EMERGENCY NUMBERS

Fire • Police • Medical………………………………………….911

Poison Control Center……………..…….1-800-222-1222

Mental Health Crisis Hotline …………   ………623-6888

Safe Schools Hotline………………………771-SAFE (7233)

United Way First Call for Help …..436-2000 ……or…..211

ABUSE

Adult Abuse Hotline (Cuyahoga Cty DSAS)…..420-6700

Child Abuse Hotline…………………………696-KIDS (5437)

Cleveland Animal Protective League………….771-4616

Cuyahoga Adult Protective Services Hotline…420-6700

Domestic Violence  & Child Advocacy Center..651-8484

   24-Hour Domestic Violence Helpliine391-HELP(4357)

    24-Hour Family Helpline ………….…..……  229-8800

                                                                 http://www.dvcac.org

Rape Crisis Center Hotline………………………….619-6192

COMMUNITY ACTION

AIDS Task Force of Greater Cleveland…………621-0766

Northeast Ohio Budget Legislation Equality… 771-5077

American Civil Liberties Union (Ohio)……………472-2200

Building Hope in the City …………………… …281-4673

                                                 buildinghopeinthecity.org

Catholic Worker Community………………………..631-3059

Center for Community Solutions…………………..781-2944

Citizens of Cuy County Ombudsman’s Office..696-2710

City Club of Cleveland   …………………….. …621-0082

Cleveland Climate Watch   …………………..…631-3337

Cleveland Diocese Social Action Office …….. 939-3843

Cleveland Jobs With Justice…………………440-333-7007

Cleveland Mediation Center………………………..621-1919

                                           http://clevelandmediation.org

Cleveland Peace Action  ……….……………….231-4245

Cleveland Public Radio, 90.3 F.M at 9:00 a.m .578-0903

                                                                  http://www.wcpn.org

Social Ventures Partners of Cleveland………….231-2300

Cleveland Teachers Union…………………………..861-7676

Community Partnership for Arts & Culture……..575-0331

Community Relations Board……………………….664-3290

Consumer Protection Association…………………881-3434

Council for Economic Opp in Gr. Clev ………….696-9077

Court Community Service……………………………771-2222

Cuyahoga River Community Plan(RAP) 241-2414 x 610

Earth Day Coalition…………………………………….281-6468

Empowering & Strengthening Ohio’s People.

