Mission

Mission Statement: Providence House keeps kids safe and families together, embracing them with support to enhance stability that strengthens communities. Vision Statement: Children everywhere are raised in safe, loving families free from abuse and neglect. History and Progress: Providence House, Inc. was founded in 1981 to provide emergency shelter for children in Greater Cleveland whose families were experiencing a crisis. Providence House is Ohio’s first and one of the nation's longest-operating crisis nurseries among the 70+ in operation in the U.S. and Canada. We offer free, voluntary, non-custodial emergency shelter to children newborn through twelve years old, actively living in crisis situations that place them at risk of abuse or neglect. In our 42-year history, we have supported over 14,000 children and families in crisis throughout Northeast Ohio.