Focus on Youth, Inc.
Joseph Bruns is a seasoned professional with extensive experience in child welfare and quality improvement. Currently serving as the Quality Improvement Coordinator at Focus on Youth, Inc. since October 2021, Joseph previously held various roles, including Child Welfare Caseworker III at Montgomery County from January 2019 to October 2021, and Service and Support Administrator at Hamilton County Developmental Disabilities Services from March 2018 to January 2019. Joseph's career includes experience as a Child Welfare Caseworker at Montgomery County, Personal Health Coach at Humana, and Adoption/Ongoing Caseworker at Butler County Children's Services. Joseph holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Criminal Justice from the University of Cincinnati, obtained between 2000 and 2004.
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Focus on Youth, Inc.
Focus on Youth, Inc., founded and incorporated on February 5, 1992, is a non-profit, faith based foster care, adoption, and behavioral health provider. We are located in southwest Ohio and serve neighboring counties by licensing quality foster and foster-to-adopt homes, and providing behavioral health counseling. The primary services provided by Focus on Youth, Inc. are: * - Recruitment and licensing quality foster homes, both traditional and treatment foster care * - Matching skilled families to youth for placement according the special needs of the youth * - Provision of mental health therapy for youth and families * - Professional training and development programs for foster and adoptive parents, kinship providers, biological parents, the community, and helping professionals. Our staff has many years of experience in foster care and adoption, not only as social workers, but also adoptive parents, siblings to foster and adopted youth, and some of our staff were adopted as youth. Our well trained, skilled staff will assist you with making the best decision for you and your family on becoming a foster family. Because of our experience in screening, assessing, training, and licensing foster parents, we offer quality foster parent and adoptive parent homes that provide stability, structure, and nurturing to youth of all in need.