Risk Factors

Risk factors play a part in a child’s emotional development making recreation, enrichment and educational programs even more important.  OCF respects the privacy of its applicants;  we have not conducted any study but know that at least some of these factors exist for more than a few our families. 


·        Poverty or financial problems

·        Single parent homes – issues of divorce, separation, loss from death, or incarceration of a parent

·        Foster home placement

·        Substance abuse

·        Physical and/or emotional disability

·        Family illness

·        Violence in the family – abuse and neglect

·       Frequent or multiple moves

·        Sibling crises