Unique in Greater Cincinnati, our Family Services provide comprehensive, trauma-informed support for children and parents in our shelter.
In 2024
576
Total children served.
164
Therapeutic groups serving children in shelter.
2,071
Total attendance in Life Skills classes.
Children
Bethany House provides targeted support to meet the developmental, emotional, and academic needs of the more than 100 children living in shelter every day. We offer early childhood screenings, therapeutic sessions tailored by age group, and enriching experiences like museum visits, outdoor adventures, and summer camps through community partnerships.
Furthermore, we make sure that all children are on track for educational success. We help enroll children in school, coordinator transportation, and facilitate after-school tutoring programs. For our youngest residents, the Kaleidoscope Play & Learn program promotes cognitive and social-emotional development while strengthening the parent-child bond.
Parents
In order to lay the foundation for lasting stability, parents have access to life skills classes, job readiness services, childcare enrollment assistance, transportation support, parental support, and financial literacy. Additionally, parents–and their children–have access to on-site medical and dental care.
Through these family services, parents can restabilize their lives and break the cycle of homelessness so their children are the last members of their family to become homeless.
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