Directions for Youth & Families

Directions for Youth & Families (DFYF) is a resiliency-oriented and  trauma informed agency whose mission is to build and inspire hope, healing, and resilience for youth, families and communities through counseling and education.

DFYF counseling and clinical services provide individual, family and/or group counseling dealing with a variety of issues including family conflict, substance use, exposure to  violence, anger issues, victims of sexual/physical abuse and grief/loss.

YMCA Stable Families

Through the Early Childhood Resource Network + program (ECRN+), the Y empowers families to create and maintain stable environments where children can grow and thrive. By intentionally focusing on school stability, secure and appropriate housing, and increasing family engagement, they aim to promote long-term family success.

Christ International Community Church

CICC is committed to being a generous church with their church family, generous with their community, and generous with our world for the glory of God. They seek to extend mercy and justice into a broken world and to help people grow in a personal relationship with Jesus Christ.

Lutheran Metropolitan Ministry

A 50 year-old non-profit providing innovative social enterprise job-training, civic engagement strategies and safety net services for the city of Cleveland and across northeastern Ohio. Their mission leads them to operate programs that change lives, transform communities and enliven community engagement.

Clintonville Beechwold CRC

As part of the century-old settlement house movement, CRC is a community-based social services agency that brings people together to help individuals and families build upon their strengths.

For almost 50 years, CRC has been making a difference in the lives of neighbors. Many lives have been improved or sustained by the services CRC provides. They promote self-sufficiency while respecting individual worth, rights, and dignity, creating a greater quality of life for everyone throughout the community.

Halt Violence

Halt Violence is a nonprofit agency with street cred——saving lives through street mediation and changing minds through mentorship. Squashing beef and saving lives is their mission.

Halt Violence has a 6-month Moral Therapy Initiative that helps teens and young adults develop strong moral reasoning and decision-making skills. The initiative is designed to alter how clients think and make judgments about what is right and wrong.

CRIS

Community Refugee and Immigration Services (CRIS) is an independent, non-profit organization that has been serving New American populations in Central Ohio since 1995. CRIS’ mission is to help refugees and immigrants reach safety and stability, sustain self-sufficiency, and achieve successful integration into the Central Ohio community. 

Communities in Schools

Since 1993 CIS Ohio has been helping Ohio Schools assess the needs of their youth and design plans for meeting those needs using existing resources. Their experienced staff joins forces with school administrators to build sustainable collaborations to benefit young people.

Military Veterans Resource Center

For 20 years, when Ohio veterans have been hurting, Military Veterans Resource Center has been there to provide help that veterans can’t get elsewhere. Their mission: help veterans develop self-reliance and independence and again feel the dignity and self-respect they felt when they wore our nation’s uniform.

Each year, MVRC serves over 3,000 Ohio veterans from their centers in Columbus, Chillicothe, Dayton and Hamilton.

Star House

Star House is a social service agency that operates Central Ohio’s only drop-in center for youth, ages 14-24, who are experiencing homelessness and their small children. They offer young people a safe respite from the streets, immediate access to basic needs and connections to stabilizing resources, such as housing, transportation, health care, employment, education, addiction services, legal aid, government benefits, ID cards and more. In 2020, Star House, in partnership with Finance Fund, opened Carol Stewart Village, a neighborhood for college-age youth with on-site programs and services. 

After-School All-Stars

After-School All­-Stars (ASAS) provides free, high-quality after-school programs to low-income, inner-city youth across the country. ASAS serves many children whose lives are affected by a lack of basic human needs——those needs include food, health, safety, shelter, and access to information. ASAS gives students a safe haven during the “danger zone” hours of 3pm-6pm; ­the time of day when youth violence, drug use and other delinquent behaviors are most likely to occur. 

COMPASS at Broad Street Presbyterian

COMPASS (Congregational Outreach Ministries Program of Assistance & Social Service) is an outreach ministry of Broad Street Presbyterian Church and a collaboration involving numerous area churches and other community groups. COMPASS provides services to prevent homelessness and stall evictions, allowing families to remain in their homes. This mission is accomplished by providing direct short-term financial assistance and offering targeted need referrals for individuals/families in Central Ohio.  

Learning Grove

For over 40 years, Cincinnati Early Learning Centers and Children, Inc. were both well known for their commitment to delivering an outstanding level of early education. On January 1, 2020, these two highly acclaimed organizations joined efforts, combining strengths under a new name: Learning Grove. Now more than ever, Learning Grove is able to serve a racially and socioeconomically diverse population of nearly 7,000 children, youth, and families annually with programs across Northern Kentucky and Southwest Ohio.

Central Community House

Founded in 1936, Central Community House is part of the settlement house movement that brought social services to underserved neighborhoods. Today, Central Community House is a place where people get the support they need while exploring their talents and passions with each other. They are housed in the near east side of Columbus.

Fund The Climb Foundation

The mission of Fund The Climb Foundation is to remove barriers that might stand in the way of recovery. Donations are used to advance education and prevention of substance use disorder as well as assisting with housing, transportation, nutrition & personal hygiene for those courageous enough to break the cycle of addiction and enter treatment.