{"id":13460,"date":"2012-03-28T19:23:31","date_gmt":"2012-03-28T23:23:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cap4kids.org\/columbus\/2012\/03\/28\/376012213\/"},"modified":"2026-04-07T16:53:41","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T20:53:41","slug":"directions-for-youth-and-families","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cap4kids.org\/columbus\/directions-for-youth-and-families\/","title":{"rendered":"Directions for Youth &amp; Families (DFYF)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Program:<\/strong> Offers mental and behavioral health services for youth and families. Licensed social workers and counselors provide counseling and clinical treatment programs addressing a range of issues including school concerns, sexual abuse, delinquency, domestic violence, family conflict, substance abuse and mental health issues. They also offer parenting classes, free kindergarten readiness programs, and after-school and summer programs at their two youth centers.<br \/>\n<strong>Eligibility:<\/strong> Varies per program, serves those from 6 weeks old up to 21 years old.<br \/>\n<strong>Cost:<\/strong> Government insurance (Medicaid, Molina, Caresource), private insurance and self-pay (sliding scale fees based on income); most programs are free.<strong><br \/>\nReferral: <\/strong>Individuals may refer themselves or be referred by someone else for counseling programs; psychiatric services require referral through a Directions for Youth counselor.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>DFYF Main Office<\/strong>: 1515 Indianola Avenue,\u00a0Columbus, Ohio 43201<br \/>\n(614) 294-2661<\/li>\n<li><strong>Ohio Avenue Youth Center<\/strong>: 657 South Ohio Avenue, Columbus, Ohio 43205<br \/>\n(614) 258-8043<\/li>\n<li><strong>Crittenton Center<\/strong>: 3840 Kimberly Parkway, Columbus, Ohio 43232<br \/>\n(614) 694-0214<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Central Intake:<\/strong> (614) 294-2661<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/dfyf.org\/\">dfyf.org<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Program: Offers mental and behavioral health services for youth and families. Licensed social workers and counselors provide counseling and clinical treatment programs addressing a range of issues including school concerns, sexual abuse, delinquency, domestic violence, family conflict, substance abuse and mental health issues. They also offer parenting classes, free kindergarten readiness programs, and after-school and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[337,328,304,503,325,321,329,356,362,368,648,502,369,645,433,644,435,372,366],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13460","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-abuse-violence-trafficking","category-counseling-for-victims-of-abuse-and-trauma","category-after-school-camps","category-after-school-programs","category-alcohol-and-drug-treatment-and-counseling","category-behavior-counseling-addiction","category-behavior-counseling-psychiatry","category-counseling-support-for-victims","category-early-intervention-development","category-education","category-free-low-cost-after-school","category-free-and-low-cost-camps","category-getting-ready-for-kindergarten","category-medical-camps","category-parenting-foster-care-adoption","category-summer-camps","category-teen-parents","category-tutoring-and-homework-help","category-services-and-therapies-for-young-children-with-special-needs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cap4kids.org\/columbus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13460","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cap4kids.org\/columbus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cap4kids.org\/columbus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cap4kids.org\/columbus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cap4kids.org\/columbus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13460"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.cap4kids.org\/columbus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13460\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44849,"href":"https:\/\/www.cap4kids.org\/columbus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13460\/revisions\/44849"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cap4kids.org\/columbus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13460"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cap4kids.org\/columbus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13460"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cap4kids.org\/columbus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13460"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}