{"id":28178,"date":"2018-08-21T14:53:04","date_gmt":"2018-08-21T18:53:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cap4kids.org\/columbus\/?p=28178"},"modified":"2025-03-20T14:18:41","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T18:18:41","slug":"bridges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cap4kids.org\/columbus\/bridges\/","title":{"rendered":"Bridges: For Young Adults Transitioning out of Foster Care"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A voluntary program for young adults who left foster care in Ohio at age 18-21 and who are in school, working, participating in an employment program, or have a medical condition that prevents them from going to school or working. Participants are matched with a Bridges Liaison who can help with setting goals and accessing services, such as help with housing, education, employment, and well-being. Liaisons work with participants to meet their unique, individual needs as they transition to adulthood. Fill out the online application or call your region&#8217;s office.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Central Region<\/strong>: (614) 568-9428<br \/>\nCounties: \u00a0Delaware, Fairfield, Fayette, Franklin, Hardin, Hocking, Jackson, Knox, Licking, Logan, Madison, Marion, Morrow, Pickaway, Ross, Union, Vinton<\/li>\n<li><strong>Northeast Region<\/strong>: (614) 490-4357<br \/>\nCounties: Ashland, Ashtabula, Columbiana, Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake, Lorain, Mahoning, Medina, Portage, Richland, Stark, Summit, Trumbull, Wayne<\/li>\n<li><strong>Northwest Region: <\/strong>(614) 655-8259<br \/>\nCounties: Allen, Auglaize, Crawford, Defiance, Erie, Fulton, Hancock, Henry, Huron, Lucas, Mercer, Ottawa, Paulding, Putnam, Sandusky, Seneca, Van Wert, Williams, Wood, Wyandot<\/li>\n<li><strong>Southeast Region<\/strong>: (614) 869-3889<br \/>\nCounties: \u00a0Athens, Belmont, Carroll, Coshocton, Gallia, Guernsey, Harrison, Holmes, Jefferson, Lawrence, Meigs, Monroe, Morgan, Muskingum, Noble, Perry, Tuscarawas, Washington<\/li>\n<li><strong>Southwest Region<\/strong>: (614) 568-6596<br \/>\nCounties: Adams, Brown, Butler, Champaign, Clark, Clermont, Clinton, Darke, Greene, Hamilton, Highland, Miami, Montgomery, Pike, Preble, Scioto, Shelby, Warren<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Apply Online Here: <a href=\"https:\/\/oca.socialsolutionsportal.com\/apricot-intake\/0d5dba79-b9fa-4ae6-9477-943ed3540ed0\">oca.socialsolutionsportal.com\/apricot-intake\/0d5dba79-b9fa-4ae6-9477-943ed3540ed0<\/a><br \/>\nMain Website: <a href=\"https:\/\/jfs.ohio.gov\/child-and-adult-protection-foster-and-adoption\/services-for-families-and-children\/bridges\/overview\">jfs.ohio.gov\/child-and-adult-protection-foster-and-adoption\/services-for-families-and-children\/bridges\/overview<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A voluntary program for young adults who left foster care in Ohio at age 18-21 and who are in school, working, participating in an employment program, or have a medical condition that prevents them from going to school or working. Participants are matched with a Bridges Liaison who can help with setting goals and accessing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[488,368,386,437,401,589,433,379,387,617,492,577],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28178","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-autism","category-education","category-employment-training-volunteering","category-foster-care","category-housing","category-housing-advice","category-parenting-foster-care-adoption","category-post-graduation-planning","category-programs-for-teens-and-young-adults","category-puberty-life-transitions","category-teens","category-transition"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cap4kids.org\/columbus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28178","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\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cap4kids.org\/columbus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28178"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.cap4kids.org\/columbus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28178\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42303,"href":"https:\/\/www.cap4kids.org\/columbus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28178\/revisions\/42303"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cap4kids.org\/columbus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28178"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cap4kids.org\/columbus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28178"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cap4kids.org\/columbus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28178"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}