Providence House

For nearly 42 years, Providence House has been dedicated to providing children and families in our community with proven protection and support so they can reunite safer, stronger, and with more stability. On our 30 bed campus (20 beds in our crisis nursery and 10 beds in our pediatric crisis nursery), children, aged newborn through twelve, find safety and comfort in a home-like setting while we coordinate and connect families to partner community organizations to stabilize their crises, improve parenting skills, and preserve the family or find alternative long-term care for children. In recent years, Providence House has expanded the services we provide to families in the community who do not currently have children staying in our campus. (continued on schedule o)in fiscal year 2022-2023, 1,077 children and families were served between all of our programs. Families turn to Providence House when they are experiencing crises that may put their children at risk of abuse or neglect to receive critical support during their time of need. Last year in our crisis nurseries, 203 children were admitted into our care and provided with 3,267 days of care (195 children were served through our traditional services and 8 were served through our emergency placement program in partnership with the division of children and family services). Additionally, families from throughout the greater cleveland area participated in our family preservation services during their child's stay which included 687 parent visits, 321 referrals for additional services, 616 case management contact hours, 189 parent support sessions and 162 bus passes to help with accessing services. Through our unique, multi-generational crisis nursery model, 99% of children were reunited with their parent or guardian and 97% of families were fully engaged in recommended visitation, case management, and support sessions. In addition, 65 families participated in our voluntary twelve month aftercare program, including weekly group parent education and individual case management support. Last year we reached an additional 326 families working with partner agencies with 1,428 basic need items with our community referral program. Through our community education and resiliency program, 30 families received individualized case management, group parent education and trauma services delivered on location at partner agencies to prevent or deescalate crisis.providence House is primarily funded through private donations from foundations, corporations, individuals, and government grants, and charges no fees for the services provided to families.