Community Partners
United Way of Greater Toledo is proud to support 57 programs and 46 community partners across Lucas, Ottawa and Wood counties. By supporting programs in the areas of education, financial stability, health and housing we are able to provide wrap-around support to the people we serve.
Counties
Organizations
Programs
Individuals Served
Access to HealthCare
Program Description:
CareNet provides care coordination through CHWs & coordinates a charity care network for low income Lucas Co. residents not eligible any other health coverage.
Agency Name:
Toledo-Lucas County CareNet
Agency Description:
CareNet provides CHW care coordination, coordinates a charity care for low income Lucas Co. residents not eligible for health coverage & Navigators for Medicaid/Marketplace enrollment
County:
Lucas County
Website:
https://www.toledocarenet.org/
Focus Area:
Access to Safety & Healing for Survivors of Domestic & Sexual Violence
Program Description:
The Cocoon provides 24/7 comprehensive advocacy services for survivors of domestic and sexual violence in Wood County at no cost to the survivor.
Agency Name:
The Cocoon
Agency Description:
The Cocoon provides 24/7 comprehensive advocacy services for survivors of domestic and sexual violence in Wood County at no cost to the survivor.
County:
Wood County
Website:
Focus Area:
Advance Employment & Training Program
Program Description:
ADVANCE Employment & Training Program assists SSFAC clients in obtaining employment by referring them to employment, training or educational opportunities, which leads to financial stability.
Agency Name:
Social Services for the Arab Community SSFAC
Agency Description:
Social Services for the Arab Community (SSFAC) is a faith-based 501-c-3 non-profit agency that assists Arab immigrant and refugee families to flourish in Greater Toledo.
County:
Lucas County
Website:
https://www.toledolovesyou.org/
Focus Area:
Cancer Services Patient Program Erie County
Program Description:
The Ottawa County Cancer Services Program offers local cancer patients essential resources, support, and services, ensuring no one faces a cancer diagnosis alone.
Agency Name:
Cancer Services of Erie County
Agency Description:
Cancer Services provides support to cancer patients in Erie, Huron, and Ottawa offering our community essential resources, support, and financial aid.
County:
Ottawa County
Website:
https://www.cancerresources.org/
Focus Area:
CENARE
Program Description:
CENARE – Culinary, Education, Nutrition, and Responsible Eating increases the number of healthy individuals in the local community.
Agency Name:
Sofia Quintero Art & Cultural Center
Agency Description:
Sofia Quintero Art and Cultural Center strives to be a Latino-based organization that advances the roles that art and education play in everyday lives.
County:
Lucas County
Website:
Focus Area:
Child Care Resource and Referral Support Services
Program Description:
Early Childhood Educators who do not qualify for additional support services will be provided scholarships to achieve their Child Development Associates credential.
Agency Name:
YWCA Northwest Ohio
Agency Description:
A vital social service agency for 150 years; community forerunner of issues affecting girls and women. Mission to empower the lives of women and girls.
County:
Lucas County
Website:
https://www.ywcanwo.org/child-care-resource-referral
Focus Area:
Children's Advocacy Center
Program Description:
The CAC promotes the emotional well-being, protection, and empowerment of children by providing support and resources to child abuse victims, their families. and community professionals.
Agency Name:
Family and Child Abuse Prevention Center
Agency Description:
Family and Child Abuse Prevention Center works to break the cycle of family violence through a variety of prevention and intervention programs.
County:
Lucas County, Ottawa County
Website:
Focus Area:
Club Care 0 to 5
Program Description:
Accredited, educational child care for ages 6 weeks to kindergarten. Year round with focus on enriching activities, safety, best practice curriculum, assessment, and kindergarten readiness.
Agency Name:
Catholic Club
Agency Description:
An accredited and educational childcare and family center offering year round childcare for ages six weeks to 12 years, swim lessons and family programs.
