About Providence House

Since 1981, Providence House has been committed to keeping kids safe and families together. Offering emergency shelter and services to nearly 400 children newborn through twelve years old each year, Providence House protects at-risk children and supports families through crisis, strengthening communities to end child abuse and neglect. Our programs and services are designed to provide children safety and comfort in a home-like setting while we connect families to partner community organizations to stabilize family crisis, improve parenting skills, and ensure long-term self-sufficiency. Since we opened our doors, we have had the opportunity to serve over 13,000 children and families in crisis. For more information, visit provhouse.org.

How Providence House Would Utilize the Prize Money

If Providence House were to win the $12,500 grand prize, this would help transform the lives of the children and families served by Providence House this year. $12,500 would support over 150 days of care for our children, or the full length of stay for approximately 8 children. Not only do our children receive free shelter, but also nutritious meals, basic personal necessities, medical care, developmental and educational enrichment, and unconditional love. Simply participating in this challenge will allow us to raise even more money to provide children with everything they need to have a happy, healthy, and safe place to stay during crisis.

Photos of Our Facilities

Leo’s House: A Crisis Nursery – Our traditional Crisis Nursery model, licensed by the Ohio Department of Jobs and Family Services (ODJFS) to operate 24/7, provides protection for up to 20 children at a time, aged newborn through twelve, in a home-like facility that includes play spaces, a dining area, sibling bedrooms, and a family room.

Elisabeth’s House: The Prentiss Pediatric Crisis Nursery- This program models our traditional Crisis Nursery, while offering an additional tier of medically-related services for up to 10 children at a time in order to improve child wellness, reduce hospital stays and readmissions, and increase caregiver capacity to support their child’s medical needs.

Our Success Stories

Sasha

Sasha, a busy mother of four, attended the Providence House Community Education and Resiliency Program for the first time. Sasha attended almost every session of group, and as the weeks past, she became more and more comfortable sharing her experiences and opinions in group. She had recently moved to a new apartment, and she was proactive and sharing her case management needs and then following up to access those resources. She updated her SNAP benefits, enrolled her children in a new school, and connected to a community center in her new neighborhood. Sasha shared that the group was beneficial for her each week because it was “the only time I have for myself.” She talked about the stressors of having her children home with her 24/7, and how the group gave her a place to process those emotions and plan for a more positive future.

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