United Way is proud to support a network of community partners and programs across Lucas, Ottawa, and Wood counties. By focusing on Youth Opportunity, Healthy Community, and Financial Security, we help provide the wrap-around support individuals and families need to thrive.
CareNet provides care coordination through CHWs & coordinates a charity care network for low income Lucas Co. residents not eligible any other health coverage.
Toledo-Lucas County CareNet
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
Lucas County
https://www.toledocarenet.org/
Health
The Cocoon provides 24/7 comprehensive advocacy services for survivors of domestic and sexual violence in Wood County at no cost to the survivor.
The Cocoon
The Cocoon provides 24/7 comprehensive advocacy services for survivors of domestic and sexual violence in Wood County at no cost to the survivor.
Wood County
ADVANCE Employment & Training Program assists SSFAC clients in obtaining employment by referring them to employment, training or educational opportunities, which leads to financial stability.
Social Services for the Arab Community SSFAC
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.
Lucas County
https://www.toledolovesyou.org/
Financial Stability
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.
Day 52 Inc.
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.
Lucas County
Education
The Ottawa County Cancer Services Program offers local cancer patients essential resources, support, and services, ensuring no one faces a cancer diagnosis alone.
Cancer Services of Erie County
Cancer Services provides support to cancer patients in Erie, Huron, and Ottawa offering our community essential resources, support, and financial aid.
Ottawa County
https://www.cancerresources.org/
Health
CENARE – Culinary, Education, Nutrition, and Responsible Eating increases the number of healthy individuals in the local community.
Sofia Quintero Art & Cultural Center
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.
Lucas County
Health
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
Port Clinton City Schools District
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.
Ottawa County
https://www.pccsd.net/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=47681&type=d
Education
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.
Family and Child Abuse Prevention Center
Family and Child Abuse Prevention Center works to break the cycle of family violence through a variety of prevention and intervention programs.
Lucas County, Ottawa County
Health
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.
Catholic Club
An accredited and educational childcare and family center offering year round childcare for ages six weeks to 12 years, swim lessons and family programs.
Lucas County
https://www.catholicclub.org/childcare/
Education
The community learning centers 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.
Wood County Educational Service Center
The Wood County Educational Service Center develops, delivers, and implements quality educational services and programs.
Wood County
https://www.wcesc.org/programs-and-services/before-afterschool-summer-camp/about-the-centers/
Education
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.
Ottawa County Transitional Housing Inc.
The mission of Ottawa County Transitional Housing, Inc. is to provide housing, community based support services, and advocacy for individuals and families in crisis.
Ottawa County
https://www.octhi.org/services#OutreachandSupport
Health
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.
Cherry Street Mission
Eradicate poverty: body, mind, and spirit: we provide resources to create health in 3 ways: reliable income, safe and affordable housing, and healthy relationships.
Lucas County
https://cherrystreetmission.org/
Financial Stability
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.
Family and Child Abuse Prevention Center
Family and Child Abuse Prevention Center works to break the cycle of family violence through a variety of prevention and intervention programs.
Lucas County, Ottawa County
Health
The Domestic Violence Shelter provides 24 hour emergency shelter, crisis intervention and 24 hr. hotline services.
YWCA Northwest Ohio
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.
Lucas County
https://www.ywcanwo.org/dv-services
Housing
Mom’s House is a 5 Star Early Childhood Center serving children of young, at-risk low income single parents. Preparing children for Kindergarten
Mom’s House
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.
Lucas County
Education
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.
YWCA Northwest Ohio
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.
Lucas County
https://www.ywca.org/what-we-do/health-safety/ywca-child-care-services-and-programming
Education
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.
Fair Housing Center
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.
Lucas County, Wood County
Housing
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.
American Red Cross of Western Lake Erie
American Red Cross prevents and alleviates human suffering in the face of emergencies by mobilizing the power of volunteers and the generosity of donors.
Wood County
Housing
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
Family House
Family House is an emergency shelter for families of all constellations experiencing homelessness.
Lucas County
https://familyhousetoledo.org/
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.
Grace Community Center Inc.
We foster the health and well being of families through programs that promote food security, education and career readiness and quality living.
Lucas County
https://www.gcctoledo.org/programs
The Family Advocacy Center will offer a tax preparation site for low-income wage earners, custodial grandparents, and seniors.
Ottawa County Family Advocacy Center
We advocate for the stability and success of Families and Children in Ottawa County.
Ottawa County
The Home Repair Program provides homeowners in Wood County with health and safety related repairs, at a cost that they can afford.
Habitat for Humanity of Wood County Ohio
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.
Wood County
Housing
This program serves struggling immigrant and refugee families by assisting them in providing for their basic needs and ensuring permanent and safe housing.
