Assist clients with serious mental illness to become more self sufficient by assisting them with resources and services to meet their needs.

Provides services and supports such as respite, education, training and/or supplies for families that have an individual with a disability residing at home and residential services and supports such as assistance with budgeting, self-care and community participation for individuals with a disability that reside in the community.

Provides a program is designed to help foster youth become self-sufficient adults. Youth learn the necessary skills to live on their own, such as financial management, career/educational planning, tax preparation, budgeting, preparation for college, and other life skills.

Program to give people the knowledge, skills, and tools to make healthy, informed choices. Topics may include safe food practices, nutrition, financial knowledge, relationships, and more.

Provides a program designed to help foster youth become self-sufficient adults. Youth learn the necessary skills to live on their own, such as financial management, career/educational planning, tax preparation, budgeting, preparation for college, and other life skills.

Assist clients with serious mental illness to become more self sufficient by assisting them with resources and services to meet their needs.

Provides classes to give people the knowledge, skills and tools needed to make healthy, informed choices. Following is a list of some current and available programs and topics: - Dining with Diabetes. - Successful Co-Parenting Classes. - Budgeting Classes. - Canning and Preserving Classes - Nutrition. - Life Skills - including Employment Prep, Resume Writing, and Financial Literacy.

Assist clients with serious mental illness to become more self sufficient by assisting them with resources and services to meet their needs.

GHRO Your Future is a life-skills development and mentoring program designed for girls ages 12-18, that runs annually from September-May. Each participant is matched with a strong female leader from the community for monthly check-ins to discuss personal goals and ambitions, while providing social and emotional support. In bi-weekly workshops, participants engage in academic support, career exploration, high school and workforce readiness, leadership development, mental and physical wellness, and confidence building.

COVID-19 TEMPORARY MESSAGE: Getting Ahead classes are online. Call or email Lynn West - Catholic Charities of Ashtabula County 440-992-2121, extension 7028 [email protected] for more info.
The Getting Ahead program is a 16 session workshop that is based on the work of Phil Devol in his book Getting Ahead in a Just-Gettin'-By World. Its purpose is to support, nurture and assist those who wish to rise out of poverty, especially generational poverty. Some limited transportation assistance may be available. Gift cards are given at each session.

Offers a programs to teach daily living skills and/or parenting skills. Topics include Values, Personal Responsibility, Refusal Skills, Hygiene and Self Care, and Making Decisions. Each session includes a video, role play, workbook exercises, and discussion.

Provides a program designed to help foster youth become self-sufficient adults. Youth learn the necessary skills to live on their own, such as financial management, career/educational planning, tax preparation, budgeting, preparation for college, and other life skills.

Help Me Grow Home Visiting is Ohio's program for expectant parents, newborns, infants and toddlers. The program provides health and developmental services so that children start school healthy and ready to learn. Help Me Grow works with parents to support young children's development. Home Visitors provide on-going home visits in the home; focus on improving prenatal health habits and infant care giving skills; provide information on child's health, growth, education and development through the Parents As Teachers program; provide screenings for health, hearing, vision and development; connect families with community resources and services. Affiliated with the evidence-based home visiting model Parents As Teachers. Services include - Developmental Screening - Information on parenting tips - Assistance in developing and reaching family goals - Home Visits to help each child stay "on the road" to healthy growth and development - Service Coordination - professional nurses, teachers, or other qualified staff who share their knowledge about available resources, assist families in connecting with needed services, coordinate services to help families meet their needs and goals. Help Me Grow is - Family-friendly and family centered - Supportive and respectful of each family's needs and preferences - Individualized to meet the needs of each child and family.

Provides life skills education program for men, including pre-employment and training, community referral services, case management, health education and awareness and life skills development.

Youth from kindergarten through high school experiencing disadvantages associated with growing up in an environment of high rates of poverty, substance abuse, illiteracy and crime are eligible for this program. Every week, thirty students are encouraged to complete homework and learn good study habits. They participate in the Eastside Youth Program, which teaches money and household management, cooking, laundering, and other practical life-long skills to help them become independent, contributing adults.

Assist clients with serious mental illness to become more self sufficient by assisting them with resources and services to meet their needs.

Offers two coaching program focusing on life skills, service, leadership, and education. One program (From Me 2 U) is for high school aged youth and is offered in four formats: community-based, school-based, and residential. During Summer, the program partners with Youth Opportunities Unlimited, to add a workforce component. School-based learning allows participants to incorporate classroom skills into a safe community environment while developing team-building skills. Participants gain skills to help them identify as community members while fostering independence. Residential is designed to replace risky behaviors and activities with positive protective factors by improving decision-making and critical thinking skills, increasing engagement in drug-free activities, increasing participant's network of positive peer supports, and developing community awareness about prevention efforts. The other program (Becoming Me ) is for young adults in college and offers life coaching and internships.

Offers education support assistance, access to community resources, financial management sessions, mentorship, and substance abuse prevention support.

Program for male and female youth from age 11 to 18. Working in small groups, youth learn life skills, citizenship, community service and leadership through outdoor experiences, service projects, and earning merit badges in a wide array of topics.

Assist clients with serious mental illness to become more self sufficient by assisting them with resources and services to meet their needs.

Provides assistance to new and expectant parents to help them attain items needed for babies and/or children under the age of 2 such as cribs, car seats, pack-n-plays, strollers, diapers, wipes and other baby care essentials. Offers life skills education for new parents and mentoring programs.

Provides a program that is designed to help foster youth become self-sufficient adults. Youth learn the necessary skills to live on their own, such as financial management, career/educational planning, tax preparation, budgeting, preparation for college, and other life skills.

Supports can include assistance with daily living needs, therapeutic needs, learning new skills, connection to resources and social groups in your community as well as support to find and maintain a job.

All Franklin County residents needing assistance with navigating social service programs.

Supports families after initial crisis is over. The Counseling Program provides youth and families with a counselor who will work with families to help them find common ground and make long term changes. Also provides community based and family centered services that meet with youth at home, in school or at another mental health facility.