        ESOP ………………………………………(877) 731-3767

Enterprise of Ohio ……………..…………………631-0280

                                        http://www.EnterpriseCommunity.org

Environmental Health Watch……………………….961-4646

                                                                    http://www.ehw.org

Fair Housing Office (City of Cleveland)…………664-2018

Franklin Circle Church   ……………………….. 781-8232

Friends of Big Creek……………………….…. ..269-6472

Greater Cleveland Community Shares………….361-9920

GreenCityBlueLake Institute  ……..……231-4600 x3366

Housing Advocates …………………….…….. ..391-5444

Hunger Network of Greater Cleveland………….619-8155

Inter-Religious Task Force on Central Amer  …961-0003

LAND Studio …………………………………..….621-5413

Legal Aid Society……………………………………….687-1900

League of Women’s Voters of Cleveland………781-8375

Neighborhood Connections ………………. ….615-7582

                                          http://www.neighborhoodgrants.org

Neighborhood Leadership Institute…………….812-8700

                                     http://www.neighborhoodleadersip.org

North Coast Humane Society………………………661-2292

NEO CANDO                           http://neocando.case.edu

NE Ohio Chapter US Green Bldg Council…….961-8850

Ohio Canal Corridor……………………………………520-1825

Ohio Citizen Action………………..……………..861-5200

Ohio Civil Rights Commission……………………..787-3150

Ohio Patients Rights…………….……………….221-2724

Organize! Ohio ……………………………….… 651-2606

                                                     http://www.organizeohio.org

Partnership for a Safer Cleveland…………………523-1128

Plain Press……………………………………………….621-3060

Policy Matters Ohio……………………………………361-9801

http://www.policymattersohio.org

Public Animal Welfare Society (PAWS)…..440-442-7297

Saint Colman’s Outreach Ministry………………..651-0550

Single-Payer Action Network Ohio………..… …736-4766

Volunteer Communication ….…………..…. ….862-7003

We Are the Uninsured…………………281-8945 ext. 205

Weed and Seed Initiative…………….……… …407-5572

West Side Family Resources Network ..771-7297 Ext. 4

WESM…………………………………..……216-687-1900

Women Speak Out for Peace & Justice.231-4245 ext. 2

COMMUNITY CENTERS

Art House…………………………………………………398-8556

                                                       www.arthouseinc.org

Arrupe Neighborhood Partnership Program…..961-1260

Clark Recreation Center…………………………….664-4657

Cleveland Film Society……………………………….623-3456

Cleveland Public Theatre……………………………631-2727

Cudell Fine Arts Center………………………………664-4183

Cudell Recreation Center……………………………664-4137

Estabrook Recreation  Center……………………..664-4149

Halloran Park Skating Rink  ………………….  664-4187

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgen Com Ctr ..651-5428

May Dugan Center……………………………………..631-5800

                                               http://www.maydugancenter.org

Merrick House ……………………………………….771-5077

                                                    http://www.merrickhouse.org

Neighborhood Centers Association………………298-4440

Nueva Luz Urban Resource Center ……………651-8236

St. Malachi Center……………………………………..771-3036

Salvation Army Ohio City Corps…………………..631-1515

                West Park Corps ………………………..252-3593

Tremont Neighborhood Opportunity Center…..858-1781

Veterans Center – West………………………..440-845-5023

Walk of Faith Community Center …………… ..941-3270

                                         http://www.wofcommunitycenter.org

West Side Catholic Center…………………………..631-4741

                                                          www.wsccenter.org

West Side Community House………………………771-7297

                                                       http://www.WSCHouse.org

Zone Recreation  Center…………………………….664-3373

COMMUNITY GROUPS

Art on Wheels……………………………………………941-7643

Bellaire Puritas Development Corp………………671-2710

Cleveland Council on World Affairs………..….781-3730

Cleveland EcoVillage …………………961-4242 Ext. 227

     Gordon Square Farmers’ Market…..see above listing

Cleveland Neighborhood Development Coal…928-8100

Community Shares…………………………………….361-9920

Cudell Improvement…………………………………..228-4383

                                                               www.cudell.com

Dancing Wheels………………………………………..432-0306

Detroit Shoreway Community Develop Org……961-4242

                                                                www.dscdo.org

Friends of Clark Field …………….…………….310-6810

Gordon Square Arts District ………… 961-4242 ext. 239

Lutheran Metropolitan Ministry .(LMM)………….696-2715

                                                    www.lutheranmetro.org

Near West Theatre…………………………………….961-9750

                                                http://www.nearwesttheatre.org

Neighbourhood Leadership Institute……..216-812-8700

Neighborhood Progress Inc…………………………830-2770

North Coast District United Methodist Church. 441-4527

Ohio City Bicycle Co-op………………….830-COOP (2667)

