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1st Year and CAPA Documentation Resources

1st Year Monitoring Survey Questions

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2nd-4th Year CAPA Monitoring Questions

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FY25 Monitoring Application Slide Deck for 1st Yr and CAPA

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2024 Orientation & Evaluation Training Resources

10.1.24 Orientation Training Agenda

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10.1.24 Orientation Training Q&A

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10.1.24 Orientation Training Recording

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10.2.24 Evaluation Training Agenda

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10.2.24 Evaluation Training Q&A

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10.2.24 Evaluation Training Recording

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2024 Evaluation Training 21APR Overview

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2024 Evaluation Training 22-23 Statewide Evaluation Report Review

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2024 Evaluation Training 24-25 Statewide Evaluation Activities

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2024 Evaluation Training Opening Welcome Session

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2024 Evaluation Training Overview of 3 Levels of Evaluation

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2024 Orientation Training Communications Timeline Review

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2024 Orientation Training Compliance and Monitoring Application

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2024 Orientation Training FY25 First Year Implementation

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2024 Orientation Training How to License an Early Child Care and Education Program

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2024 Orientation Training Opening Welcome Session

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2024 Orientation Training Using DEW Systems for Fiscal Management

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2024 OST Conference Presentations & Handouts

2024 OST Conference Schedule

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Day 1 Session 1.01 - Track: Chronic Absenteeism

Chronic Absenteeism Overview (Patrick Hickman, Ohio’s Attendance Advisor; Ohio Department of Education and Workforce)

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Day 1 Session 1.02 Track: Data Collection & Evaluation

Sharing Success in Evaluating Out-of-School Time (Julia Holton, PhD, Senior Research Associate, Sara Stacy, PhD, Research Associate; University of Cincinnati Evaluation Services Center)

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Day 1 Session 1.02 Track: Data Collection & Evaluation (Handouts)

Sharing Success in Evaluating Out-of-School Time (Julia Holton, PhD, Senior Research Associate, Sara Stacy, PhD, Research Associate; University of Cincinnati Evaluation Services Center)

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Day 1 Session 1.07 - Track: Marketing & Communications

How to Tell Your Story: Help Your Audience Remember You (Joe Hollings, Director of Engagement, Daa’iyah Rahman, Marketing & Advancement Manager; Open Doors Academy)

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Day 1 Session 1.08 Track: Workforce Readiness K-5 (Handout)

Integrating K-5 Career Connection Concepts: A Live Demonstration of Online Tools for Aftfter-School Educators (Kayla Mack, Education Program Specialist; Ohio Department of Education and Workforce)

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Day 1 Session 1.08 Track: Workforce Readiness K-5 (Presentation)

Integrating K-5 Career Connection Concepts: A Live Demonstration of Online Tools for Aftfter-School Educators (Kayla Mack, Education Program Specialist; Ohio Department of Education and Workforce)

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Day 1 Session 2.04 Track: Summer Learning K-12

Bridging the Gap Together: Schools and Camps (Brodrick Clarke, CEO; Brodrick Clarke Consulting, LLC)

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Day 1 Session 2.08 Track: Workforce Readiness K-12

Drive Ohio Educator Toolkit: Career Connections with Drones and Electric Vehicles (Rich Granger, Managing Director of Workforce and Economic Development, Mary Welsh Schlueter; Drive Ohio, ODOT)

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Day 1 Session 3.02 Track: Data Collection & Evaluation

Evaluation Tools: Tips & Tricks for Collecting and Utilizing Data (Sara Stacy, PhD, Research Associate, 21st CCLC Local Evaluators; Sarah Wright, S. Wright Consulting; Brack Houchens, Independent Consultant/Gallia-Vinton ESC; Tricia Kidd, President, Kidd Consulting Group; Sara Dixon, Consultant, Sara Dixon Consulting; University of Cincinnati Evaluation Services Center)

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Day 1 Session 3.03 Track: Learning Acceleration K-12

Launching STEAM Learning with Moonshot Ohio (Emily Morgan, Moonshot Ohio Coordinator, Michele Ritchlin, Executive Director; OAN)

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Day 1 Session 3.04 Track: Summer Learning K-12

Jump stART Learning: Arts Integrations Strategies and Resources (Helen Buck-Pavlick, Fine Arts Education Specialist; Ohio Department of Education & Workforce)

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Day 1 Session 3.04 Track: Summer Learning K-12 (Handouts)

Jump stART Learning: Arts Integrations Strategies and Resources (Helen Buck-Pavlick, Fine Arts Education Specialist; Ohio Department of Education & Workforce)

