Mended Reeds, Inc.
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Mended Reeds is a private non-profit 501(c)(3) childcare agency dedicated to serving the needs of children that have been abused, neglected, or are otherwise dependent. Mended Reeds is licensed by the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services to provide residential shelter, foster care, adoption, and treatment services. Mended Reeds is also certified to provide on-site public education.
Mended Reeds was formed in 1999 as a faith-based ministry and has grown since that time to further meet the needs of rural children. The founders, David and Rebecca Lambert, resigned from their professional careers, researched the childcare industry in southern Ohio, and developed the agency. David, formerly an electrical engineer and Vice-President of an energy company, is now the executive director. Rebecca is now a licensed social worker (MSW).
The organization was formed in 1999 and licensed to provide foster care in 2001. The initial years of development was dedicated to learning more about the childcare industry, considering best practices, and raising the necessary funds to start operations. The first office was a borrowed area on the second floor of the Lambert, McWhorter & Bowling law firm. In 2002, Mended Reeds renovated and opened the former Shadybrook Restaurant as a new Boys Shelter Home. The first resident was placed in September.