CATHOLIC SOCIAL SERVICES

OVERVIEW

CSS supports and empowers individuals, families, and communities as they meet the challenges of life and our changing society. Services such as senior companions, adoption, and family violence intervention are just a few of the many direct services provided by professional staff and volunteers throughout our region. These social ministries provide both short and long-term opportunities for us to spread God’s love in crisis and chronic times of emotional and spiritual need. CSS is a primary source of these services throughout our region.

BACKGROUND

Catholic Social Services of Southwestern Ohio is a not-for-profit social services agency established in 1914. It was incorporated in the State of Ohio in 1924. It is licensed by the State of Ohio as a child placing agency and is a certified Mental Health facility. The agency is accredited by the Council on Accreditation. It is a member agency of Catholic Charities USA and is a member of the Second Harvest Food Bank. The agency has a Board of Trustees comprised of 16 members. CSS of SW Ohio provides services in eleven counties: Adams, Brown, Butler, Champaign, Clark, Clermont, Clinton, Hamilton, Highland, Logan, and Warren. See www.cssdoorway.org for complete information about services in these counties.

There are three main operations centers for the agency: Springfield, serving Champaign, Clark and Logan counties; Hamilton, serving Butler and Warren Counties; and Cincinnati, serving, Adams, Brown, Clermont, Clinton, Hamilton, and Highland counties. The Cincinnati service center has offices in Delhi, Montgomery, Withamsville, Northern Brown Senior Center in Brown County, and Su Casa Hispanic Center in Carthage. The main agency is located at 100 E. 8th Street, Cincinnati, Ohio 45202. The main phone number is (513) 241-7745.

A multi-functional social services agency, CSS of SW Ohio offers over 18 programs, including Adoption, Pregnancy Counseling, Post Adoptive Counseling, Infant Foster Care, Postponing Sexual Involvement, Mental Health Counseling, Rainbows, Community Enrichment Programs, Refugee Resettlement, Jail Chaplaincy, Caregiver Assistance Network, Home and Personal Care, Older Adult Services, Northern Brown Senior Center, Foster Grandparents, Senior Companions Program, RSVP Program, Immigration Counseling, and Su Casa Hispanic Center.

The other eight counties of the Archdiocese are served by Catholic Social Services of the Miami Valley. CSSMV has been serving this region for 86 years and annually serves 23,000 clients in Montgomery, Greene, Miami, Darke, Auglaize, Shelby, Preble, and Mercer counties. Services include adoption, domestic violence prevention, child attachment therapy, child day care, teen parent support, senior visits, respite care, caregiver support, mental health counseling, and the busiest food pantry in the Dayton area.

Visit www.cssmv.org for complete information on ministry services in those counties.