Ohio City Inc ………………………………………781-3222

                                                              http://www.ohiocity.org

Old Brooklyn Community Development Corp…459-1000

                                                      http://www.oldbrooklyn.com

                                     http://www.oldbrooklynconnected.com

Old South Side Community Coalition …….….621-2509

Roosevelt Post 58 Polish League/Amer. Vets..241-1788

Safe-16……………………………………………………631-7233

Southwest Area Citizens Council………………….351-8260

Stockyard, Clark-Fulton & Brooklyn Ctr CDO..961-9073

    facebook.com/SCFBCCommunityDevelopmentOffice

Tremont West Development Corporation………575-0920

                                                      http://www.tremontwest.org

West Side Ecumenical Ministry (WSEM)………651-2037

West Tech Alumni Association…………………… 676-4020

Westown Community Development Corp………941-9262

YWCA of Greater Cleveland………………………..881-6878

EDUCATION

After School Prevention Resources (LMM)……651-6841

America SCORES ……………………………….881-7988

Broadway School of Music and the Arts………..641-0630

                                                http://www.broadwayschool.org

Catholic Diocese Education Office…696-6525 ext. 2840

Center for Conflict Resolution………………………432-4605

Cleveland Board of Education……………………..574-8585

Cleveland Canal Corridor …………………216-520-1825

Cleveland Central Catholic High School………..441-4700

Cleveland Municipal School District……………..574-8000

Cleveland Museum of Art……………………………421-7350

Cleveland Music School Settlement……………..421-5806

Cleveland State University (CSU)…………………

         Office of Minority Affairs/Com Relations..687-9394

Cleveland Teachers Union…………………………..861-7676

College Now Greater Cleveland ………………….241-5587

Common Good Ohio…………………………………. 262-6343

                 http://www.facebook.com/CommonGoodOhio

Continuing Adult Education Program for Adults

      with MR/DD..(Catholic Diocese)……………..334-2963

Cuyahoga County Board

             of Developmental Disabilities. …………241-8230

Cuyahoga Community College (Tri-C)………….987-4000

Cuyahoga Valley Environmental Educ Ctr.330-657-2796

Esperanza………………………………………………..651-7178

Garrett Morgan School of Science …………….. 281-6188

Great Lakes Science Museum…………………….694-2000

Head Start (CEOGC)………………………………….696-9077

Horizon Science Academy ……………………..739-9911

Junior Achievement……………………………………861-8080

Joyful Noise………………..…………..…………671-5528

Leadership Programs ………………………………..687-5497

Lincoln West High School …………………………. 631-1505

Max Hayes High School………………………. 631-1528

                                                http://www.NewMaxHayes.com

Metro Catholic School……………………………….281-4044

                                                     www.metrocatholic.org

Ministerial Head Start Association………………..721-9000

Near West Intergenerational School …………. 961-4308

Options for Families and Youth…………………….267-7070

OSU Extension Services………………….216-443-3749

Positive Education Program………………………..361-4400

Project: LEARN…………………………………………621-9483

Rock & Roll Hall of Fame……………………………781-7625

St. Augustine Child Enrichment Center ……..  939-7600

St. Augustine Learning Center……………………..781-5530

St. Ignatius High School ………………………….. 651-0222

                                                             http://www.ignatius.edu

St. Ignatius of Antioch School…………………..671-0535

St. Rocco School…………………………….…..961-8557

                                            http://www.SaintRoccoSchool.org

            Year Round Day Care & Pre-School….961-9920

                                              http://www.StRoccoDayCare.org

School Choice Ohio ……………………….800-673-5876

Seeds of Literacy……………………………………….661-7950

Starting Point……………………………………………575-0061

State Board of Career Colleges/Schools .614-466-2752

U.S. Dept of Ed Federal Student Aid ….1-800-433-3243

                                      ……………..TTY: 1-800-730-8913

Urban Community School…………………………..939-8330

The Center for Family and Children/El Barrio.. 961-2997

Western Reserve Association UCC………………749-3116

Western Reserve Historical Society ………. …721-5722

EMPLOYMENT/TRAINING

AARP Foundation Senior Employment ………..881-1155

City of Cleveland One Stop Career Centers…..664-4673

Cleveland Job Corps Center………………………..795-8700

Community Re-Entry/Lutheran Ministry…………696-2717

CEOGC’s Employment Training Program……..651-5188

Cuyahoga Cty Employment & Family Ser …….987-7000

Recovery Resources………………………………….875-0460

Goodwill Industries of Greater Cleveland………431-8300

Junior League of Cleveland…………………………231-6300

Towards Employment…………………………………696-5750

Urban League……………………………………………622-0999

Vocational Guidance Services……………………..431-7800

WIRE-Net………………………………………………..588-1440

http://www.WIRE-NET.org

ETHNIC GROUPS

American Indian Education Center……………….351-4488

Arab American Community Center for Economic

     & Social Services (AACCESS-Ohio)………..252-2900

Associatión Hispania Evangelica

              de Lideres y Pastores (HELP)…………961-2100

El Barrio (WSEM)………………………..……….651-2037

Esperanza…………………………………..216-651-7178

Friendship Foundation of Amer-Vietnamese….651-6748

NEOH Alliance Espagnol………………….……661-4249

Hispanic Counseling Center……………………….651-1860

Hispanic Office of Catholic Charities Ser………696-2089

Hispanic Senior Center……………………………….631-3599

Hispanic HUMADA youth center…………………..459-1222

Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage………………593-0575

Ohio Latin Affairs Commission……………614-466-8333

NLURC Nueva Luz Urban Resource Center….651-8236

San Lorenzo Club………………………………………651-6540

Spanish American Committee……………………..961-2100

                                               http://www.spanishamerican.org

Ukrainian Museum-Archives………………………..781-4329

United Black Fund of Greater Cleveland……….566-9263

Vietnamese Community in Greater Cleveland.857-0200

FOOD RESOURCES

Brooklyn Memorial UMC…………………………….459-1450

Cleveland Food Bank…………………………………738-2265

Cleveland Food Bank Benefit Help Line……….738-2067

Near West Side Food & Family Service.Ctr…..281-5854

Ohio Department of Jobs and Family Services

          Ohio Direction Card…………………………..987-7000

OSU Extension’s Urban Gardening ……………..429-8246

OSU Extension Horticulture Info Hotline …….. 429-8235

      Master Gardener Volunteers: http://www.cuyahogamg.org

