Parent Support Licking County

11/03/2025

🥫💙 Need Food Resources? We’re here to help. 💙🥫 If your family could use some extra support, visit foodpantrynetwork.net or call 740-344-7401 for the most up-to-date information on food resources in your neighborhood.

The Food Pantry Network of Licking County serves households at or below 200% of the federal poverty guidelines. Each household may visit a distribution location once per week.
If you’re unable to attend in person, you can use the proxy process to have someone you trust pick up food for you.

11/03/2025

If you or someone you know has lost their SNAP benefits for November, visit foodpantrynetwork.net/get-food for a list of helpful resources and local food pantries.

10/30/2025

10/30/2025

The best kind of play doesn’t come with rules or instructions.

When kids dig, splash, climb, and explore, nature offers endless surprises—and that’s where real learning and joy happen.

10/30/2025

MEAL SIGN-UPS: LICKING COUNTY ONLY:
We are taking Thanksgiving meal sign-ups! If you are in need, unable to cook, leave the house, or unable to afford a Thanksgiving meal for you and your family, please call 740-345-6026 to inquire about having a meal delivered. You must be home to receive the meal on Thanksgiving morning!

You can also fill out this form below:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScRqrOTQzaqCxg4Pb13K48l7SZfXOjlW62fryHOt891IkN1rg/viewform?usp=dialog

10/30/2025

Here is a list of the local food pantries for Licking County for those that are losing their SNAP benefits for November. Follow the link below for those local resource locations and times! Please share this!

https://www.foodpantrynetwork.net/get-food?fbclid=IwY2xjawNt3apleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETF6MVd6cjk2TFdjR0NDVWxYAR7b9xwF7_NyQsIW-xlfJDpMIJtYdl5xbSIL5Hnb6HFr58a-pJSF0cdtxtzgcw_aem_uxT1j5svZRMSIYYu_uX7GQ

10/30/2025

Want to know one of the simplest, most powerful tools in parenting?

👉 Catch your child being good.

Research from Yale psychologist Alan Kazdin shows that noticing and naming positive behavior — even tiny moments — shapes kids’ brains far more effectively than focusing on what they’re doing wrong.

Instead of: “Stop interrupting.”
Try: “I really like how you waited until I finished talking.”

Every time you name what’s going right, you strengthen the connection and increase the chances your child will do it again. 💛

10/24/2025

The Parent Support program provides you with proven strategies to help your child(ren) reach their full potential. We all want our children to be happy, confident, and successful. Every parent and caregiver can use a little support. Triple P, widely regarded as one of the most effective evidence-based parenting programs, is available free to parents throughout Licking County. MHA’s certified and accredited Parent Support Program Coordinators can give you tips and strategies that really work to make family life more enjoyable and less stressful.

Parents Support Coordinator(s):

Kitty Roahrig- kroahrig@mhalc.org or 740-403-3901

Katie Burkhard- kburkhard@mhalc.org

New classes start in September!

10/08/2025

🧥❄️ Annual Coat Drive ❄️🧥
Join us on Saturday, October 18th from 9 AM – 12 PM at the Look Up Center
Come pick up a free coat, hat, and gloves to stay warm through the winter months ahead! 💙
👉 Please note:
One coat per individual
Each individual MUST be present to receive a coat
Let’s keep our community warm this winter! 🌟