Unique in Greater Cincinnati, our Family Services provide comprehensive, trauma-informed support for children and parents in our shelter.
In 2025
480
Total children served by wraparound services.
201
Therapeutic groups serving children in shelter.
1247
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.
Kitchen
Bethany House serves three meals a day to all shelter residents. We are a proud member of the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP), which partially funds our food program. Bethany House complies with all CACFP requirements and follows the USDA Nondiscrimination Policy as follows:
In accordance with Federal civil rights law and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) civil rights regulations and policies, the USDA, its Agencies, offices, and employees, and institutions participating in or administering USDA programs are prohibited from discriminating based on race, color, national origin, religion, sex, disability, age, marital status, family/parental status, income derived from a public assistance program, political beliefs, or reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity, in any program or activity conducted or funded by USDA (not all bases apply to all programs). Remedies and complaint filing deadlines vary by program or incident.
Persons with disabilities who require alternative means of communication for program information (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, American Sign Language, etc.) should contact the State or local Agency that administers the program or contact USDA through the Telecommunications Relay Service at 711 (voice and TTY). Additionally, program information may be made available in languages other than English.
To file a program discrimination complaint, complete the USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form, AD-3027, found online at How to File a Program Discrimination Complaint and at any USDA office or write a letter addressed to USDA and provide in the letter all of the information requested in the form. To request a copy of the complaint form, call (866) 632-9992. Submit your completed form or letter to USDA by: (1) mail: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW, Mail Stop 9410, Washington, D.C. 20250-9410; (2) fax: (202) 690-7442; or (3) email: [email protected].
USDA is an equal opportunity provider, employer, and lender.
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