Pilgrim Congregational UCC Food Pantry…… 861-7388

Redeemer Crisis Center………………….…… 281-0808

St. Augustine Church…………………………………781-5530

St. Herman’s House of Hospitality………………..631-9860

Salvation Army…………………………………………..881-2625

WSEM Center for families & Children

                               at Brookside…………………..749-4295

     Near West Food and Family Center……….249-3898

WSEM Food Center Community Corner  .….. 631-6508

WIC (Women, Infants, & Children) ……………..961-2233

GOVERNMENT

Adult Probation – City……..,………………………….664-4930

City of Cleveland Dog Kennel…………………  664-3069

Cleveland City Hall– all City Depts………………664-2000

                                               http://www.City.Cleveland.oh.us

Cleveland Clerk of Courts ……………………….. 5664-4870

Cleveland Public Power ………………………. 664-4600

                                                                    http://www.cpp.org

City Council Offices……………………………………664-2840

                                          http://www.clevelandcitycouncil.org

       Ward 3 Councilman Joe Cimperman …. …664-2691

       Ward 14 Councilman Brian Cummins ….. 664-4238

       Ward 15 Councilman Matthew Zone. …. ..664-4235

        Ward 16 Councilman Jay Westbrook ….. 664-4230

       Ward 17 Councilwoman Dona Brady …… 664-3708

Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur……….…..800-964-4699

      Washington D.C…………………..……202-225-4146

      Ohio Office………………………..…….419-259-7500

Congresswoman Marcia Fudge (D-11) ………  522-4900

Cuyahoga County Board of Elections……………443-3200

Cuyahoga County

  Councilmember Dan Brady (District 3) … … 698-2014

  Councilmember Yvonne Conwell (District 7)  698-2017

Cuyahoga Cty Children & Family Services…….431-4500

Cuyahoga Cty Job & Family Services………….987-7000

Cuyahoga County Information Service Center.443-8000

Cuyahoga County Sheriff’s Office ……..….…..443-7000

Cuyahoga County Solid Waste District …..… .443-3749

Cuyahoga Valley National Park…….…… 440-546-5996

Cuyahoga Valley National Park Associ…. 330-657-2909

Emergency Medical Service(non-emergency)  623-4545

Fire Department (non-emergency)……………….664-6350

NE Ohio Areawide Coor Agency ………… 241-2414 x273

Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District ……. 881-6600

Ohio Dept. of Transportation Innerbelt Project

      Cleveland Office………………………..216-344-0069

      Toll Free Number……………..Dial 1 + 855-803-5280 

Ohio Governor John Kasich ……………….. 614-466-3555    

OhioState Senators

       21st District:  Shirley A. Smith ……… 614-466-4857

       23rd District:  Michael Skindell …..…. 614-466-5123

Ohio State Representatives

       10th District: Bill Patmon ……………. 614-466-7954

       11^th District:  Sandra Williams….…….614-466-1414

       13th District:  Nickie J. Antonio …..….614-466-5921

       14th District:  Mike Foley ………..….. 614-466-3350

Police Department (non-emergency)……..…….621-1234

              Community Relations Unit…..…..……623-5577

Police First District…………………………………….623-5100

Police Second District………………………………..623-5200

Prosecutor’s Office (Cleveland) …………………..664-4850

Prosecutor’s Office (Cuyahoga County)………..443-7800

RTA Answer Line……………………………………….621-9500

       TDY (for hearing impaired)……………………781-4271

RTA Community Responsive Transit…………….781-1110

                                                           www.rideRTA.com

Social Security Administration…………….1-800-772-1213

         …………………………………….1-800-325-0778 (TTY)

U. S.  EPA   …………………………………..  1-800-621-8431

HEALTH CARE

AIDS Taskforce of Greater Cleveland..……..…621-0766

Care Alliance…………………………………………….781-6228

Cleveland Sight Center……………………………….791-8118

Fairview Luth Foun Physician Referral  …866-733-6363 

             Parish Nurse Office……………….…….476-7324

Free Clinic………………………………………………..721-4010

Grace Hospital…………………………………………..687-1500

Hospice of the Western Reserve………………….383-2222

Immunization Action Plan.( Cleveland)………….664-3609

Lutheran Hospital’s Adult Clinic……………………363-2413

Lutheran Hospital Physicians Center…………….363-2119

McCafferty Health Center……………………………651-5005

MetroHealth Medical Center………………………..778-7800

                                                       http://www.metrohealth.org

MetroHealth Care Plus………….…………216-957-2325

Medicare………………………………………….1-800-Medicare

Neighborhood Family Practice (Main Office ).. 281-0872

Neighborhood Family Practice (Tremont).  …  334-2800

Neighborhood Family Practice (Franklin Blvd) 961-2090

                                                    http://www.nfpmedcenter.org

Planned Parenthood of Greater Cleveland……961-8804

St. Augustine Health Campus ……………..…..634-7400

               St. Augustine Towers……  ……….….634-7444

Veterans Affairs (VA) Clinic at McCafferty HC..939-0699

Visiting Nurse Association…………………………..931-1300

William Patrick Day Early Childhood Center…..736-2920

HEALTH RESOURCES

Achievement Center for Children…………………292-9700

Alzheimer’s Association -Cleveland Area………721-8457

American Red Cross………………………………….431-3010

Arthritis Foundation Northeastern Ohio …..…. 831-7000

Catholic Charities Health and Human Ser……..334-2900

Center for Mental Retardation……………………..622-0755

Center for Minority Health…(CWRU)….….….651-6191

Children’s Aid Society…………………………………521-6511

Cleveland Department of Public Health…….…664-4350

Cleveland Division of Environmental Health

            Air Pollution Complaints………….……..441-7442

              Health Code Violations…………….… 664-2300

Cleveland Hearing & Speech Center…………….231-8787

Cleveland Municipal School District

            Dept. of Health and Social Services…..361-8142

             Div. of Food and Child Nutrition Ser….574-8305

Cleveland Treatment Center -Project SAFE…..991-7233

Cuyahoga County Board of Health……………….201-2000

Cuyahoga Cty Veterans Service Commission..698-2600

Diabetes Association of Greater Cleveland……591-0800

Epilepsy Foundation…………………………………..579-1330

Healthy Fathering Collaborative ……….211 or  436-2000

                                                      http://www.neofathering.net

Healthy Start Hotline…………………..987-7346 …TTY-711

Help Foundation ………………………………… 432-4810

Help Me Grow of Cuyahoga County…………….698-7500

Hospice of the Western Reserve………………….383-2222

Lead Safe Living and Healthy Homes ………. 664-2175

Linking Employment Abilities & Potential.