County:
Lucas County
Website:
https://www.catholicclub.org/childcare/
Focus Area:
Community Learning Hub
Program Description:
The Art Tatum Zone (ATZ) holistically serves children and families providing academic support, social emotional learning, and enrichment opportunities and connections to other wraparound support.
Agency Name:
Day 52 Inc.
Agency Description:
The Art Tatum Zone provides place-based intergenerational educational support to children and families in the Junction neighborhood to help them achieve social and economic mobility.
County:
Lucas County
Website:
Focus Area:
CSMM Workforce Development and Empowered Al Collaborative Program
Program Description:
The Project Management Training Program is designed to equip participants with essential project management skills, complemented by hands-on experience and AI tools for enhanced efficiency.
Agency Name:
Cherry Street Mission
Agency Description:
Eradicate poverty:Â body, mind, and spirit:Â we provide resources to create health in 3 ways:Â reliable income, safe and affordable housing, and healthy relationships.
County:
Lucas County
Website:
https://cherrystreetmission.org/
Focus Area:
Domestic Violence Advocacy
Program Description:
Domestic Violence Court Advocacy Program provides court advocacy services to victims of domestic violence/assaults/stalking/menacing in three courthouses in Lucas and Ottawa Counties.
Agency Name:
Family and Child Abuse Prevention Center
Agency Description:
Family and Child Abuse Prevention Center works to break the cycle of family violence through a variety of prevention and intervention programs.
County:
Lucas County, Ottawa County
Website:
Focus Area:
Domestic Violence Shelter YWCA of Greater Toledo
Program Description:
The Domestic Violence Shelter provides 24 hour emergency shelter, crisis intervention and 24 hr. hotline services.
Agency Name:
YWCA Northwest Ohio
Agency Description:
A vital social service agency for 154 years; a community forerunner of issues affecting girls and women. Mission to empower women and girls; eliminate racism.
County:
Lucas County
Website:
https://www.ywcanwo.org/dv-services
Focus Area:
Early Care and Education
Program Description:
The early childhood years are the most important developmental stage of life. Our priority is to serve children and families who live in poverty.
Agency Name:
Toledo Day Nursery
Agency Description:
The early childhood years are the most important developmental stage of life. Our priority is to serve children and families who live in poverty.
County:
Lucas County
Website:
https://www.toledodaynurseryoh.com/
Focus Area:
Early Childhood Education
Program Description:
Mom’s House is a 5 Star Early Childhood Center serving children of young, at-risk low income single parents. Preparing children for Kindergarten
Agency Name:
Mom’s House
Agency Description:
Our mission is to guide at-risk single parents through the process of achieving educational goals while we educate their children, breaking the cycle of poverty.
County:
Lucas County
Website:
Focus Area:
Fair Housing Services Program
Program Description:
The Fair Housing Center fights to enforce housing civil rights through enforcement, education and outreach, research and policy advocacy, and assistance with landlord-tenant issues.
Agency Name:
Fair Housing Center
Agency Description:
The Fair Housing Center assists residents of Lucas and Wood counties by enforcing housing civil rights, providing community education, and assisting with landlord-tenant issues.
County:
Lucas County, Wood County
Website:
Focus Area:
Family Emergency Response Services
Program Description:
100% of the most vulnerable families and individuals experiencing natural or man-made disasters in our communities have 24-hour access to immediate, disaster-caused emergency assistance.
Agency Name:
American Red Cross of Western Lake Erie
Agency Description:
American Red Cross prevents and alleviates human suffering in the face of emergencies by mobilizing the power of volunteers and the generosity of donors.
County:
Wood County
Website:
Focus Area:
Family House Emergency Shelter
Program Description:
Family House provides emergency shelter to families of all constellations. Along with shelter, we provide meals, case management and community resources for stable, secure housing
Agency Name:
Family House
Agency Description:
Family House is an emergency shelter for families of all constellations experiencing homelessness.
