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East End'S Foster Grandparent Program | East End Neighborhood House

Provides opportunities for older adults to give support and care to children who have special needs in school and daycare settings. Participants receive a small stipend, an annual physical examination, accident and liability insurance and meals during service hours.

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African American Community
Intergenerational Programs

Grants | United Black Fund Of Greater Cleveland

Functions as a grant making public charity providing funding to charitable organizations only which provide services to residents of greater Cleveland's communities in need. Focuses on providing funding for education including family life and cultural and arts, homelessness, crisis intervention, HIV/AIDS education, re-entry (ex-offenders), workforce development, seniors, youth and social services to African Americans. Does not fund endowments, capital grants, or individuals.

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Public Foundations
African American Community

Neighborhood Family Supportive Services | East End Neighborhood House

Provides the opportunity to get assistance with issues related to parenting, to apply for needed benefits, to participate in a job training program with the goal of employment and to discuss with a case manager a plan for family success. Service provided by professional social workers. Includes assistance with becoming a foster or adoptive parent, parenting skills for foster parents, adoption and foster care support groups and life skills education.

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Life Skills Education
Career Awareness
Parenting Skills Classes
Foster Parents
Parenting Issues
Adoption/Foster Care/Kinship Care Issues
Case/Care Management
Benefits Screening
Job Training Formats
African American Community
Adoption and Foster/Kinship Care Support Groups
Job Finding Assistance
Adoption Information/Referrals

Young African American Women Prevention Program (YAAW) | The Centers For Families And Children

Provides a substance abuse prevention program that incorporates arts activities to reduce risk-taking behaviors of African American teenaged girls.

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African American Community
Substance Use Disorder Education/Prevention

Ubuntu Leadership Parent Training | East End Neighborhood House

Provides a program to increase parenting skills through positive reinforcement techniques. Classes provide information and practice that helps establish routines, communication, builds children's self-worth, rewards and punishments, personal power, handling stress and anger, praise and self-nurturing. Limited child care available during classes. Class includes a certificate of completion. Maximum of 10 parents/class.

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African American Community
Parent/Child Activity Groups
Parenting Skills Classes

Karamu Arts Academy | Karamu House

Provides performing arts instruction for lifelong learners.

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Music Instruction
Arts and Crafts Instruction
Acting Instruction
Dance Instruction
African American Community

Discrimination Assistance | Naacp Cleveland Branch

Seeks to resolve complaints of racial discrimination mainly in housing, employment, clubs or associations, and education. Does not provide legal assistance. Will also seek to resolve complaints on the basis of religion, national origin, sexual orientation, ancestry, sex, disability, age, military status, and marital or familial status.

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African American Community
Employment Discrimination Assistance
Housing Discrimination Assistance
Education Discrimination Assistance
Club Membership Discrimination Assistance

General Health Education Programs For African American Community | Center For Closing The Health Gap

Provides heatlh education programs and events, and leads advocacy efforts for health issues and policy initiatives to increase awareness of racial health disparities in Greater Cincinnati.

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African American Community
General Health Education Programs

Behavioral Health - African American Males | Project Lift Services

Provides counseling, case management, family and group therapy and crisis intervention services on a short-term basis for clients who demonstrate a need for support beyond prevention. Service includes counseling to deal with bereavement and trauma issues.

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Bereavement and Grief Counseling
African American Community
Psychiatric Case Management
General Counseling Services

Moms And Babies First - Ohio'S Black Infant Vitality Program | Northeast Ohio Neighborhood Health Services

Provides specialized home-based prenatal services to African American mothers and their families with the goal of reducing infant mortality. Licensed community health workers are assigned to enrolled pregnant women to provide 1 or 2 in-home, monthly face-to-face visits that will continue until the child is 2 years old.

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General Expectant/New Parent Assistance
African American Community

Cuyahoga Small Business Development Center (SBDC) | Urban League Of Greater Cleveland

Provides help for those starting or wanting advice on the development of their small business. Program has two tracks: one provides a comprehensive series of classes that explores and educates participants on all aspects of starting their own business. The second track provides direct help in evaluating and expanding businesses already in existence.

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African American Community
Small Business Development

Family First Steps | Greenleaf Family Center

Offers a prenatal support program for low-income pregnant women. Provides in home case management services through Community Health Workers (CHW) who make regular home visits throughout the duration of the pregnancy and until the child turns three (3) years old. In addition, offers support, education, and resources via a telehealth option.