      (LEAP) ……………………………………………….696-2716

                                                             http://www.leapinfo.org

Long Term Care Ombudsman……………………..696-2719

                                                                    http://www.ltco.org

Lupus Foundation of America………….1-888-NO-LUPUS

Lutheran Family Services……………………………281-2500

Malachi House…………………………………………..621-8831

MetroHealth Care Plus ………………………… 957-2325

MetroHealth Line……………………………………….778-7878

Multiple Sclerosis Society……………………………696-8220

North American Menopause Society………440-442-7550

Ohio Rehabilitation Services Commission…….227-3250

Ohio Relay Service (TTY/TTD)……………..800-325-2223

Planned Parenthood…………………………………..961-8804

Pollution Standard Index – Cleveland……..216-664-7442

Prevent Blindness Ohio …………….……. 800-301-2020

Rose Garden Respite Center………………………671-0789

Services to Adult Care Homes ……………………621-8322

Services for Independent Living…………731-1529 V/TTY

                                                                 http://www.sil-oh.org

Suicide Prevention Education Alliance  ……… 464-3471

United Cerebal Palsy………………………………….791-8363

Up Side of Downs of Gr. Cleveland… 464-USOD (8763)

HOMELESS RESOURCES

Cogswell Hall……………………………………………961-1568

Cleveland Catholic Worker………………216-631-3059

City Mission Shelter…………………………………..431-3510

Eden Inc…………………………………..…. 961-9690

Family Promise of greater Cleveland, Ohio….771-9600

Metanoia Project..……………………..……. 351-7464

Northeast Ohio Coalition for the Homeless…..432-0540

Project ACT/Cleveland Mun School District…592-7405

Providence House……………………………………..651-5982

St. Herman’s House of Hospitality….961-3806/631-9860

St. Malachi Center……………………………………..771-3036

Salvation Army Emergency Aid………………….861-8185

    Harbor Light (Two Parent Families)…………781-3773

    Pick-up, Assessment, Shelter & Service……623-7491

     2100 Lakeside………………………………………566-0047 Transitional Housing ………………………………….781-2250

                                         http://www.transitionlhousinginc.org

VA  Housing Home Care..(Brecksville)……440-526-3030

Volunteers of America……………………………… 621-0120

Westhaven Youth Shelter……………………………941-0062

West Side Catholic Center……………………216-631-4741

HOUSING PROGRAMS

& RESOURCES

Cleveland Action to Support Housing……………621-7350

Cleveland Furniture Bank …………..…………  459-2265

Cleveland Housing Network ……………………….574-7100

                                                              http://www.chnnet.com

Cleveland Municipal Court Housing Division…664-4295

Cleveland Restoration Society……………………..426-3106

Cleveland Tenants Organization.(CTO)…………432-0609

                                               http://www.clevelandtenants.org

Community Housing Solutions…………….……651-0077

Cuyahoga County Auditor’s Office………….… .443-7010

Cuyahoga County Land Reutilization Corp……698-8853

                                            http://www.cuyahogalandbank.org

CMHA Public Housing Applications………………361-3700

Dept. of Aging Senior Homeowner Assistance.664-2833

Department of Community Development .

              Housing Rehabilitation Programs….. .664-2045

              Housing Development Office…….…..664-2869

Emergency Home Energy Assistance Prog.   .518-4014

Fair Housing Board (Cleveland)  ……………. .664-2018

Greater Cleveland Habitat for Humanity………..429-1299

Foreclosure Prevention Program

                  (NHS& NeighborWorks) ..  1-888-995-HOPE

Home Energy Assistance Prog (HEAP)… 800-282-0880

Home Repair Resource Center ………………. 381-6100

Housing Advocates

    Home Ownership Assist Prog……….391-5444 ext.101

Housing Cleveland………………………………877-428-8844

Housing Research & Advocacy Center……… 361-9240

Live Cleveland ………………………………………781-5422

Midwest Housing Partnership………………………281-2646

Neighborhood Assistance Corp. of Amer .888-297-5568

Neighborhood Housing Services …….458-HOME (4663)