County:
Lucas County
Website:
https://familyhousetoledo.org/
Focus Area:
GCC Closing the Food Insecurity & Health Disparity Gap
Program Description:
This program seeks to increase access/availability of nutritious food to low and moderate income households experiencing food insecurity primarily within the central city neighborhoods.
Agency Name:
Grace Community Center Inc.
Agency Description:
We foster the health and well being of families through programs that promote food security, education and career readiness and quality living.
County:
Lucas County
Website:
https://www.gcctoledo.org/programs
Focus Area:
HCNO- Pathways Hub The Getting Healthy Zone
Program Description:
The Getting Healthy Zone is a community-based initiative focused on reducing racial inequities in infant mortality by identifying and addressing social determinants of health.
Agency Name:
Hospital Council of Northwest Ohio
Agency Description:
The Northwest Ohio Pathways HUB is a regional care coordination system that connects low-income residents to needed medical and social services in Northwest Ohio.
County:
Lucas County
Website:
https://www.hcno.org/regional-programs/northwest-ohio-pathways-hub/
Focus Area:
Healthy Lucas County
Program Description:
Healthy Lucas County is a coalition of organizations working to improve the health of all Lucas County residents.
Agency Name:
Hospital Council of Northwest Ohio
Agency Description:
HCNO is a member-driven organization that represents and advocates, through a politically neutral forum, on behalf of its member hospitals and health systems.
County:
Lucas County
Website:
Focus Area:
Homeowner Repair Program
Program Description:
The Home Repair Program provides homeowners in Wood County with health and safety related repairs, at a cost that they can afford.
Agency Name:
Habitat for Humanity of Wood County Ohio
Agency Description:
Habitat for Humanity of Wood County provides decent and affordable housing to individuals and families in Wood County through our homeownership and home repair programs.
County:
Wood County
Website:
Focus Area:
Immigrant & Refugee Equal Advancement Program
Program Description:
This program serves struggling immigrant and refugee families by assisting them in providing for their basic needs and ensuring permanent and safe housing.
Agency Name:
Social Services for the Arab Community SSFAC
Agency Description:
Social Services for the Arab Community (SSFAC) is a faith-based 501-c-3 non-profit agency that assists Arab immigrant and refugee families to flourish in Greater Toledo.
County:
Lucas County
Website:
https://www.toledolovesyou.org/
Focus Area:
Infant and Early Childcare Family Support CRC
Program Description:
CRC’s IECMH program supports families with young children by providing both home-based and group parent education as well as providing resources to families in need.
Agency Name:
Children’s Resource Center
Agency Description:
CRC is a community based children’s mental health agency in Wood County and offers multi-level prevention and treatment services for families of children ages 0-23.
County:
Wood County
Website:
https://www.crcwoodcounty.org/
Focus Area:
Make Every Hour Count
Program Description:
TutorSmart provides high-impact, data-driven tutoring programs for schools and districts aiming to close literacy gaps for their students in grades K-8.
Agency Name:
Tutor Smart Greater Toledo
Agency Description:
TutorSmart Toledo is a community-based nonprofit working with schools and school districts to design and implement high impact out-of-school time tutoring programs.
County:
Lucas County
Website:
https://tutorsmart-toledo.org/
Focus Area:
Medical-Legal Partnership for Children
Program Description:
The MLPC is a project that partners legal aid attorneys with pediatric medical providers to improve the health and well-being of children living in poverty.
Agency Name:
Advocates for Basic Legal Equality, Inc. (ABLE)
Agency Description:
Advocates for Basic Legal Equality, Inc. (ABLE) is a non-profit regional law firm that provides high-quality legal assistance to help low-income families in western Ohio.
County:
Lucas County
Website:
Focus Area:
Mentors in Toledo Schools
Program Description:
Mentors in Toledo Schools (MiTS) offers one-on-one literacy tutoring during the school day with trained adult role models from the community.
Agency Name:
Partners In Education
Agency Description:
Partners in Education (PIE) builds partnerships that incorporates community members as volunteers, mentors, collaborators, and program sponsors – all in service to Toledo-area students.
