Community Resources

United Way 211 provides families resources under a variety of service categories:

• Utility Assistance
• Rent Assistance
• Food
• Financial Assistance
• Healthcare
• Transportation
• Housing
• Cothing
• Employment

Phone: DIAL 211 to speak to a trained professional who can connect you to essential community services, a gateway to help. 

Online: visit https://www.211uwgc.org/

Monday Meal Boxes at Cincinnati Public Library Branches 

The Madisonville Education and Assistance Center (MEAC)

Jobs and Family Services 

Apply for food, medical and cash assistance. Call (513) 946-1000

La Soupe

• Printable flier for free meals on Mondays.

Healthy Harvest Mobile Market

Freestore Food Bank

The Caring Place of Cincinnati

Address:

Services Offered:

United Way 211 provides families resources under a variety of service categories:

• Utility Assistance
• Rent Assistance
• Food
• Financial Assistance
• Healthcare
• Transportation
• Housing
• Cothing
• Employment

Phone: DIAL 211 to speak to a trained professional who can connect you to essential community services, a gateway to help. 

Online: visit https://www.211uwgc.org/

List of CPS' School-based Health Centers

The Greater Cincinnati Tri-State American Red Cross installs free smoke alarms in Cincinnati homes. To request your free smoke alarm installation, call 1-844-207-4509. 

The Red Cross and its partners can test existing smoke alarms, create personalized home fire escape plans and install free smoke alarms for those who need them. 

Download the American Red Cross Flier

AWL Clinic Hours

Free Dental Care in Cincinnati

School-Based Vision and Dental Locations

United Way 211 provides families resources under a variety of service categories:

• Utility Assistance
• Rent Assistance
• Food
• Financial Assistance
• Healthcare
• Transportation
• Housing
• Cothing
• Employment

Phone: DIAL 211 to speak to a trained professional who can connect you to essential community services, a gateway to help. 

Online: visit https://www.211uwgc.org/

CAA Eviction Relief Fund — The Community Action Agency is now assisting those who have been impacted by COVID-19 or experiencing homelessness with rent, mortgage, water and utilities. 

Apply for CARES Act Rent and Utility Assistance Program — The Hamilton County CARES Rent and Utility Relief Program draws on CARES Act funds to provide short-term assistance to renters who live in Hamilton County and can document income loss due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The County will pay up to $5,000 for rent and utilities for households at or below 80 percent of the Area Median Income.

Caring Place Of Cincinnati — Get rent assistance, housing counseling and more. Call (513) 841-1499, residents of Golf Manor, Kennedy Heights, Pleasant Ridge and Silverton, Ohio 

Central Access Point (CAP) is a referral service for placement in emergency or transitional shelter. Call (513) 381-SAFE (7233); email.

Cincinnati Department of Community Development — Rental and home-buying resources. Call (513) 352-6264

Cincinnati Metropolitan Housing Authority

Community Action Agency — Hamilton County Eviction Prevention Program: (513) 569-1840, Option 4

Greater Cincinnati Coalition for the Homeless — Provides advocacy and education about affordable housing. It can serve as a mailing address for those without one. Helps with tenant organizing. 

• Hamilton County Emergency Rental Assistance

Housing Opportunities Made Equal (HOME) — Fights housing discrimination and provides education on housing rights for families and individuals. 

Legal Aid Society Of Greater Cincinnati assists tenants with housing issues. This can include advice on eviction and homeless prevention services, disputes over deposits and unsafe housing or apartments. Lawyers from the pro-bono firm help qualified low-income residents of Hamilton County. Call (513) 241-9400.

Mercy Franciscan at St. John — By appointment only. Call (513) 981-5800. Support is offered only if the applicant has an eviction notice from a house or apartment, and the applicant must also have a family. 

Project Connect — provides support to families who have been displaced from their housing by eliminating educational barriers and providing services for children and youth, such as transportation, enrollment, backpacks, school supplies and uniforms. Project Connect also informs families about and advocates for the federal McKinney-Vento laws enacted to protect the education of students experiencing homelessness. Refer a family to Project Connect.

St. Vincent de Paul Eviction Prevention — (513) 562-8842, ext. 771

United Way 211 provides families resources under a variety of service categories:

• Utility Assistance
• Rent Assistance
• Food
• Financial Assistance
• Healthcare
• Transportation
• Housing
• Cothing
• Employment

Phone: DIAL 211 to speak to a trained professional who can connect you to essential community services, a gateway to help. 

Online: visit https://www.211uwgc.org/

Mental health care is more important than ever. Treatment and emergency services for children and adults are available. Contact information for support resources is provided below. 

Crisis Support

988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline
If you’re thinking about suicide, are worried about a friend or loved one, or would like emotional support, the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline network is available 24/7 across the United States by dialing 988.

Psychiatric Intake Response Center (PIRC)

513-636-4124 | The Psychiatric Intake Response Center (PIRC), located within Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, is the admission and evaluation center for all psychiatric services. PIRC is staffed 24 hours a day, seven days a week, year-round.  If your child is experiencing a non-life threatening mental health crisis, you are encouraged to contact PIRC. The PIRC staff will help
you to decide the most effective level of intervention for your child’s mental health crisis – which may include an urgent psychiatric assessment in the PIRC Bridge Clinic. You should call 911 or go to the emergency department if you are experiencing a medical
emergency, a life-threatening mental health crisis, or are directed to go there by a medical provider.

Grief Support

Fernside- Supporting Children and Families Through Grief
www.fernside.org
(513) 246-9140
Offers groups for children and teens ages 3-18, who are grieving the death of a family member or friend.