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Day 1 Session 3.06 - Track: Marketing & Communications

We Are The Champions: Craftfting Winning Strategies in Marketing (Joe Hollings, Director of Engagement, Daa’iyah Rahman, Marketing & Advancement Manager; Open Doors Academy)

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Day 1 Session 3.06 - Track: Marketing & Communications (Worksheet)

We Are The Champions: Crafting Winning Strategies in Marketing (Joe Hollings, Director of Engagement, Daa’iyah Rahman, Marketing & Advancement Manager; Open Doors Academy)

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Day 1 Session 3.07 Track: Summer Learning

Summer Starts in September- Workshop/Interactive Session (Brodrick Clarke, CEO; Brodrick Clarke Consulting, LLC)

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Day 1 Session 3.08 - Track: Workforce Readiness

Launching Career Pathways: Manufacturing (Lissy Rand, Executive Director, Workforce Partnerships; MAGNET)

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Day 1 Session Treasurer/Fiscal Representatives Training (Schedule)

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Day 1 Session Treasurer/Fiscal Representatives Training (SLOAG)

SLOAG Presentation

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Day 2 Session 5.01 Track: Chronic Absenteeism

Chronic Absenteeism Overview (Patrick Hickman, Ohio’s Attendance Advisor; Ohio Department of Education and Workforce)

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Day 2 Session 5.02 Track: Data Collection & Evaluation

Expectations and Reality - Modeling Program Impacts to Assess Program Outcomes (Karen Alexander Glueckert, M.Ed, Research Associate, Sonya Turner, M.P.A., Associate Director; University of Cincinnati Evaluation Services Center)

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Day 2 Session 5.03 Track: Literacy

Science of Reading Overview (Jeremy Luke, Megan Cook; Ohio Department of Education and Workforce)

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Day 2 Session 5.04 Track: Learning Acceleration K-12

Accelerate Learning to Elevate Students in OST (Sylvia Lyles, Chief Partnerships and Grants Officer; Foundations, Inc.)

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Day 2 Session 5.05 Track: Summer Learning K-12

Summer programming For Students With Diverse Needs (Jacqueline Cheadle, Education Program Specialist; Ohio Department of Education and Workforce)

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Day 2 Session 5.07 Track: Workforce Readiness 6-12

NaviGo and Families Forward: Hope-Building through Work-Based Learning (Kathy Burkhard, Executive Director, Michelle Toney, Executive Director, Families FORWARD; Lorraine O’Moore, Director of Work-Based Learning; NaviGo - an organization of Learning Grove)

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Day 2 Session 6.04 Track: Learning Acceleration K-5 (Handouts)

Fast and Fun Phonics: Equipping Kids to Excel in Reading and Spelling (Christina Williams, Founder, Educator; Book Bums & The Faith Alliance)

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Day 2 Session 6.05 Track: Summer Learning K-8

Creating a Summer to Remember (Makanya Smith, Executive Director; Taking Back Our Youth)

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Day 2 Session 6.05 Track: Summer Learning K-8 (Worksheets)

Creating a Summer to Remember (Makanya Smith, Executive Director; Taking Back Our Youth)

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Day 2 Session 6.06 Track: Workforce Readiness 6-12

Integrating 6-12 Career Connection Concepts: A Live Demonstration of Online Tools for After-School Educators (Kayla Mack, Education Program Specialist; Ohio Department of Education and Workforce)

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Day 2 Session 7.03 Track: Literacy

Leveraging Out-of-School Time to Bolster Literacy Achievement (Katie Kilgour; Gallia Vinton ESC- Adolescent Literacy Specialist)

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Day 2 Session 7.05 Track: Workforce Readiness 4-12

Clovers CODE (Mark Light, Leader, Ohio 4-H STEM; Ohio State University - Ohio 4-H)

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21st CCLC Orientation & Evaluation

21APR Data Collection Worksheet

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21st CCLC FY22 Annual Report

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21st CCLC FY23 EOY FAQs

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21st CCLC FY23 EOY Worksheet

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21st CCLC FY23 EOY Worksheet (PDF)

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21st CCLC FY24 Evaluation Manual

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21st CCLC FY24 Goal Setting

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21st CCLC FY24 Goal Setting (PDF)

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21st CCLC Orientation Training Slides 10-4-23

Presentation slides from the ODE and COSA annual 2023-24 Nita M. Lowey 21st CCLC Virtual Orientation Training from October 4, 2023.