http://www.nhscleveland.org

Northeast Ohio Apartment Association ……….. 241-1635

Ohio Housing Finance Agency ……………..888-362-6432

ReStore (Habitat for Humanity)……….429-1299 ext 238

LIBRARIES

Cleveland Public Library Main Branch…………..623-2800

                 Homebound Service Department….623-2842

                                                TDD-TTY………..623-2916

                                                                     www.cpl.org

CLEVENET Library Consortium  

                                       http://www.clevnet.org/cleveland.php

Brooklyn Branch……………………………623-6920

               Carnegie West Branch………………….623-6927

               Eastman Branch…………………………..623-6959

               Fulton Branch………………………………623-6969

               Jefferson Branch………………………….623-7004

               Lorain………………………………………….623-7011

               South………………………………………….623-7060

               Walz……………………………………………623-7095

CSU Library (Plain Press issues)…………………687-2486

Cuyahoga County Public Library………………….398-1800

MENTAL HEALTH

AND HELP  LINES

AIDS Hotline…………………………………….1-800-590-2437

Alcohol, Drug Addiction Mental Health Ser…….241-3400

    ADAMHS……………………………………TDD    241-3983

                                                            http://www.admhscc.org

Applewood Centers……………………………………696-5800

Applewood Carlos & Mary Jones Center……….741-2241

Beech Brook Assertive Community Treatment 831-2255

Children’s Aid Society…………………………………521-6511

Cleveland Christian Home……………………… 671-0977

Community Re-Entry………………………………….696-2717

Depression & Bipolar Support Alliance….  800-826-3632

Emotions Anonymous East ……………… 440-331-6702

Family Preservation (Bridgeway)………………….281-4700

Future Directions COS……………………………….251-8265

GeroPsychiatry Services …………………..1-800-810-7294

LINKS-Cleveland……………………………………….781-5530

Lutheran Family Service……………………………..281-2500

Men’s Action Network…………………………………651-1302

Mental Health Serv – Crisis InterventionTeam..623-6888

Mental Health Services ………………………………623-6555

MetroHealth Clinic……………………………………..778-4428

Murtis H. Taylor Children Community

                             Behavioral Health Care  … .281-7192

National Alliance for the Mentally Ill Gr. Cleve.875-7776

North Coast Behavioral Health Care  …………787-0500

Ohio Department of Mental Health…… 1-877-275-6364

                                                   TTY….1-888-636-4889

PLAN of NE Ohio………………………………………321-3611

Recovery Resources………………………………….431-4131

Warmline (24-hour Peer Support)………….440-886-5950

MONEY MATTERS

Better Business Bureau Anytime Line…………..241-7678

Business Advisors of Cleveland…………………..426-2053

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Serv..800-MEDICARE

Cuyahoga County

       Child Care Assist for Working Families…..987-7346    

       Child Support Enforcement…………………..263-4500

       Healthy Start……………………………………….987-7346

Do Not Call Registry……………………..1-888-382-1222

Energy Star…………………………….… 1-888-382-1222

Gr. Cleveland Access to Benefits Coalition.… 421-1350

Internal Revenue Service (IRS)………….1-800-829-1040

Medicare Part B……………………………….1-800-633-4227

Medicare Today…………………………….…… 671-7900

Migration and Refugee Services…….281-7005 ext. 2119

Ohio Atty Gen Consumer Protection ……  800-282-0515

Ohio Consumers’ Counsel………………. .  .800-282-9448

Ohio Consumers’ Counsel/Utility hotline…877-742-5622

                                                              http://www.pickocc.org

Ohio Rehabilitation Services.1-800-282-4536 voiceTTY

Ohio Victims of Crime Program…………….800-582-2877

Public Utilities Commission of Ohio………800-686-7826

Small Business Administration…………………….522-4180

Social Security Administration……………..800-772-1213

Unemployment Compensation (One Stop)….. 664-4673

Veterans Affairs  Dept…………………………800-827-1000

Worker’s Compensation Information……………357-5100

SENIORS

Benjamin Rose Institute……………………………..791-8000

Cleveland Department of Aging…………………..664-2833

                                                 http://www.city.cleveland.oh.us

Cleveland State University Project 60…………..687-2279

Cuyahoga Com College Senior Adult Educ…..987-2274

Cuy County Dept of Senior & Adult Services…420-6750

                                         http://www.dsas.cuyahogacounty.us

Cuyahoga County Homemakers Dept………….420-6816

Eliza Jennings Home…………………………421-1350

Golden Buckeye Card……………………….1-800-422-1976

Greater Cleveland Volunteers …………………..391-9500

Hispanic Senior Center………………………………631-3599

James J. Woods Golden Age Center……………781-7236

Kirby Manor Apartments…………………………..521-5445

National Caucus & Center on Black Aged…..721-9197

North Coast Seniors Connect………………..623-2902

Ohio Dept of Aging Elder Rights Unit…..800-282-1206

Ohio Senior Health Insurance Info Prog .800-686-1578

Older Person Law Unit..(Legal Aid)……………687-1900

Senior Citizen Resources  Inc. …………….. 749-5367

West Rose Multipurpose Senior Ctr……………631-7717

West Side Senior Services and Nutrition Prog.252-3593

Western Reserve Area Agency on Aging…….621-8010

SUBSTANCE ABUSE

TREATMENT

ADAMHS………………………………..………….348-4830