Companions on a Journey

Companionsonajourney.org
(513) 870-9108
Offers support to anyone who has suffered the death of a loved one.

Mental Health Support

Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center – School-based

Community Providers for Children - You can search for community providers online at MindPeace

Black Mental Health Providers

MindPeace — MindPeace and CPS have a long-standing partnership. MindPeace mental health agencies provide school-based mental health supports to CPS schools. Click here to learn more about MindPeace, including its programs and general resources. Click here to find your school's mental health agency. General Inquiries can also be made by calling (513) 803-0844.

United Way 211 provides families resources under a variety of service categories:

• Utility Assistance
• Rent Assistance
• Food
• Financial Assistance
• Healthcare
• Transportation
• Housing
• Cothing
• Employment

Phone: DIAL 211 to speak to a trained professional who can connect you to essential community services, a gateway to help. 

Online: visit https://www.211uwgc.org/

513Relief — In January 2021, Hamilton County Commissioners launched the COVID-19 Economic Recovery and Relief Task Force to meet the critical needs of families and businesses affected by COVID-19. Find direct economic relief resources and find out when the 513 Relief Bus is coming to a neighborhood near you for one-on-one assistance.

The Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) is a Federal Communications Commission program that helps connect families and households struggling to afford internet service. 

The benefit provides: 

• Up to $30/month discount for internet service. 

• A one-time discount of up to $100 for a laptop, desktop computer or tablet purchased through a participating provider.

More information

Christ's Community in College Hill provides rent assistance once per month. Call (513) 541-0303.

Churches Active In Northside (CAIN) — supports the immediate region. There may be rental or energy assistance, referrals to non-profits that may have security deposit programs and help in applying for section 8 HUD rental vouchers. Call (513) 591-2246.

Duke Energy Bill Assistance — Customers can move their due dates, pay over many months, and/or qualify for assistance from various government agencies and nonprofit programs. The  Salvation Army has funding for Duke Assistance with a Heat Share Hotline. For assistance call (513) 762-5636. (Must be on disconnect or final past due.)

FCC Emergency Broadband Internet Benefit — The Emergency Broadband Benefit will provide a discount of up to $50 per month toward broadband service for eligible households and up to $75 per month for households on qualifying Tribal lands.

Freestore Foodbank Rent & Utilities Assistance — (513) 241-1064; 112 E. Liberty Street, Cincinnati, OH 45202.

Greater Cincinnati Water Works — Greater Cincinnati Water Works offers a variety of ways to assist residents. They also have a new payment plan service, Promise Pay, to help customers with their water/sewer utility bills to set up more realistic payment plans that they can manage. Learn more about Promise Pay here.

Guardian Angels SVDP — 6531 Beechmont Avenue — offers financial assistance for paying both rent and even utility bills. Call (513) 624-3147.

Hamilton County Job and Family Services Prevention/Retention/Contingency (PRC) — PRC-Emergency assistance — (513) 946-0000 or (513) 946-7200.

Interparish Ministries is located at 3509 Debolt Road. There may be limited financial aid for paying rent or utility or security deposits for families facing homelessness. Other support is provided too, such as furniture or referrals. Call (513) 561-3932.

JFS Project Lift — Project Lift Application (513) 946-1000. Can help with deposit, first month rent and the like.

The Madisonville Education and Assistance Center (MEAC) serves the following zip code areas only: 45208, 45209, 45226 and 45227. MEAC provides emergency financial assistance payments for rental/mortgage, gas and electric services, or water when funds are available. Eligibility requirements need to be met for rent and other help. MEAC also provides assistance with obtaining birth certificates and has food pick-up sites. For more information, call (513) 271-5501.

RemotEDx Connectivity Champions — RemotEDx is working to remove barriers to connect K-12 students to remote learning by ensuring all Ohio-K12 students have home internet access for remote learning.

If you or someone you know is having trouble paying for housing or utility expenses, there are more options to receive help than ever before. New and existing assistance programs are currently available, all purposely designed to help those affected by the economic impacts of COVID-19 or other hardships encountered over the course of 2020 and 2021.

• Relief Available for Ohio & Kentucky Natural Gas and Electric Customers
• Ayuda disponible para clientes de servicios de electricidad y gas natural de Ohio y Kentucky

Duke Energy has tips to control your energy use and spending.

United Way 211 provides families resources under a variety of service categories:

• Utility Assistance
• Rent Assistance
• Food
• Financial Assistance
• Healthcare
• Transportation
• Housing
• Cothing
• Employment

Phone: DIAL 211 to speak to a trained professional who can connect you to essential community services, a gateway to help. 

Online: visit https://www.211uwgc.org/

4C for Children is a Child Care Resource & Referral Agency that supports everyone who cares for young children, from parents to child care providers, to ensure high-quality early education and care for all children.

Find childcare and pandemic-approved centers. Call 1-800-256-1296, ext. 1330

The OhioMeansJobs.com website lists job openings in Ohio as well as offering tools and resources to help you explore your career path.

Unemployment applications:

• unemployment.ohio.gov
• benefits.ohio.gov

United Way Free Tax Prep — Need tax help? United Way of Greater Cincinnati's Free Tax Prep initiative can save you time, money and stress.

Jobs and Family Services — apply for food, medical and cash assistance. Call (513) 946-1000.

Salvation Army — Emotional Support: 1-844-458-HOPE (4673) If you're looking for spiritual guidance, local services or if you just need someone to talk with, Salvation Army officers who are pastors and emotional-care personnel are there to listen.

St. Vincent de Paul — Call (513) 562-8841. Call (513) 421-CARE (2273). General support, furniture.