Kids’ Team is the multidisciplinary team (MDT) of the local child advocacy center, Kids’ Place.  This team is made up of agencies and professionals in Licking County that respond when a report of child abuse is made, including law enforcement, child protective services, medical professionals, mental health therapists, victim advocates, prosecutors and probation officers.  Kids’ Team meets monthly to review and discuss cases that involve child sexual or physical abuse.  

The primary objective of Kids’ Team is to focus at all times on the well-being of the child victim and avoid any unnecessary trauma to the child and their non-offending caretaker.

Agencies represented on the Kids’ Team are:

• Licking County Department of Jobs & Family Services/Children Services
  
• Licking County Prosecutor’s Office
  
• Newark City Law Director’s Office
  
• Licking County Law Enforcement

               - Licking County Sheriff
               - Newark Police
               - Heath Police
               - Hebron Police
               - Pataskala Police
               - Johnstown Police
               - Buckeye Lake Police
               - Utica Police
               - Union Township Police
               - Granville Police
               - Hartford Village Police
               - Reynoldsburg Police

• Licking County Victim Services
  
• Licking County Adult Court Services
  
• Licking County  Juvenile-Probate Court
  
• Licking Memorial Pediatrics
  
• Mid-Ohio Psychological Services, Inc.
  
• Transitions Counseling Center
  
• The Woodlands
  
• Behavioral Healthcare Partners of Central Ohio, Inc.
  
• PBJ Connections