County:
Lucas County
Website:
http://www.partnerstoledo.org/
Focus Area:
MPowerment for a Healthy Toledo
Program Description:
Mpowerment is an educational and social program for gay/bisexual men and transgender individuals that promotes healthy lifestyles and provides HIV testing and linkage to healthcare.
Agency Name:
Equitas Health
Agency Description:
Equitas Health is the gateway to good health for peole affected by HIV, the LGBTQ community, and those seeking a welcoming healthcare home.
County:
Lucas County
Website:
Focus Area:
Ottawa County Family Advocacy Center - Grand Love
Program Description:
The Family Advocacy Center will offer a tax preparation site for low-income wage earners, custodial grandparents, and seniors.
Agency Name:
Ottawa County Family Advocacy Center
Agency Description:
We advocate for the stability and success of Families and Children in Ottawa County.
County:
Ottawa County
Website:
Focus Area:
Patient Navigation
Program Description:
The Social Services program utilizes Patient Navigators to coordinate patient care through assessing individual needs and facilitating necessary medical, dental, and supportive services.
Agency Name:
Neighborhood Health Association
Agency Description:
Through our exceptional health care services, we empower, educate and aggressively work to eliminate health care inequities, while supporting personal responsibility for one’s own health.
County:
Lucas County
Website:
Focus Area:
Personal Care Assistance Program
Program Description:
The Personal Care Assistance Program provides essential in-home hygiene and bathing assistance to seniors that are unable to safely care for themselves.
Agency Name:
Ottawa County Senior Resources
Agency Description:
Ottawa County Senior Resources is the place for county citizens age 60 and better to turn to for help with all of aging’s challenges.
County:
Ottawa County
Website:
https://www.co.ottawa.oh.us/445/Ottawa-County-Personal-Care-Assistance-P
Focus Area:
Port Clinton City Schools - Champions for Children
Program Description:
Champions for Children is an enrichment program for children attending grades K-5th grade. We provide a safe and happy environment for children to learn
Agency Name:
Port Clinton City Schools District
Agency Description:
Champions for Children is a school age program for grades K-5. Children have a fun and safe environment to learn and grow through enriching activities.
County:
Ottawa County
Website:
https://www.pccsd.net/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=47681&type=d
Focus Area:
Project Learn
Program Description:
Boys & Girls Clubs of Toledo provides out-of-school-time programming for youth 7-18 in core areas of Academic Success, Good Character & Citizenship, and Healthy Lifestyles.
Agency Name:
Boys & Girls Clubs of Toledo
Agency Description:
Boys & Girls Clubs of Toledo is a nonprofit youth development agency providing comprehensive evidence-based programming in Academic Success, Character & Citizenship, and Healthy Lifestyles.
County:
Lucas County
Website:
Focus Area:
Ruth Ann's House
Program Description:
Ruth Ann’s House is a transitional housing program located in Port Clinton, Ohio, which serves up to six women and their children at one time.
Agency Name:
Ottawa County Transitional Housing Inc.
Agency Description:
The mission of Ottawa County Transitional Housing is to provide housing, community based support services, and advocacy for individuals and families in crisis.
County:
Ottawa County
Website:
https://www.octhi.org/services#RuthAnnsHouse
Focus Area:
Safety Net
Program Description:
Safety Net is the only emergency shelter for runaway and homeless youth in Toledo. Safety Net opened in 2016.
Agency Name:
Zepf Center
Agency Description:
Zepf Center began providing behavioral health services in Toledo in 1974. Zepf has seven locations throughout Lucas County, in addition to operating Safety Net.
County:
Lucas County
Website:
https://www.zepfcenter.org/safety-net/
Focus Area:
St Paul's Emergency Shelter
Program Description:
St. Paul’s Community Center provides emergency shelter for 35 homeless adults and includes doubling capacity during the cold, winter months in our Winter Crisis Program.