Social Services for the Arab Community SSFAC
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.
Lucas County
https://www.toledolovesyou.org/
Financial Stability
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.
YMCA/JCC of Greater Toledo
Provides programs, services and initiatives focused on youth development, healthy living and social responsibility based on the needs of the neighborhoods it engages.
Lucas County
https://www.livewelltoledo.org/
Health
TutorSmart provides high-impact, data-driven tutoring programs for schools and districts aiming to close literacy gaps for their students in grades K-8.
Tutor Smart Greater Toledo
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.
Lucas County
https://tutorsmart-toledo.org/
Education
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.
Advocates for Basic Legal Equality, Inc. (ABLE)
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.
Lucas County
Mentors in Toledo Schools (MiTS) offers one-on-one literacy tutoring during the school day with trained adult role models from the community.
Partners In Education
Partners in Education (PIE) builds partnerships that incorporates community members as volunteers, mentors, collaborators, and program sponsors – all in service to Toledo-area students.
Lucas County
http://www.partnerstoledo.org/
Education
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.
Equitas Health
Equitas Health is the gateway to good health for peole affected by HIV, the LGBTQ community, and those seeking a welcoming healthcare home.
Lucas County
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.
Hospital Council of Northwest Ohio
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.
Lucas County
www.hcno.org/regional-programs/northwest-ohio-pathways-hub
Health
The Social Services program utilizes Patient Navigators to coordinate patient care through assessing individual needs and facilitating necessary medical, dental, and supportive services.
Neighborhood Health Association
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.
Lucas County
The Personal Care Assistance Program provides essential in-home hygiene and bathing assistance to seniors that are unable to safely care for themselves.
Ottawa County Senior Resources
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.
Ottawa County
https://www.co.ottawa.oh.us/445/Ottawa-County-Personal-Care-Assistance-P
Health
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.
Boys & Girls Clubs of Toledo
Boys & Girls Clubs of Toledo is a nonprofit youth development agency providing comprehensive evidence-based programming in Academic Success, Character & Citizenship, and Healthy Lifestyles.
Lucas County
The Toledo Early Learning Coalition provides resources and administrative supports to a network of private community owned early learning centers ensuring kindergarten readiness.
Toledo Early Learning Coalition Incorporated
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.
Lucas County
http://www.toledoearlylearning.com/
Education
The Rape Crisis Center provides comprehensive intervention services to primary and secondary survivors of sexual assault in Lucas, Fulton, Henry, Defiance, and Williams counties.
YWCA Northwest Ohio
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.
Lucas, Fulton, Henry, Defiance, and Williams counties
https://www.ywcanwo.org/sexual-assault
Health
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.
Ottawa County Transitional Housing Inc.
The mission of Ottawa County Transitional Housing is to provide housing, community based support services, and advocacy for individuals and families in crisis.
Ottawa County
https://www.octhi.org/services#RuthAnnsHouse
Health
Safety Net is the only emergency shelter for runaway and homeless youth in Toledo. Safety Net opened in 2016.
Zepf Center
Zepf Center began providing behavioral health services in Toledo in 1974. Zepf has seven locations throughout Lucas County, in addition to operating Safety Net.
Lucas County
https://www.zepfcenter.org/safety-net/
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.
Beach House Family Shelter, Inc.
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.
Lucas County
Housing
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.
Beach House Family Shelter, Inc.
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.
Lucas County
Housing
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.
YMCA/JCC of Greater Toledo
Provides programs, services and initiatives focused on youth development, healthy living and social responsibility based on the needs of the neighborhoods it engages.
Lucas County
https://www.ymcatoledo.org/branch/ymca-child-care/
Education
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.
Harbor Behavioral Health
Harbor is a major provider of healthcare services and the largest provider of mental health services to youth in Northwest Ohio.
Lucas County
https://www.harbor.org/services/early-childhood-mental-health
Education
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.
St. Paul’s Community Center
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.
Lucas County
http://www.stpaulscommunitycenter.org/
Housing
The early childhood years are the most important developmental stage of life. Our priority is to serve children and families who live in poverty.
Toledo Day Nursery
The early childhood years are the most important developmental stage of life. Our priority is to serve children and families who live in poverty.
Lucas County
https://www.toledodaynurseryoh.com/
Education
The Toledo FOC Network promotes long-term economic stability of residents by providing integrated financial coaching, credit counseling, employment coaching and income supports counseling.
Local Initiatives Support Corporation
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.
Lucas County
Financial Stability
FOCs are career and personal finance service centers that help people with integrated delivery of employment services, financial coaching and accessing income supports.
Great Lakes Community Action Partnership Fremont, OH
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.”
Wood County
Financial Stability
