Van Wert County

Community Resources

Adult Protective Services

1-800-830-0953 

Area Agency on Aging (Elder Information & Referral)
Long - Term Care Ombudsman

1-800-653-7723
1-800-653-7778

Child Support Enforcement

1-800-830-0954

Children's Protective Services

1-800-830-0953

Crisis Line

1-800-523-3978

County Department of Developmental Disabilities
(formerly MRDD)
Department of Developmental Disabilities

(419) 238-1514

Department of Rehabilitation and Corrections
(resources following incarceration)
Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction

web search only

Domestic Violence
Crisis Care Line

(419) 238-4357

Emergency Shelter Homeless Men

no services within county

Emergency Shelter Homeless Women/Children
YWCA

(419) 238-6639

Financial/Utilities
Northwestern Ohio Community Action Commission
(currently serving Van Wert County)

(419) 238-4454

Food

(419) 238-6689

Foreclosure
Save The Dream Ohio

1-888-404-4674

Housing

 no current listing 

Housing HUD
HUD subsidized housing

web search only

Information/Referral
United Way (available 9:00am - 5:00pm) 

(419) 238-6689

Kinship Navigator (relative responsible for care of a child)
contact Van Wert County Job & Family services for information

1-800-830-0953

Legal Aid
Legal Aid Line

1-888-534-1432

Mental Health (Alcohol, Drug, Mental Health)
Mercer, Van Wert & Paulding ADAMH board

(419) 238-5464

NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness)

1-800-950-NAMI (6264)

Ohio Department of Job & Family Services
Van Wert County Job & Family Services

1-800-830-0953

Rape
RAINN (Rape, Abuse, Incest National Network) 

1-800-656-HOPE (4673)

Social Security Hotline
Social Security Administration

1-800-772-1213

Transportation
Council on Aging

(419) 238-5011

Veterans Services
Van Wert County Veterans Affairs Office

(419) 238-9592