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African American Community
General Expectant/New Parent Assistance
Prenatal/Postnatal Home Visitation Programs

Prioritizing Us | Gathering Hope House

Offers community-based meetings and discussions for underrepresented minority populations in Lorain County. These meetings will address these groups' unique challenges in accessing mental health services and provide valuable information and resources to overcome these barriers. Focus on psychoeducation, group discussions, and hands-on activities to increase knowledge, reduce stigma, and improve access to mental health and substance abuse services.

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African American Community
General Mental Health Information/Education

Simba Mentoring Program | Franklin County Children Services

Program is based on Africentric mentoring and rites of passage. Simba matches African American male youths with African American men from the community to act as role models and give friendship, support, and guidance to the young men. Mentors are assigned for a minimum of six months.

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Adult/Child Mentoring Programs
African American Community

Museum | National Afro-American Museum & Cultural Center

Displays exhibitions and artifacts and provides tours and education programs on African American history and culture.

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African American Community
Diversity Awareness Training
History Museums
Museums

Fairfax Workforce Development Program | Fairfax Renaissance Development Corporation

Recruits, screens, and trains residents to successfully submit employment applications. Applicant services include: soft skill interview training, skills for successful employment, computer/technology training classes, mentoring and career coaching. Also works with local employees to host neighborhood hiring events.

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Prejob Guidance
Career Awareness
African American Community
Job Training Formats

Adult/Child Mentoring Programs For African American Community (ACT-SO) | Naacp - Cincinnati Branch

Provides NAACP youth program Afro-Academic, Cultural, Technology and Scientific Olympics (ACT-SO). Youth are encouraged toward excellence in academic and cultural pursuits while benefiting from the support of their communities.

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African American Community
Adult/Child Mentoring Programs

Minority Men'S Health Center / Minority Mens Health Center | Cleveland Clinic Foundation

Provides screening, education, and treatment for a variety of diseases that affect more men of certain races and ethnicities than their races or ethnicities appear in the population. Typical screenings include prostate cancer, high cholesterol, diabetes, high blood pressure, sickle cell anemia, and testicular cancer.

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Prostatic Specific Antigen Blood Tests
African American Community
Diabetes Screening
Hispanic/Latino Community
Testicular Examinations
Digital Rectal Examinations
Asian Community
Sickle Cell Screening
Cholesterol/Triglycerides Tests

Counseling | Village Of Healing

Provides culturally appropriate mental health counseling for a variety of conditions, including bereavement, mood disorders in pregnancy and postpartum, relationship work, teen parenting, and general counseling to adjust to life transitions.

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General Counseling Services
African American Community
Bereavement and Grief Counseling
Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders Treatment

Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP) | Ncba

Helps those minorities who are age 55 or older and of low income to improve the quality of their lives by obtaining paid employment and training. Individuals are placed in local non-profit agencies. Also will help in matters pertaining to housing information, health promotion and advocacy by giving referrals/suggestions as needed. Participants may be eligible for up to 4 years of employment.

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Job Finding Assistance
Job Training Formats
Senior Community Service Employment Programs
African American Community

Ubuntu Individual Learning Center | East End Neighborhood House

Provides tutoring in math, reading, and language arts, as well as other character development curricula. Learning Center promotes fluency in reading and comprehension of math concepts, while developing self-determination and self-pride in their studies. Offers classes in computer use and leadership development.Youth development programs include African drumming, anger management, and martial science. Capacity of the program is 65.

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Leadership Development
African American Community
Computer Literacy Training Programs
Tutoring Services

Lean On Me | National Alliance On Mental Illness - Greater Cleveland

Provides the opportunity for Black/African-American Greater Clevelanders to find safe support and share challenges.

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African American Community
Mental Health Related Support Groups

Eating For Healthy Tomorrow-Search Your Heart | American Heart Association And American Stroke Association

Offers a heart disease risk reduction program designed specifically for African-Americans. Topics include proper diet and nutrition.

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Wellness Programs
African American Community
Nutrition Education

Lifted Men | Project Lift Services

Offers a program to help new and experienced fathers with barriers to develop parenting skills. Curriculum includes addressing financial instability, communication issues and negative thought patterns to overcome in order to participate in a meaningful way in their children's lives.

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African American Community
Parenting Skills Classes

Senior Center - Recreation, Socialization | East End Neighborhood House

Provides a variety of recreational and social activities including arts and crafts, social groups, exercise, and community gardening.

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African American Community
Arts and Crafts Instruction
Senior Centers
Physical Fitness
Community Gardening
Recreational Activities/Sports
Social Clubs/Events