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Our Crisis Nursery Approach
Learn about our two-generation approach delivered through a
holistic, integrated program.
While children stay in our Crisis Nursery, we empower parents to be safe, stable caregivers for their families in our Family Center.
A growing body of data shows crisis nursery programs are a vital service in meeting the needs of families and children in crisis.
$80provides 5 children with snuggly beds and full tummies.
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$80provides 5 children with snuggly beds and full tummies.
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Who We Are
Who We Are
Providence House is Ohio’s first and one of the nation's longest-operating crisis nurseries among the 70+ in operation in the U.S. and Canada.
We offer free, voluntary, non-custodial emergency shelter to children newborn through twelve years old who are actively living in crisis situations and support services to their families to help them stay together.
Providence House has cared for and advocated for more than 15,000 children and families in crisis since opening our doors in 1981. To provide the support so desperately needed by our families, we deliver a holistic, integrated program focused on family preservation.
Our unique Crisis Nursery Program is a comprehensive service based on the latest research in our industry and evidence-based programs and practices that can help prevent child abuse and neglect and reduce foster care placements.
Following their stay with us, the children we care for go home to stronger, more stable families. Over the last five years, an average of 99% of families who brought a child to stay in our Crisis Nursery reunited after engaging with our services!
Our West Campus
- Leo’s House, Family Preservation Crisis Nursery - Licensed by the Ohio Department of Jobs and Family Services (ODJFS) to operate 24/7, Leo's House provides emergency shelter and safe, loving care for up to 20 children at a time, aged newborn through twelve, in a home-like facility that includes play spaces, a dining area, sibling bedrooms, and a family room
Our East Campus
Providence House is expanding to the East Side of Cleveland to help address the increase in the need for our services. Our East Campus will allow us to serve 250 more children and 400+ more families each year. The East Campus Crisis Nursery, Hope's House, is expected to open soon!
