Catholic Charities Corporation

Residential Substance Use Disorder Services: a planned regimen of around-the-clock professionally directed evaluation, care, and treatment in an inpatient setting. This level of care includes 24-hour observation, monitoring, and treatment, provided in accordance with the American Society of Addiction Medicine’s (ASAM) level of care three, and associated sub-levels as appropriate to the needs of the individual.

SUD (Substance Use Disorder) Case Management Services: activities provided to assist and support individuals in gaining access to needed medical, social, educational, and other services essential to meeting basic human needs. May include interactions with family members, other individuals, or entities.

Head Start programs support the mental, social, and emotional development of children from age 3 to age 5. In addition to education services, programs provide children and their families with health, nutrition, social, and other services. Head Start services are responsive to each child and family’s ethnic, cultural, and linguistic heritage.

Head Start encourages the role of parents as their child’s first and most important teachers. Programs build relationships with families that support positive parent-child relationships, family well-being, and connections to peers and community.

The goal of Head Start is school readiness. The Office of Head Start (OHS) defines school readiness as children being ready for school, families ready to support their children’s learning, and schools ready for the children who enter their doors.

Children’s school readiness is measured by the skills set out in the five domains of the Head Start Child Development and Early Learning Framework:

Language and Literacy
Cognition and General Knowledge
Approaches to Learning
Physical Development and Health
Social and Emotional Development
Head Start programs partner with schools and families, working together to promote school readiness and engage families as their children make the transition to kindergarten.

Since 1966, Catholic Charities Disability Services and Ministries has offered persons with disabilities, throughout the Diocese of Cleveland, opportunities and resources to live life to their potential and to participate fully in Church and society.

The Office of Disability Ministry and Services provides educational, spiritual, pastoral, sacramental, catechetical, social and recreational programs. Some of the programs and ministries include summer camp, adult education, socials and dances, interpretive services, audio description/enhancement, religious education, sacramental preparation, and pastoral care at centers throughout the Diocese. Special liturgies are celebrated throughout the year such as the annual Journey to Bethlehem in December and special events such as the annual Walk of Hope in October.

Many other services for persons with disabilities are offered within Catholic Charities, Diocese of Cleveland. These include: residential living facilities for children and adults, early childhood education, respite care, supported employment, day activity centers and residential camp.

Who We Serve
-Persons with Developmental Disabilities
-Persons who are D/deaf and Hard of hearing
-Persons who are Blind and Visually-challenged
-Persons with Mental Illness
-Persons who have Physical Challenges

Where We Serve

Catholic Charities Disability Services and Ministries serves all 8 counties in the Catholic Diocese of Cleveland in the State of Ohio.
Most Services & Ministries for persons with disabilities are provided in a community setting throughout the 8 Counties of the Diocese. Sites that are specifically dedicated to persons with disabilities include:

OLA/St. Joseph Center
Disability Ministries of St. Augustine Parish
Rose-Mary

Migration and Refugee Services (MRS), a department of Catholic Charities, Diocese of Cleveland, has been resettling refugees in Cuyahoga County since 1948. As the largest resettlement office in Northern Ohio, we expect to resettle over 230 refugees this year. MRS is one of 108 affiliates of the United States Catholic Conference of Bishops (USCCB). USCCB has a cooperative agreement with the United States to resettle refugees who have been legally admitted through the federal Refugee Admissions Program. These individuals have fled their home countries in fear of persecution because of their ethnicity, nationality, social group, religious affiliation or political beliefs.

St. Augustine Health Ministries is a mission-driven, faith-based, not-for-profit organization, founded by Catholic Charities, Diocese of Cleveland, dedicated to providing a continuum of health care and social services within our community.

We have been a leader in serving senior adults and the chronically ill for over 43 years, with special attention to the poor and most vulnerable.

Our name, St. Augustine Health Ministries, reflects our growing scope of services and our core beliefs that life is precious, that each individual deserves to be treated with dignity and respect, and that the professional care we provide be defined by its compassion and attention to a higher purpose.

As part of St. Augustine Health Ministries you will have access to a comprehensive selection of services in both residential and community based settings.

Services include:

Home Health Care
Senior Nutrition & Older Adult Services
Early Education & Day Care
Pastoral Care
Rehabilitation
Skilled Nursing & Long Term Care
Assisted Living
Caritas Unit for HIV/AIDS
Assisted Living
Independent Living
Hospice Care
Our continuum of care celebrates and empowers each person to live a life of purpose, independence, and well-being. Our patients, residents and all we serve are our first responsibility. We provide our services with love, skill, compassion and respect for all human dignity – regardless of race, creed or religious affiliation.

Whether the need is a loving home for foster care or help with substance abuse, Catholic Charities provides an integrated system of services to children and families, including early learning centers and Head Start programs with Early Childhood Educated Staff, parenting classes, job placement training and mental health counseling.

Whether they are the working poor or unemployed and homeless, the number of people with emergency and transitional needs continue to grow. Grounded in Catholic social teaching, Catholic Charities is motivated to assist those with the most basic needs of food and shelter, but strives to help move people beyond permanent crisis. Additional services include job readiness training, mental health counseling, assisting refugees, and substance abuse support groups.

The office works in partnership with parishes, community organizations, and other Diocesan offices to provide education, formation and training activities, and direct services to individuals and families, including youth and young adults, older adults, persons with disabilities, poor and vulnerable populations. The Office for Human Life and Dignity is also housed under this office.

The Diocesan Social Action Office (DSAO) was formed in 1989 to serve as the administrative/management arm of the five Catholic Commissions of the Catholic Diocese of Cleveland. The DSAO ensures that actions taken are consistent with the priorities of the Bishop of Cleveland, Catholic Charities, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, Catholic Conference of Ohio and Catholic Charities USA.