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Evaluation Training Q&A from 10-5-23 PM Webinar

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21st CCLC Programming

Center on PBIS

Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) is an evidence-based three-tiered framework to improve and integrate all of the data, systems, and practices affecting student outcomes every day. PBIS creates schools where all students succeed.

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COSA's 21st CCLC July 2023 Regional Technical Training on Youth Development

COSA's July 2023 Regional Technical Training on Positive Youth Development strategies and resources for 21st CCLC Grantees

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Ohio PBIS

PBIS is a framework that guides school teams in the selection, integration and implementation of evidence-based practices for improving academic, social and behavior outcomes for all students.

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Ohio PBIS Network Fact Sheet

Positive Behavioral Interventions & Supports, is a broad range of systemic and individualized strategies for achieving important social and learning outcomes in school communities while preventing problem behavior.

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Ohio Summer Learning Support Guide

The purpose of the 21st Century Community Learning Centers (CCLC) summer learning expansion is to increase access of quality summer learning experiences for low-income students and their families focusing on academic and social and emotional enrichment.

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Employment

Bureau of Vocational Rehabilitation

Opportunities for Ohioans with Disabilities (OOD) is the State of Ohio agency that empowers Ohioans with disabilities through employment, disability determinations, and independence.

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Catholic Charities Employment and Training Services

Job & Career Training at St. Philip Neri provides adults with education, training, and networking opportunities to help individuals find employment with local employers and businesses.

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Linking Employment, Abilities and Potential (LEAP)

Linking Employment, Abilities and Potential (LEAP) is an agent of positive change, working to advance participation and equality in society for people with disabilities in Northeast Ohio.

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Lutheran Metropolitan Ministries Workforce Development Program

We aim to provide an avenue for employment by empowering individuals who face personal barriers.

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Ohio Means Jobs

BUILDING Ohio’s Workforce, CREATING Innovative Solutions, PROMOTING Economic Independence and Growth

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The Centers Training and Job Search Program

Our experienced and connected team works with you one-on-one to help find a meaningful career. We support you through the search and application process. Plus, our large network of employers and strong reputation means you’ll stand out from the crowd.

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Towards Employment

Towards Employment is a proven leader in workforce development that connects people to careers, which changes people’s lives, advances businesses, and strengthens community in Northeast Ohio. Our mission is to empower individuals to achieve and maintain self-sufficiency through employment.

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Enrollment

Elementary Afterschool Flyer (English)

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Elementary Afterschool Flyer (Spanish)

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High School Afterschool Flyer (English)

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High School Afterschool Flyer (Spanish)

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How to Enroll Guide

Visual step-by-step guide for how to enroll for a program on ODA's website.

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Middle School Afterschool Flyer (English)

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Middle School Afterschool Flyer (Spanish)

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Summer 2024 Enrollment Guide

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Financial and Basic Needs

Cleveland Food Bank

We work to ensure that everyone in our communities has the nutritious food they need every day.

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Consumer Resources

To provide relief from fraudulent, unfair, deceptive, and unconscionable business practices, by monitoring and enforcing the Cleveland Consumer Protection Code, Fair Housing Codes, and Community Reinvestment Act as well as State and Federal laws.

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Ohio Benefits

To improve the well-being of Ohio's workforce and families by promoting economic self-sufficiency and ensuring the safety of Ohio's most vulnerable citizens.

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General Community

Free Rehab Centers

A hand-picked list of free and cost-effective detox, alcohol, and drug rehab centers in Ohio. Addresses the financial challenges many face, catering to individuals without insurance, low-income households, and those without housing.

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Red Cross Northern Ohio Home Fire Campaign

The American Red Cross Home Fire Campaign helps save lives by installing free smoke alarms in homes that don't have them, and by educating people about home fire safety.

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United Way of Greater Cleveland

United Way of Greater Cleveland is mobilizing and empowering Greater Cleveland residents to help break the cycle of poverty.

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Handbooks + Brochures

FY24 Family Handbook

Northeast Ohio program policies and procedures

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FY25 Family Handbook

Northeast Ohio program policies and procedures

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Housing & Shelter

Cleveland Housing Partners

CHN’s mission is to leverage the power of affordable, stable housing to change lives and improve communities. We are a nonprofit affordable housing developer and housing service provider located in Cleveland, Ohio, working to build more equitable communities, improve housing affordability and preserve and expand the supply of affordable housing in our region.

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Cleveland Metropolitan Housing Authority (CMHA)

OUR MISSION - To create safe, quality, affordable housing opportunities and improve the quality of life for the communities we serve. OUR VISION - Our vision is to be the leader in cultivating safe, sustainable, dynamic communities of choice where everyone can strive for success.