Agency Name:
St. Paul’s Community Center
Agency Description:
St. Paul’s Community Center provides an array of services to individuals experiencing homelessness aiming at assisting them to obtain housing, self-sufficiency and independence.
County:
Lucas County
Website:
http://www.stpaulscommunitycenter.org/
Focus Area:
Steps to Emergency Family Shelter
Program Description:
Participants who enter our Emergency Family Shelter will receive case management, behavioral health, and substance abuse treatment as needed to assist with future housing stability.
Agency Name:
Beach House Family Shelter, Inc.
Agency Description:
Leading Families Home helps people regain wellness, independence, and economic stability through education and employment as they transition from homelessness to permanent, affordable, safe housing.
County:
Lucas County
Website:
Focus Area:
Steps to Stability
Program Description:
Our housing programs provide case management and supportive services, emphasizing housing, economic stability, and behavioral/physical wellness. All services encompass a harm-reduction and non-judgemental philosophy.
Agency Name:
Beach House Family Shelter, Inc.
Agency Description:
Leading Families Home helps people regain wellness, independence, and economic stability through education and employment as they transition from homelessness to permanent, affordable, safe housing.
County:
Lucas County
Website:
Focus Area:
Supporting Early Emotional Development
Program Description:
SEED offers mental health consultation services to child care providers that include child assessments (0-5 years), parent-staff consultation, teacher coaching, behavioral planning and referral assistance.
Agency Name:
Harbor Behavioral Health
Agency Description:
Harbor is a major provider of healthcare services and the largest provider of mental health services to youth in Northwest Ohio.
County:
Lucas County
Website:
https://www.harbor.org/services/early-childhood-mental-health
Focus Area:
Sutton Center Community Outreach
Program Description:
The Outreach program assists individuals and families with strategies to help them through immediate hardships while working a self-directed action plan focused on stability.
Agency Name:
Ottawa County Transitional Housing Inc.
Agency Description:
The mission of Ottawa County Transitional Housing, Inc. is to provide housing, community based support services, and advocacy for individuals and families in crisis.
County:
Ottawa County
Website:
https://www.octhi.org/services#OutreachandSupport
Focus Area:
Toledo ELC Shared Services Alliance for Kindergarten Readiness
Program Description:
The Toledo Early Learning Coalition provides resources and administrative supports to a network of private community owned early learning centers ensuring kindergarten readiness.
Agency Name:
Toledo Early Learning Coalition Incorporated
Agency Description:
The Toledo Early Learning Coalition is a non profit organization that provides administrative and backoffice and support services to a network of early learning centers.
County:
Lucas County
Website:
http://www.toledoearlylearning.com/
Focus Area:
Toledo Financial Opportunity Center Network
Program Description:
The Toledo FOC Network promotes long-term economic stability of residents by providing integrated financial coaching, credit counseling, employment coaching and income supports counseling.
Agency Name:
Local Initiatives Support Corporation
Agency Description:
Together with residents and partners, LISC forges resilient and inclusive communities of opportunity across America-great places to live, work, visit, do business, and raise families.
County:
Lucas County
Website:
Focus Area:
Toledo GROWs
Program Description:
Toledo GROWs educates our community about the value of local nutritious food through an active urban farm and support for community gardens.
Agency Name:
Toledo GROWs Agency
Agency Description:
Toledo GROWs educates our community about the value of local nutritious food through an active urban farm and support for community gardens.
County:
Lucas County
Website:
Focus Area:
Warren Commons Program
Program Description:
Warren Commons provides affordable, permanent supportive housing and services to individuals experiencing homelessness, fostering stability, independence, and a sense of community.
Agency Name:
TASC of Northwest Ohio
Agency Description:
TASC of Northwest Ohio offers comprehensive diagnostic assessments and referrals, specializing in mental health and substance use disorders for individuals in the criminal justice system.
