| Basic Needs
Housing
Portage Area Transitional Housing
The PATH program assists homeless families and individuals who are experiencing significant difficulties that hinder their ability to maintain stable housing. PATH offers comprehensive, supportive services and subsidized transitional housing for up to 24 months to support participants in their efforts to increase social and economic strength and to secure permanent, stable housing. more>
Housing and Emergency Support Services
The HESS program assists families and individuals experiencing a crisis that threatens their stability and well being. Services include crisis intervention, emergency financial assistance, and short-term case management and service coordination. more>
Freedom House
Freedom House provides emergency shelter and supportive services to adult male veterans who are experiencing a housing crisis. Essential to our mission is improving the quality of life for our residents by providing a 90-day shelter that includes individual case management, advocacy, information and referrals to area resources. more>
Miller Community House
Miller Community House exists to provide emergency shelter to those adults and children in a housing crisis, while also providing support advocacy, and referrals to encourage self-sufficiency and movement towards permanent housing. more>
Safer Futures
Safer Futures is a resource center shelter for women and children seeking freedom from domestic violence. We provide shelter, advocacy, moral support, education concerning domestic violence, and access to relevant community resources. more>
Emergency Shelter
Miller Community House
Miller Community House exists to provide emergency shelter to those adults and children in a housing crisis, while also providing support advocacy, and referrals to encourage self-sufficiency and movement towards permanent housing. more>
Freedom House
Freedom House provides emergency shelter and supportive services to adult male veterans who are experiencing a housing crisis. Essential to our mission is improving the quality of life for our residents by providing a 90-day shelter that includes individual case management, advocacy, information and referrals to area resources. more>
Safer Futures
Safer Futures is a resource center shelter for women and children seeking freedom from domestic violence. We provide shelter, advocacy, moral support, education concerning domestic violence, and access to relevant community resources. more>
Food
Kent Social Services
Feeding the hungry and providing emergency services to persons in the City of Kent and Franklin Township.
WISH LIST FACT SHEET
Center of Hope & Christian Cupboard
Opened in November of 1989, its mission is to serve hot meals and provide an emergency food pantry, along with referral and advocacy services.
WISH LIST FACT SHEET
Senior nutrition program
The Senior Nutrition Program assists the elderly in maintaining a balanced diet by providing one nutritionally balanced meal each weekday to individuals 60 years of age and older. This service is offered at a number of locations throughout the community. more>
King-Kennedy Community Center
The King-Kennedy Community Center's mission statement is to join in the collective effort to better the Portage County Community by volunteering at the King-Kennedy Center and working with area residents to improve living conditions.
Skeels-Mathews Community Center
Skeels is a community center which provides services and programs for all Portage County residents. The mission of Skeels Community Center is to improve the educational, physical, cultural, and social aspects of the community and surrounding areas.
Chagrin Falls Park Community Center
Community Centers promote activities, self awareness, and pride for ones own local community. Centers typically offer recreational, educational, and social activities for people of all ages. Often times, Community Centers target marginal and/or low-income areas and are located in either rural or inner city areas.
Clothing
County Clothing Center
Providing gently used clothing (as available) to low income families/individuals in need, at no charge; reducing the waste stream by recycling used clothing.
Hot Meals
Chagrin Falls Park Community Center
Community Centers promote activities, self awareness, and pride for ones own local community. Centers typically offer recreational, educational, and social activities for people of all ages. Often times, Community Centers target marginal and/or low-income areas and are located in either rural or inner city areas.
Skeels-Mathews Community Center
Skeels is a community center which provides services and programs for all Portage County residents. The mission of Skeels Community Center is to improve the educational, physical, cultural, and social aspects of the community and surrounding areas.
Kent Social Services
Feeding the hungry and providing emergency services to persons in the City of Kent and Franklin Township.
WISH LIST FACT SHEET
Center of Hope & Christian Cupboard
Opened in November of 1989, its mission is to serve hot meals and provide an emergency food pantry, along with referral and advocacy services.
WISH LIST FACT SHEET
Senior nutrition program
The Senior Nutrition Program assists the elderly in maintaining a balanced diet by providing one nutritionally balanced meal each weekday to individuals 60 years of age and older. This service is offered at a number of locations throughout the community.
Emergency Food
Kent Social Services
Feeding the hungry and providing emergency services to persons in the City of Kent and Franklin Township.
Center of Hope & Christian Cupboard
Opened in November of 1989, its mission is to serve hot meals and provide an emergency food pantry, along with referral and advocacy services.
Rent & Security Deposit Assistance
Housing and Emergency Support Services
The HESS program assists families and individuals experiencing a crisis that threatens their stability and well being. Services include crisis intervention, emergency financial assistance, and short-term case management and service coordination. more>
Homelessness Programs
Miller Community House
Miller Community House exists to provide emergency shelter to those adults and children in a housing crisis, while also providing support advocacy, and referrals to encourage self-sufficiency and movement towards permanent housing. more>
Safer Futures
Safer Futures is a resource center shelter for women and children seeking freedom from domestic violence. We provide shelter, advocacy, moral support, education concerning domestic violence, and access to relevant community resources. more>
Freedom House
Freedom House provides emergency shelter and supportive services to adult male veterans who are experiencing a housing crisis. Essential to our mission is improving the quality of life for our residents by providing a 90-day shelter that includes individual case management, advocacy, information and referrals to area resources. more>
Housing and Emergency Support Services
The HESS program assists families and individuals experiencing a crisis that threatens their stability and well being. Services include crisis intervention, emergency financial assistance, and short-term case management and service coordination. more>
Portage Area Transitional Housing
The PATH program assists homeless families and individuals who are experiencing significant difficulties that hinder their ability to maintain stable housing. PATH offers comprehensive, supportive services and subsidized transitional housing for up to 24 months to support participants in their efforts to increase social and economic strength and to secure permanent, stable housing. more>
Emergency Services
Center of Hope & Christian Cupboard
Opened in November of 1989, its mission is to serve hot meals and provide an emergency food pantry, along with referral and advocacy services.
Kent Social Services
Feeding the hungry and providing emergency services to persons in the City of Kent and Franklin Township.
Miller Community House
Miller Community House exists to provide emergency shelter to those adults and children in a housing crisis, while also providing support advocacy, and referrals to encourage self-sufficiency and movement towards permanent housing. more>
Freedom House
Freedom House provides emergency shelter and supportive services to adult male veterans who are experiencing a housing crisis. Essential to our mission is improving the quality of life for our residents by providing a 90-day shelter that includes individual case management, advocacy, information and referrals to area resources. more>
Safer Futures
Safer Futures is a resource center shelter for women and children seeking freedom from domestic violence. We provide shelter, advocacy, moral support, education concerning domestic violence, and access to relevant community resources. more>
Housing and Emergency Support Services
The HESS program assists families and individuals experiencing a crisis that threatens their stability and well being. Services include crisis intervention, emergency financial assistance, and short-term case management and service coordination. more>
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