE providing information and referral services to connect families with community resources and support programs.
• Early Childhood Services Programs and resources supporting early childhood development, including Help Me Grow Early Intervention, Red Treehouse, Dolly Parton Imagination Library, Head Start, and the Holmes County Health Department, for families with young children.
• Family Support Programs Connecting families to support services through referrals to Help Me Grow, OneEighty, Mental Health and Recovery Board, Department of Job & Family Services, Head Start, Love INC, and the Health Department.

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Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

16 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Holmes County Department of Job & Family ServicescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHost location for council meetings; provides fiscal agent services; key agency partner for family services coordination
• Help Me GrowcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEarly childhood development services; Vice Chair Becky Starner serves as Help Me Grow representative; provides early intervention services
• Mental Health & Recovery Board of Wayne and Holmes CountycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNicole Williams serves as representative; provides mental health services coordination for families
• OneEightycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTina Zickefoose serves as representative; provides community support and counseling services
• Holmes County Health DepartmentcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMichael Derr and Rebecca Starner serve as representatives; provides public health services for families
• Head Start (Kno-Ho-Co)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLaurie Ettwiler serves as representative; provides early childhood education services
• Holmes County Board of Developmental DisabilitiescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMarianne Mader serves as representative; provides developmental disability services
• United Way WHIREminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerInformation and referral exchange partner for connecting families to community resources
• Love INC of Greater Holmes CountyminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFaith-based community organization; Vicki Conn serves as representative; transforms lives and communities in the Name of Christ
• West Holmes Local SchoolscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEric Jurkovic serves as representative; educational partner for family services
• East Holmes Local School DistrictcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerErik Beun serves as representative; educational partner for family services
• The Counseling CentercoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJeff Bradford serves as representative; provides counseling services to families
• Anazao Community PartnersminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMark Woods serves as Council Chair; community health partner
• Holmes County OSU ExtensionminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerKate Shumaker serves as representative; provides educational outreach services
• Holmes County Public LibraryminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPaula Cicconetti serves as representative; provides educational and community resources
• Family Life CounselingminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMental health and counseling services partner

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights1 record

Direct peers

• Stark County Family & Children First Council: Another Ohio county FCFC delivering the same statutory service coordination, family-driven unified planning, and multi-agency council governance model to children and families in its county.
• Wayne County Family & Children First Council: Ohio county FCFC that shares the Mental Health & Recovery Board of Wayne and Holmes Counties with Holmes County FCFC, making it a directly comparable peer with overlapping partner networks and identical statutory mandate.
• Coshocton County Family & Children First Council: Adjacent Ohio county FCFC that shares the Kno-Ho-Co Head Start program with Holmes County FCFC, providing an apples-to-apples comparison across the same statutory service coordination framework.
• Guernsey County Family & Children First Council: Another Ohio county FCFC delivering the same mandated multi-agency coordination, 90-day review process, and family support services to children and families within its county.
• Muskingum County Family & Children First Council: Ohio county FCFC operating under identical Ohio Revised Code 121.37 authority, with comparable service coordination process, council structure, and family-driven unified planning methodology.
• Tuscarawas County Family & Children First Council: Neighboring Ohio county FCFC operating under the same Ohio Revised Code 121.37 mandate, with the same service coordination model and county-level council structure serving families and children in its region.
• Carroll County Family & Children First Council: Small, rural Ohio county FCFC that mirrors Holmes County FCFC's structure and rural-county operating context under the same Ohio Revised Code 121.37 statutory framework.

Others

• Ohio Family and Children First (state office): State-level office that provides policy guidance, training, and oversight for all 88 Ohio county FCFCs. Comparable as the systemic umbrella for the same family-and-children-first coordination framework Holmes County FCFC operates within.
• Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS): State-level agency that serves as fiscal agent and oversight body for Ohio's county FCFCs, including Holmes County. Not a direct peer in service delivery, but the central coordinating and funding authority that defines the council's operating context.

Emerging players

• Help Me Grow (Ohio): Statewide Ohio early intervention and home visiting program that is a core partner of Holmes County FCFC. Comparable in that it delivers coordinated, family-centered support services to young children and families, with overlapping target population and referral pathways.

Market position

Strengths2 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

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Profiles3 records

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