County:
Lucas County
Website:
https://www.tascnwo.org/services/
Focus Area:
Wayman Palmer YMCA Community Hub
Program Description:
Staff, volunteers, and partners of the Wayman Palmer Hub work to create community connectedness through resources and services for residents in the neighborhood.
Agency Name:
YMCA/JCC of Greater Toledo
Agency Description:
Provides programs, services and initiatives focused on youth development, healthy living, and social responsibility based on the needs of the neighborhoods it engages.
County:
Lucas County
Website:
Focus Area:
WCESC-Out-of-School STARS
Program Description:
The CLCs are quality before/afterschool, extended learning, intervention, distance learning, enrichment, and summer camp programs for school children in 5 districts/7 sites in Wood County.
Agency Name:
Wood County Educational Service Center
Agency Description:
The Wood County Educational Service Center develops, delivers, and implements quality educational services and programs.
County:
Wood County
Website:
https://www.wcesc.org/programs-and-services/before-afterschool-summer-camp/about-the-centers/
Focus Area:
Wood County Financial Opportunity Center Great Lakes Community Action Partnership
Program Description:
FOCs are career and personal finance service centers that help people with integrated delivery of employment services, financial coaching and accessing income supports.
Agency Name:
Great Lakes Community Action Partnership Fremont, OH
Agency Description:
GLCAP has been serving the northwest Ohio area for more than 50 years. “We create partnerships and opportunities to help individuals, families and communities thrive.”
County:
Wood County
Website:
Focus Area:
YM-Live Well Greater Toledo
Program Description:
Live Well is a collaboration of community leaders and organizations working to promote policy, systems, and environmental change to support improved nutrition and physical activity.
Agency Name:
YMCA/JCC of Greater Toledo
Agency Description:
Provides programs, services and initiatives focused on youth development, healthy living and social responsibility based on the needs of the neighborhoods it engages.
County:
Lucas County
Website:
https://www.livewelltoledo.org/
Focus Area:
YMCA Success in Schools Initiative
Program Description:
Youth will move through programs that prepare them for school, help them stay on grade level, and graduate on time with a plan after high school.
Agency Name:
YMCA/JCC of Greater Toledo
Agency Description:
Provides programs, services and initiatives focused on youth development, healthy living and social responsibility based on the needs of the neighborhoods it engages.
County:
Lucas County
Website:
https://www.ymcatoledo.org/branch/ymca-child-care/
Focus Area:
YW - Early Childhood Partnership
Program Description:
RFL and YWCA CCR&R have successfully collaborated on a common goal that every child in the Early Childhood Partnership enter school ready to learn.
Agency Name:
YWCA Northwest Ohio
Agency Description:
A vital social service agency for 154 years; a community forerunner of issues affecting girls and women. Mission to empower women and girls; eliminate racism.
County:
Lucas County
Website:
https://www.ywca.org/what-we-do/health-safety/ywca-child-care-services-and-programming
Focus Area:
YW Baby Talk
Program Description:
Individualized home visiting program that fosters family engagement, promotes literacy skills, and connects families to community resources as a form of support.
Agency Name:
YWCA Northwest Ohio
Agency Description:
A vital social service agency for 154 years; a community forerunner of issues affecting girls and women. Mission to empower women and girls; eliminate racism.
County:
Lucas County
Website:
https://toledoparent.com/care/lets-talk-baby-baby-t-a-l-k-supports-childrens-development/
Focus Area:
YWCA - Rape Crisis Center
Program Description:
The Rape Crisis Center provides comprehensive intervention services to primary and secondary survivors of sexual assault in Lucas, Fulton, Henry, Defiance, and Williams counties.
Agency Name:
YWCA Northwest Ohio
Agency Description:
A vital social service agency for 154 years; a community forerunner of issues affecting girls and women. Mission to empower women and girls; eliminate racism.
County:
Lucas, Fulton, Henry, Defiance, and Williams counties
Website:
https://www.ywcanwo.org/sexual-assault