Official State Website: http://ohio.gov

President and Vice President: www.whitehouse.gov

State Representative: http://www.house.gov/

Senators: http://www.senate.gov/

Local Child Abuse Number: 1-800-422-4453

Children's Rights Foundation:
1-800-329-KIDS
http://www.preventchildabusenow.org/

National Child Traumatic Stress Network:
http://www.nctsnet.org/nccts/nav.do?pid=abt_ntwk

Cullen Center for Children, Adolescents, and Families
Contact: Kristine Buffington
Phone: (419) 291-7919
Email: Kris.Buffington@Promedica.org

The Children Who Witness Violence Program
Contact: Rosemary Creeden
Phone: (216) 361-8640
Email: rosemary@mhs-inc.org

Trauma Treatment Replication Center
Contact: Frank Putnam
Phone: (513) 636-7001
Email: frank.putnam@cchmc.org
Web: http://www.cincinnatichildrens.org/svc/prog/child-abuse/default.htm

Shelters

Because He Cares
1340 East Avenue
Akron, OH 44309-0071
Phone: 330-762-8884

Cherry Street Mission
105 17th Street
Toledo, OH 43624
Phone: (419)242-5141

City Mission
5310 Carnegie Avenue
Cleveland, OH 44103-4360
Phone: (216)431-3510
FAX: (216)431-3513

Drop-Inn Center Shelter House
217 W 12th Street
Cincinnati, OH 45202
Phone: 513-721-0643

Haven of Rest Ministries
175 East Market STreet, P. O. Box 547
Akron, OH 44309-0547
Phone: 330-535-1563

Middletown House of Hope
34 South Main Street
Middletown, OH 45044
Phone: (513)423-4673

Project Hope for the Homeless
Ecumenical Shelter Network of Lake County, Inc
5 Freedom Rd.
P.O box 2035
Painesville, Ohio 44077

Rescue Mission of Mahoning Valley
962 M. L. King Blvd
Youngstown, OH 44501
Phone: 330-744-5485
FAX: 330-744-1420

Sanctuary of Williams County Shelter
210 South Main Street
Bryan, OH 43506
Phone: 419-636-2460

The City Mission of Findlay
510 West Main Cross St.
Findlay, OH 45840
Phone: 419-423-9151

Warming Families
370 West State Street
Columbus, OH 43215
Phone: 614-461-0407

Women's Shelters

Domestic Violence:
http://www.odvn.org
http://www.sboard.org/resources.htm?

Action Ohio Coalition For Battered Women
P.O. Box 15673
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 221-1255 Fax: (614) 221-6357
(888) 622-9315 In State
Website: http://www.actionohio.org
Email: actionoh@ee.net

Ohio Domestic Violence Network
4807 Evanswood Drive, #201
Columbus, OH 43229
(614) 781-9651 Fax: (614) 781-9652
(800) 934-9840
Website: http://www.odvn.org
Email: info@odvn.org

National Domestic Violence Hotline:
http://www.ndvh.org/help/help_in_area.html

National Coalition Against Domestic Violence:
http://www.ncadv.org

National Network to End Domestic Violence:
http://www.nnedv.org

Directory of Women's Shelters:
http://wedirectyou.com/womennmr/women.htm

Sounding Board Counseling Center:
http://www.sboard.org then click on shelters in your State

Community Action Program:
http://www.oacaa.org/
http://www.wsos.org/home/
http://www.hapcap.org/
http://www.ohcac.org/
http://www.ncaf.org/linkcaas.htm

Head Start Program:
http://www.ohsai.org/
http://www.ed.gov/inits/americareads/resourcekit/HeadStart/ohio.html
http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/hsb/hsweb/index.jsp
http://www.headstartinfo.org/infocenter/ehs_tkit1.htm

State Listings of Charities

Federal Trade Commission:
http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/pubs/tmarkg/charity.htm

Office of the Attorney General
Charitable Law Section
150 E. Gay St. 23rd Floor
Columbus, OH 43215-3130
614-466-3180
http://www.ag.state.oh.us/sections/charitable_law/index.htm

Search by State

Family and Youth Services:
http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/fysb/

Human Services
http://www.hhs.gov/

Government Grants:
http://www.firstgov.gov/
http://www.grants.gov/
http://www.govbenefits.gov/govbenefits_en.portal

Housing Grants:
http://www.hud.gov/offices/cpd/communitydevelopment/programs/
http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/ocs/csbg/

Health Care: For the Uninsured
http://ask.hrsa.gov/pc/

Help finding healthcare in your area:
http://www.healthfinder.gov/healthcare/

Emergency Food and Shelter:
http://www.efsp.unitedway.org/EFSP/WC.DLL?EFSP~FundedStates