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The Cuyahoga County Division of Senior and Adult Services (DSAS) works with 37 senior center sites throughout the County to provide services such as transportation, congregate meals, enrichment activities and adult day care. Some of them have begun to offer services again under the new COVID-19 guidelines.

Cuyahoga County residents who have Limited English-Proficiency (LEP) can speak to local eligibility specialists who speak a language they’re more comfortable with when calling the Cuyahoga Job and Family Services Contact Center.

Ninety-two percent of LGBTQ youth believe they can have a happy adult life if they have an extremely accepting family. That’s why we’re recognizing National Coming Out Day and highlighting ways we can all be accepting, supportive and affirming of the people in our community.

Many of the children and families served by DCFS have multiple complex issues and barriers to stability. Whether they are impacted by substance abuse, mental health concerns, domestic violence, or joblessness, the more issues they face, the harder it is to treat them. That is why DCFS has created the Early Childhood Mental Health Unit. This unit provides more intense interventions with children and families to help them through their issues. Learn more about the ECMH Unit and the story of one particular child’s success as a result of these interventions.

Two years after Canopy Child Advocacy Center opened, Cuyahoga County families see the benefits. In November 2018, a host of major child and family provider organizations came together to share resources to provide better coordinated services to children impacted by sexual abuse and later added victims of human trafficking. Since that time over 1,100 children and their families have benefited from the expertise of wrap around services from some of the best multi-disciplinary practitioners in our community. Learn more about the special role of Canopy Child Advocacy Center.

September is National Recovery Month, a time to educate the public about substance use treatment and mental health services that can help people live healthy and rewarding lives. The Sobriety Treatment and Recovery Teams (START) department at the Division of Children and Family Services provides specialized interventions for families working with the child welfare system when a parent has a diagnosed chemical dependency.