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Front Steps Housing Services

Front Steps Housing and Services is a nonprofit, 501(c)3 organization dedicated to ending the cycle of homelessness in Cuyahoga County through permanent supportive housing and services.

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Spanish American Committee: Mi Casa Housing

The Spanish American Committee’s mission is to act as a gateway to socioeconomic success for Spanish-speaking individuals and families in Northeast Ohio while maintaining and celebrating a Latino perspective.

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Legal Services

Cleveland Ohio Disability Lawyers | Liner Legal - Disability Lawyers

Liner Legal, Cleveland Disability Lawyers, has the experience and knowledge to help with your disability case, even if you have been denied or turned away in the past. Attorney Michael Liner founded Liner Legal, LLC in 2013, and he and his team have been on a mission to help support those with disabilities. Ohio Social Security Disability laws can be complex, and you need an attorney who understands Ohio laws so you can be adequately represented to receive the best possible outcome.

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Cuyahoga County Guardianship and Probate Court

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Cuyahoga County Housing Court

We're committed to efficient and fair handling of every case at Housing Court, with integrity and impartiality as our top priority. We're constantly improving our accessible services to build a better court system for Cleveland that serves with excellence and accountability.

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Cuyahoga County Juvenile Court

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Legal Aid Society of Greater Cleveland

Legal Aid secures justice, equity, and access to opportunity for and with people who have low incomes through passionate legal representation and advocacy for systemic change.

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LGBTQ+ Affirming Mental Health Providers

Cleveland Clinic’s Center for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBTQ+) Care

Provides comprehensive and compassionate care for all patients regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity. Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBTQ+) patients have historically been an underserved community with unique health needs. We aim to eradicate long-standing health disparities while furthering the care, research, educational, and service goals of the Cleveland Clinic enterprise.

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Colors+ Counseling Services

It is our mission to strengthen LGBTQ+ youth and allies by promoting individual and community wellness. We use a holistic mind and body approach and have a safe space to empower LGBTQ+ youth and allies to grow as individuals and within their community. Our intention is to strengthen the LGBTQ+ youth community and allies through advocacy, support, education, and celebration.

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LGBT Community Center of Greater Cleveland

Missions - To enrich the lives of the diverse LGBTQ+ community through advocacy, support, education, and celebration.

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Literacy

Kids' Book Bank

The mission of the Cleveland Kids’ Book Bank is to foster literacy and a love of reading by distributing free books to children in need through collaboration with community partners. The Cleveland Kids’ Book Bank is working to ensure all kids in Greater Cleveland have books to build their own home libraries.

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NY Times Literacy Activities

Learning activities based on Times articles, photos, videos, graphs and more.

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Mental Health

FrontLine Service

FrontLine Service is a private, non-profit organization that reaches out to adults and children in Northeast Ohio to end homelessness, prevent suicide, resolve behavioral health crises and overcome trauma.

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NAMI Greater Cleveland

NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) Greater Cleveland is dedicated to empowering those living with mental illness and their family members to achieve a better quality of life by providing education, support, information and referral, and advocacy.

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Northeast Ohio Neighborhood Health Services (NEON)

NEON’s mission is to provide quality, personalized and family-oriented comprehensive health care services to Northeast Ohio residents at reasonable cost, with professional, dedicated employees, while employing the most current health care practices that are responsive to community needs for prevention and treatment of disease.

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Ohio Guidestone

OhioGuidestone offers services for mental health, substance use disorder, family care, foster care, juvenile justice, residential treatment, home-based counseling, job training and more. Our business is helping people in a way that suits them best. OhioGuidestone has locations across Ohio. Our main campus is in Berea, but we serve over 26,000 people across the state.

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Recovery Resources

Addiction and mental illness can affect anyone. Mental illness and addiction know no boundaries. They cross every age, gender, race and income. At Recovery Resources, we provide care to people 18 years and older. People at every economic level seek out our services. We provide support to families. We provide resources to communities. We give people hope.

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Right Direction Behavioral Health Services

Right Direction Behavioral Health Services blends innovation and determination with competence and compassion.

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Signature Health

Signature Health is a non-profit, Federally Qualified Health Center providing mental health, addiction recovery, primary care and infectious disease services to patients across Northeast Ohio.

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The Centers/Circle Health Services

The Centers fights for equity by healing, teaching, and inspiring individuals and families to reach their full potential.

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Older Adult (55+) Services

Benjamin Rose Institute on Aging

Helping you access quality resources to support your physical and emotional health, live independently with assistance at home, get involved to remain active and engaged, and navigate towards a more secure financial future.