Alcoholics Anonymous ……………………………….241-7387

Al-Anon & Alateen……………………………………..621-1381

Catholic Charities Services- Hispanic Center…631-3499

Community Action Against Addiction…………….881-0765

Covenant Adolescent Chemical Dependancy

               Treatment and Prevention Center..…574-9000

Cleveland Treatment Center – Project SAFE…991-7233

Drug Information Program (Cuy County) ………436-2000

Hispanic Urban Minority Alcohol and Drug Abuse 

Outreach Program (HUMADAOP)………………..459-1222

Matt Talbot Inn…………………………………………..781-0288

Narcotics Anonymous……1-888-GET-HOPE (438-4673)

Nicotine Anonymous   ………………………..  932-9931

Recovery Resources………………………………….431-4131

Salvation Army Alcohol Detox Unit……………….781-2121

Women’s Recovery Center ………………………651-1450

                                                         http://www.womensctr.org

YOUTH

Guidestone…………………………………..440-234-2006

Big Brothers, Big Sisters…………………………….621-8223

Boys & Girls Club (West Side)…………………….459-2697

Boys and Girls Clubs of Cleveland……………….883-2106

Boy Scouts of America……………………………….861-6060

Camp Happiness (Children w/ MR/DD) ………..334-2963

Centers for Families and Children.(Intake)…….623-1445

Cleveland Christian Home ……………………….671-0977

Adoption……..………………………… 688-4186

Cuyahoga County Children and Family Services

Foster/Adoptive Recruitment Dept…..881-5972

Girl Scouts of Lake Erie Council………………….481-1313

Junior Achievement of Greater Cleveland……..861-8080

Juvenile Court…………………………………………..443-8400

Juvenile Detention Center…………………………..443-3300

Merrick House Settlement Day Nursery………..281-4212

Ohio Mentor……………………………………………..525-1895

Police Athletic League………………………………..687-9135

Safe Haven Teen Center…………………………….281-2660

Saint Malachi Center………………………………….771-3036

Salvation Army Ohio City ……………………… 631-1515

Specialized Alternatives for Families & Youth ..295-7239

West Denison Baseball Leagues ………………. 251-5790

                                         http://www.westdenisonbaseball.org

W. 130 TriLeague …………………………………… 870-3149

                                                           http://www.trileague.com

Westhaven Youth Shelter……………………………941-0062

Youth Community Diversion Program…………..664-6250

Youth Opportunities Unlimited …………………….566-5445

Tickets can be purchased at the door or via Pay Pal account, which is being set up for the event. For more information call Tremont West Development Corporation at 575-0920 or visit their website at www.tremontwest.org. Bike Cleveland and Ward 3 Councilman Joe Cimperman have graciously offered to help sponsor the event.

Gamble, an active member of the Tremont community for many years and a member of the Plain Press Board of Trustees, was struck from the rear by a vehicle while riding his bicycle to work as a overnight security guard on November 9^th.  Gamble is in the rehabilitation unit at St. Vincent Charity Hospital.

Donations to assist David Gamble can also be made at Fifth Third Bank on Professor Avenue in Tremont. The account name is “Gary Gamble for the benefit of David Gamble.”

(Plain Press, February 2013)  At the January meeting of the Cleveland Education Committee, Jan Resseger, Minister for Public Education and Witness for the United Church of Christ Justice and Witness Ministries, spoke of the folly of a national educational policy geared toward test based accountability without demanding investments to provide quality education for children.

Resseger said the 22% child poverty rate in the United States was the highest in the industrial world. She talked about the growing segregation along economic lines that is happening in the United States as people with similar income levels congregate in the same communities. The impact of this economic segregation on the nation’s school systems has resulted in a large “income inequality achievement gap.” Resseger points out that primary factor contributing to the educational achievement gap is poverty.

Rather than addressing the nation’s high childhood poverty rate, Resseger says on the national level, both the Democratic and Republican political parties have embraced creating an official set of academic standards and creating tests to measure those standards. National educational policy, from No Child Left Behind in the George W. Bush Administration to Race to the Top and School Improvement Grants in the Barack Obama administration, uses standardized testing of students to judge the performance of schools and teachers with an eye toward blaming schools and teachers for low performance on the tests.

Resseger says current Secretary of Education Arne Duncan ties Race to the Top School Improvement Grants to punitive measures that punish schools and teachers. These measures include: the willingness of states to tie teacher evaluations and pay to test scores, states agreeing to increase the ease with which teachers that don’t measure up can be fired, states assenting to close low scoring schools and to replace the principals and staff of low performing schools, or to turn closed schools over to charter schools. The states are also asked to remove caps on creating more charter schools.

