CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - Families searching for missing loved ones in Cleveland will now have access to dedicated social work support through a new collaboration between Cleveland Missing and the May Dugan Center.

The Cleveland Family Center for Missing Children and Adults has hired its first part-time social worker to work specifically with families of the missing, according to co-founder Sylvia Colon.

“We’re really excited, we’re finally able to actually hire our very first part-time social worker case manager who will be working specifically with families of the missing,” Colon said.

Colon knows the challenges families face when searching for missing relatives. Her cousin Gina DeJesus and two other women survived years of captivity after being kidnapped by Ariel Castro and held in

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