Valor Home Can Be Like Family to Homeless Veterans

January 3, 2017 Watch the video here! LORAIN, Ohio – Vietnam veteran Leonard Miller may have been laid to rest last November without any family present, but he didn’t die alone. Among the more than 40 people who filled a room at the Andras Crematory & Funeral Home in Lorain for his memorial service, then…

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F&CS and Portage Industries, Inc. Partner to Create New DD Program

October 21, 2016 RAVENNA, Ohio – Oct. 13, 2016 – Family and Community Services, Inc. (F&CS) and Portage Industries, Inc. held a meeting last night to announce their collaborative new developmental disabilities program, Unified Resources (UR). UR is combination of Family and Community Services’ Emerald Transportation and POWERCorps programs along with the employment offered by…

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F&CS and Kent State University Partnership

June 8, 2016 Family and Community Services has partnered with Kent State University to offer employees, constituents and their families exceptional educational opportunities through flexible, high quality and relevant academic programs. Through its regionally accredited online Master’s programs, Kent State University can help you meet your personal and professional goals. Kent State’s programs are designed…

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COA Public Comment Opportunity

February 23, 2016 The Council on Accreditation (COA), a national accrediting entity designated by the US Department of State to provide Hague Accreditation and Approval, invites the public to provide comment on inter-country adoption service providers seeking Hague Accreditation, Approval or Renewal. You are invited to provide comments through COA’s website here.

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PCARS Donation

November 25, 2015 The Portage County Amateur Radio Service (PCARS) presented Mark Frisone, chief executive officer of Family & Community Services, Inc., with a donation of $3,857 to support the efforts of the Center of Hope in Ravenna. Rick Kruis, president of PCARS, and Jim Wilson, vice president, presented Frisone with the donation. “This is…

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