Youth Crisis Center
3330 Jefferson Avenue
Cincinnati, Ohio 45220
Phone: (513) 961-4080
Fax: (513) 961-6578
1-800-474-4129
Director: Geoffrey Hollenbach
ghollenbach@lys.org
The Youth Crisis Center is the only facility in
the Cincinnati area where unaccompanied
youth, ten through seventeen years old, can seek shelter and safety. The
Youth Crisis Center is a twenty bed emergency facility open twenty-four hours a day, 365 days per year. The Youth Crisis Center also operates a twenty-four hour youth crisis line at (513) 961-4080.
The Youth Crisis Center is located at 3330 Jefferson Avenue in Clifton.
The Youth Crisis Center is a safe haven for young people who are physically or sexually abused, neglected or for some other reason believe that they cannot safely be in their own home. Under Ohio law youth may seek shelter at the Youth Crisis Center without consent while their situation is examined by appropriate child protection investigators.
The mission of the Youth Crisis Center is to provide safety and effective crisis resolution to the young people of our community when their living situation is disrupted or endangered. This is accomplished while encouraging reconciliation and reunification within families, diversion of young people from the juvenile justice system and decreasing unnecessary reliance on the child welfare system.
Admission Criteria:
1) 10-17 years old
2) Male or Female
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Youth Outreach Program
3330 Jefferson Avenue
Cincinnati, Ohio 45209
Phone: (513) 961-4080
Director: Roland Kocsis
rkocsis@lys.org
The Youth Outreach Program is a multifaceted program providing van based street outreach services to several Cincinnati neighborhoods and a drop in center called Anthony House in Corryville.
Street outreach teams operate 3-4 days a week in Over-the Rhine, CUF (Clifton, University Heights, Fairview), Avondale, Corryville and downtown (near the library). Teams are on the street from late afternoon into the early evening (4:00 to 9:00 pm). Teams operate from a clearly marked van that allows street workers to access water, food, clothing, blankets, personal hygiene items and other survival supplies that might be needed by young people living on the streets. Using a method called “harm reduction” workers attempt to bring the most basic levels of safety to those on the street. For those young people who really want to leave the street or to get help for other basic needs, such as emotional disorders or substance abuse and addiction, the street outreach workers are prepared to provide extensive case management services in order to help the young person make that transition.
Anthony House
2728 Glendora
Cincinnati, Ohio 45209
Phone: (513) 569-9500
Anthony House is a drop in center for homeless teens and young adults in their early twenties. Anthony House is located at 2728 Glendora, one block from Short Vine, in Corryville and is open Monday through Friday from 1:00 to 6:00 p.m. Anthony House provides food, personal hygiene items, survival clothing (gloves, hats, sweatshirts, blankets), showers, laundry facilities, access to the internet, mail service, and other survival and harm reduction services. Anthony House is staffed by a full time coordinator who can assist guests in accessing employment opportunities, housing, mental health and substance abuse services as well as self sufficiency training, including financial literacy. A registered nurse is on staff Tuesday-Friday to provide basic health care and first aid, as well as medical outreach when participating in Street Outreach. A clinical counselor is available by appointment.
Street Outreach Workers and Anthony House staff members can verify homelessness and issue Homeless Certificates. This process is necessary in order to access numerous services for the homeless in Cincinnati. To assess your eligibility to obtain a Homeless Certificate or to see how we can assist with your current needs, please contact a street outreach worker or go to Anthony House.
Hours of Operation:
Monday through Friday, 1:00 to 6:00 pm
Admission Criteria:
1) Up to 24 years old
Transitional Living and Shelter Plus Care
3330 Jefferson Avenue
Cincinnati, Ohio 45220
Phone: (513) 861-1111
Fax: (513) 861-8803
1-800-474-4133
Director: Regina Woods
rwoods@lys.org
The Transitional Living Program was created in 1989 as an outgrowth of the agency’s successful Independent Living Program. The Transitional Living Program offers housing, case management services, and self-sufficiency training to young people from their late teens (18 years old) to their early twenties including young women with children. The program also offers permanent supported housing through Shelter + Care for young adults who have emotional or substance abuse disabilities.
Transitional housing for young men is provided both at the men’s clustered site on Reading Road and through scattered sites. Housing for women and children is provided through scattered sites. All Shelter + Care housing is in scattered sites.
Admission to the Transitional Living Program and to Shelter + Care is limited to those who are certified homeless. This means potential applicants must work with a street outreach program or homeless shelter prior to applying for admission. Interested young people who believe they are eligible should contact the Youth Outreach Program through the youth crisis line at 513-961-4080 or by going to Anthony House at 2728 Glendora Avenue during its regular hours.
All participants in the program are expected to spend at least 30 hours per week in productive activity – usually working or going to school. Participants are also expected to develop a healthy spectrum of life skills through training in credit counseling, budgeting, and financial literacy. The Transitional Living Program uses the Ansell-Casey Life Skill Assessment to evaluate all participants and help plan their learning program. Regular attendance at self-sufficiency groups is also expected. The approximate length of the program is 18 months.
The Transitional Living Program does not provide “free” housing. Participants are expected to develop financial independence, paying an increasing proportion of their rent until they are fully self sufficient. The program helps cover costs such as rent deposits and initially may subsidize rent. The program also helps furnish participant’s apartments and may initially help with food and other household needs.
Admission Criteria: (TLP)
1) 18-22 years old
2) Homeless male/female or family
Admission Criteria: (S+C)
1) 18-25 years old
2) Homeless male/female or family with substance abuse or mental health disability
3) Must have current Homeless Certificate
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