Focus on Youth, Inc.
Rachel Smith is an experienced professional in youth advocacy and education with a Bachelor's degree in Social Work from The Ohio State University. Since June 2023, Rachel has served as a Wendy’s Wonderful Kids Recruiter at Focus on Youth, Inc. Previously, Rachel held roles at the National Youth Advocate Program (NYAP) as a Treatment Advocate and Bridges Liaison from August 2021 to April 2023. At Childtime Learning Centers, Rachel worked as a Pre Kindergarten Teacher and Preschool Teacher from November 2018 to May 2022. Additional experience includes serving as a Program Leader for After-School All-Stars Ohio from September 2016 to May 2018 and as a Camp Counselor at LifeSports in June 2017.
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.