Community Resources

Directions for Youth & Families has partnered with Smart Columbus and the City of Columbus to offer digital skills classes to residents at no-cost. Eligible participants will receive a FREE large screen device upon course completion. If you or someone you know is interested in joining, visit the link below.

Register Here: https://www.connectcentralohio.com/digital-skills-hub/

Location: Crittenton Community Center (3840 Kimberly Parkway N.)

CEO, the Center for Employment Opportunities, can help you get and keep a job. Offering job-readiness training, transitional employment, advanced training, job coaching and placement, and retention services.

Legal Aid of Southeast and Central Ohio (LASCO) offers free noncriminal legal help for people with low income, veterans, and seniors in 36 counties. We work every day to make sure you are treated fairly. Have a legal question about family law, housing, public benefits, or another noncriminal issue? Contact us.

Columbus Urban League's My Brother’s Closet in partnership with Goodwill Columbus provides FREE Mens Business Attire to qualifying individuals. From office wear to hands-on work attire, we equip you with the tools to step boldly into your future.

Click the link below to learn more about current programming at the Barnett Branch!

3227 E. Livingston Avenue

Eternity Ballour | Barnett Branch | eballour@columbuslibrary.org

Yasmine Abukaff | Barnett Branch | Yabukaff@columbuslibrary.org

The program's services and resources are designed to foster stable family relationships, enhance children's physical and emotional well-being, and establish an environment to develop strong cognitive skills.

The transition from preschool to kindergarten imposes diverse developmental challenges that include requiring the children to engage successfully with their peers outside of the family network, adjust to the space of a classroom, and meet the expectations the school setting provides.

Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library of Ohio mails children one free book each month until his or her fifth birthday.
Any child between birth - age five in Ohio can sign up for this free book gifting program!

Research shows that a child’s brain is 80% developed before turning three. The Imagination Library’s high-quality, age-appropriate books help children develop critical early literacy skills before starting kindergarten.

Individual counseling is available for grieving children and teens ages 5-19 in the community.

Licensed counselors address typical responses to grief and loss; healthy ways to express, navigate, and cope with their loss. and ways to remember and honor the person who died.

Interested parents and guardians can call 614-566-1728 or email youthgrief@ohiohealth.com to request services.