Homeless Services
Please see below a list of our Agency Partners providing homeless services to more than 12,000 people annually in Cincinnati. Many have current Volunteer Opportunities. Every time you volunteer, you will leave knowing that you have helped our neighbors in need. Find the one that’s right for you!
Bethany House Services
Bethany House Services empowers homeless and at-risk families with the solutions to achieve housing stability and long-term self-sufficiency.
Caracole, Inc.
Caracole serves more than 1500 clients living with HIV/AIDS in an eight-county region in Southwest Ohio: Hamilton, Butler, Warren, Clinton, Highland, Adams, Brown, and Clermont.
Center for Independent Living Options (CILO)
CILO provides services that empower people with disabilities to lead independent lives in the community.
Center for Respite Care
The mission of the Center for Respite Care is to provide quality, holistic medical care to homeless people who need a safe place to heal, while assisting them in breaking the cycle of homelessness.
City Gospel Mission
Founded by James N. Gamble of Procter & Gamble in 1924, City Gospel Mission helps the homeless and hurting break the cycle of poverty and despair … one life at a time.
Emergency Shelter of Northern Kentucky
The mission of the Emergency Shelter of Northern Kentucky is to provide shelter which is lifesaving in the winter and life-changing in the summer.
Excel Development Corp.
The mission of Excel Development Corp. is to provide qualified individuals affordable housing that satisfies their residential needs.
Found House
The mission of Found House is to provide homeless families emergency shelter and hospitality through interfaith communities and to work with families to find and retain stable housing.
Freestore Foodbank
The Freestore Foodbank began in 1971. Their Mission is provide food and services, create stability, and further self-reliance for people in crisis.
Generocity 513
GeneroCity 513 is an initiative aimed at helping individuals who have been driven to panhandling, including those facing unfortunate circumstances like homelessness, addiction and mental illness.
Greater Cincinnati Behavioral Health Services
Greater Cincinnati Behavioral Health Services is the most comprehensive mental health agency in the Greater Cincinnati area, serving people of all ages and walks of life, through a menu of carefully honed programs.
HER Cincinnati
The mission of HER Cincinnati is to provide affordable housing, supportive services, and education programs that assist urban women, children, families, and communities.
Jewish Family Service
Jewish Family Service of Cincinnati strengthens lives and the community by providing professional social services to families and individuals in times of need.
Joseph House
Joseph House is a progressive treatment facility serving veterans affected by addiction and homelessness.
Lighthouse Youth & Family Services
The mission of Lighthouse Youth & Family Services is to advance the dignity and well-being of children, youth and families in need.
New Life Furniture Bank
New Life Furniture Bank is Cincinnati’s only nationally registered furniture bank serving Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky.
Northern Kentucky Independent District Health Department
The Northern Kentucky Health Department serves the residents and visitors of Boone, Campbell, Grant and Kenton Counties of the Commonwealth of Kentucky.
Ohio Valley Goodwill Industries
As a member of Goodwill Industries International, OVGI is a part of the world’s largest and most successful network providing employment and training services for people with disabilities and other barriers to employment.
Over-The-Rhine Community Housing
OTRCH is a non-profit community development organization that provides a wide spectrum of affordable and supportive housing options with life-changing programs that help low-income residents in Over-the-Rhine succeed.
Santa Maria Community Services
Santa Maria Community Services is an independent, 501(c)3 nonprofit organization originally founded by the Sisters of Charity in 1897 and based in Cincinnati Ohio’s Price Hill community.
Shelterhouse
The mission of Shelterhouse (formerly the Drop Inn Center), is simple – as a community of residents, staff and volunteers, they work together to provide basic human services for the men and women of the Greater Cincinnati area who are experiencing homelessness.
St. Francis / St. Joseph Catholic Worker House
St. Francis / St. Joseph Catholic Worker House is a safe and dignified environment where homeless men can work on securing immediate needs of housing, employment, drug/alcohol rehabilitation and case management.
Society of St. Vincent de Paul
The Society of St. Vincent de Paul is an international Catholic organization of laypersons founded in 1833 by Frederic Ozanam and colleagues.
Talbert House
Talbert House is a community-wide nonprofit network of services focusing on prevention, assessment, treatment and reintegration.
Tender Mercies, Inc.
Tender Mercies transforms the lives of homeless adults with mental illness by providing security, dignity, and community in a place they call home.
Veterans Administration
The mission of the Veterans Administration is to honor America’s Veterans by providing exceptional health care that improves their health and well-being.
Volunteers of America
Volunteers of America is a ministry of service dedicated to helping people reach their full potential.
YWCA of Greater Cincinnati
The largest women’s organization in the world, YWCA is an international movement with associations in 122 countries and more than 300 American communities.