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Elder Abuse Hotline

The Division of Senior and Adult Services (DSAS) is the provider of Adult Protective Services (APS) in Cuyahoga County. APS is mandated to protect and assist adults 60 and over who may be victims of abuse, neglect, self-neglect and/or financial exploitation. Allegations of abuse of adults with disabilities ages 18 and over can also be investigated, provided the adult is willing to participate on a voluntary basis.

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Long-Term Care Consumer Guide

Mission - To provide useful, objective information about long-term care providers to assist Ohio's consumers to make informed choices and encourage quality improvement.

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Senior & Adult Services

The Cuyahoga County Division of Senior and Adult Services (DSAS) empowers seniors and adults with disabilities to age successfully, by providing resources and support that preserve their independence. DSAS is the mandated provider of Adult Protective Services (APS) in Cuyahoga County, and provides home-based care services, benefits assistance, outreach, and senior center programming, while advocating for the needs of the County's older adults. DSAS strives to keep seniors safe, supported and independent, so they can live their best lives.

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Western Reserve Area on Aging

We aim to create a community that provides aging individuals and people with disabilities the opportunity to have their needs met with optimum choice, dignity, and maximum independence.

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Policies + Guidelines

ACE Ohio Step-by-Step Guide

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Reentry

Cuyahoga County CFS Reentry Resources

DCFS works to assure children at risk of abuse and neglect are protected and nurtured within a family and with the support of the community as we strive to end the over-representation of people of color in the child welfare system. Safety, permanency, and well-being are the goals for every child and family we encounter. Employees investigate allegations, assess child safety and risk contributors, and help stabilize families that have been weakened through poverty, illness or crisis. DCFS provides safe and appropriate placement for children in County custody, and helps achieve permanency through reunification, legal custody or adoption.

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Cuyahoga County Office of Reentry

The Cuyahoga County Office of Reentry is committed to strengthening a network of community partners by coordinating innovative programs and services that assure quality opportunities needed for a successful reintegration. The Office of Reentry serves as a funder, convener, and collaborator in the reentry space. We exist to create an organizational structure that supports reentry research, community education, and best practices in the delivery of services for reentrants.

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FrontLine - Returning Home Ohio

Reaching out to adults and children in Northeast Ohio to end homelessness, prevent suicide, resolve behavioral health crises and overcome trauma.

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Jobs for Felons

Our website is the #1 resource on the internet to help former felons get employed again. Browse our jobs, find one you like, and get back to work today. Then, support those jobs with housing options, legal help, and the resources you need to successfully integrate back into society.

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NorthStar Reentry

An innovative resource center that helps people who have been involved in the criminal justice system navigate through barriers to become law abiding, contributing members of their families and their communities.

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Recovery Resources

SUCCESSFUL RE-ENTRY IS AN IMPORTANT AND CHALLENGING GOAL. An individual on probation or parole has a much better chance of successfully reintegrating with the community if they have access to skilled support. Recovery Resources' staff have the training and experience to provide these services, which are so essential to both the individual and to the community at large.

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Sample Schedules

Sample Weekly Schedule

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STEM/Math

Bedtime Math Daily Math

Bedtime Math is a non-profit organization focused on mathematics education for young children, launched by Laura Overdeck in February 2012

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BLOOKET

Blooket is an exciting new take on the modern classroom review game. It aims to match action with education to create the ultimate learning experience!

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Crazy 8's Club

Crazy 8s is the nation’s largest recreational after-school math club for kids in grades K-5.

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Learn Fresh

The NBA Math Hoops program features a comprehensive community program, board game, mobile apps, and classroom curricula that allow students to learn fundamental math and social-emotional skills through the game of basketball.

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Texas Instruments TI Innovator

For more than 30 years, TI has been an active member of classrooms around the world, empowering teachers and inspiring students to succeed in mathematics and science.

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World Wildlife Fund Toolkits

Use this toolkit to explore, analyze, and discuss the importance of forests and tigers, and what we can do to protect them.

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YES OST Engineering Lessons

A talented, award-winning team with over 100 years experience developing preK-12 engineering education materials works together to create YES resources.

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Youth Development/SEL

7 Mindsets Curriculum and Resources

Implemented with more than 5,000,000 students and educators, 7 Mindsets improves relationships, reduces behavioral issues, increases grit and leads to improved academic performance. Educators and students report improved mental health and higher levels of confidence and hope, leading to positive lasting change.

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Ohio 4-H Programs & Curriculum

4-H is a community of young people across America who are learning leadership, citizenship, and life skills as they work in partnership with caring adults.

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