What We Do

Senior Services
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Included in the services that University Settlement offers to seniors are:

  • Adult daycare
  • Grocery delivery to homebound seniors
  • The multi-purpose Senior Center accommodates activities of all kinds and allows seniors to be fully involved with the larger community.
  • Seniors are provided with transportation to and from their home.
  • Field trips are taken to places of participant’s interest.

Youth Services
University Settlement hosts a myriad of services for youth. They include:

  • A state-licensed daycare center, Kids Around Daycare, serves children ages 3 to 12. The center has earned one star in Ohio’s voluntary three-star rating system showing that the agency goes above and beyond state mandates.
  • A drug prevention program serves children and teens onsite and provides drug prevention education in the local schools.
  • The 21st Century Community Learning Center provides afterschool tutoring for children ranging in age from kindergarten to sixth grade.
  • Summer camp has been offered at University Settlement for children of all ages for the past several years.
  • Exposure field trips are planned regularly for children enrolled in all programming.

Family Services
Mother-&-Son-resizedServing families in a holistic way is a priority for University Settlement.

  • Family To Family is a program that achieves positive change for children and families involved in the child welfare system. Families are matched with a specialist who can connect them with the services they need. The ultimate goal is to keep children with their families and in the Broadway/Slavic Village neighborhood.
  • Tapestry Systems of Care provides mental health support to families with children who have significant mental health challenges.
  • Strong Start and Healthy Fathering are two programs offered that lend support to parents and expectant parents.
  • Housing for Homeless Families provides assistance, financial, and case management services, for a period of time to families who have lost their housing with the aim of working towards self-sufficiency.
  • The Magic Johnson Computer Lab is open approximately 40 hours per week for local residents who need internet access or other computing services.
  • The Hunger Center operates a food pantry Tuesday through Friday from 11:30 am to 2 pm providing local residents with emergency groceries. The agency also delivers groceries monthly to homebound individuals. A hot meal is served every Tuesday and the last Wednesday of the month at 6 pm to individuals and families in need. (The food pantry is also open during every hot meal.)
  • University Settlement partners with the Literacy Cooperative to bring Northeast Ohio (NEO) Literacy Corps, a unique literacy-focused AmeriCorps program, to Greater Cleveland. NEO Literacy Corps engages 24 Members serving at 19 Host Sites with a unifying goal of infusing literacy into the community to address Greater Cleveland’s acute need for literacy advancement. Serving as either direct service providers or volunteer coordinators, AmeriCorps members help area agencies to advance financial, health, youth, adult, and family literacy programs.