The national educational policy being pushed by Educational Secretary Arne Duncan and the Obama Administration is based on testing and punishing schools and teachers that don’t measure up, says Resseger. Sanctions will be placed on failing schools starting with the bottom 5% of schools, she said. These schools, Resseger noted, are almost always in the poorest neighborhoods.

Designing and scoring tests has become a growth industry, says Resseger, while the test scores that result “punish the most vulnerable schools.” In Ohio, the state actually provides money to reward excellent schools, she said. At the same time policy makers in Ohio have stopped talking about investments in struggling schools. She noted in Ohio there is also a massive outpouring of State dollars going from public schools to charter schools.

Resseger said researchers know what investments will help improve education in struggling schools. The investments include quality early childhood education, resources to attract quality teachers and to reduce class sizes, a curriculum that prepares students for college or post secondary education, and equitable distribution of resources such as libraries, textbooks and science labs.

Instead of investing more in education, state budget shortfalls have led to cuts in budgets for education, says Resseger, with over 320,000 educational job cuts nationwide. Resseger points out research by Stephen Dryer presented at the First Unitarian Church Forum in Shaker Heights in October of last year that said it would take a 15 mill levy in Cleveland just to replace the $84.72 million cut by the State of Ohio from the Cleveland School District’s Budget since the last biennial state budget.

Given the implications of the recent 15-mill levy passed in Cleveland simply replacing lost state funding, Resseger urged educational advocates to pay attention to state educational policy and to lobby for a better school funding formula in Ohio. She also urged lobbying on the federal level to restore Title I funds to their original intended use as a means to help schools provide additional resources to educate the nation’s poorest children. Resseger says Title I dollars are instead being used for competitive grants to reward innovative school programs.

Local educational plans in Cleveland are echoing the national and state policies and would likely result in the closing and turning over to charter schools the schools in the poorest neighborhoods of Cleveland, said Resseger. She said improving the schools in Cleveland would take exceptional school leadership and exceptional investment in the schools. She urged educational policy makers to “Stop punishing the very poorest schools and their teachers.” Instead she urged reformers to “support and improve” those schools.

Editor’s Note: The Cleveland Education Committee meets monthly at the Goodrich Gannet Neighborhood Center, 1400 E. 55th (just South of St. Clair). The next meeting will be at 6:15 p.m. on Wednesday, February 13th. 

by Chuck Hoven

(Plain Press, February 2013) Cleveland Metropolitan School District (CMSD) officials and Ward 15 Councilman Matt Zone hosted a community meeting on December 10th in the Max Hayes High School cafeteria to announce the plans and construction schedule for the new Max Hayes High School.

Community members attending the meeting learned that the new Max Hayes High School, to be built at W. 65th and Walworth Avenue (just north of Clark Avenue), is now scheduled to open at the beginning of the 2015-16 school year.

“The facility has to be magnificent, ” said Ward 15 Councilman Matt Zone, as he described the multi-year planning process, which included six or seven community meetings; the involvement of area businesses; and the Westside Industrial Retention and Expansion Network.

Zone said much thought has been given to how students will get to and from school. He said the 5-point intersection at W. 65th and Clark now has the second most accidents of any intersection in Ward 15. It will be redesigned as part of the planning for the school. City of Cleveland has already redesigned the corner of W. 65th and Lorain Avenue to make it easier for big 18 wheel trucks to turn the corner. Additional improvements are planned for nearby Train Avenue, said Zone.

Zone also said multipurpose trails on the new school’s site will connect to the trails at Zone Recreation Center. There will be new bike lane striping on W. 65th Street. There will be racks for 54 bikes for students wishing to ride their bikes to school. It was pointed out at the meeting that if more racks are needed, students in the school’s welding class could build more.

CMSD Deputy Chief of Capital Programs Gary Sautter said the new $40 million Max Hayes High School will be built on a 13 acre site that now straddles Walworth Avenue just east of W. 65th and just North of Clark Avenue. The new 165,000 square foot school will be able to hold up to 800 students.

Sautter noted a number of obstacles that had to be overcome by the architects and city officials in the planning process for the new high school. He said an eight-foot wide sewer runs under Walworth Avenue and so the architects had to design a high school where no weight would be placed on the sewer. He said planners, through the efforts of Councilman Matt Zone and others, were able to eliminate the confusing and potentially dangerous intersection at W. 65th, Walworth and Clark. He said, when the school is complete, Walworth Avenue will end at a cul-de-sac just east of the school.

School officials hope students, from the new Max Hayes, will make use of Zone Recreation Center’s new $3 million dollar redesigned outdoor green space which offers a learning lab on how to deal with storm water in a sustainable way. The facility also has fields for baseball and soccer and courts for tennis and basketball as part of the outdoor recreation area.

Max Hayes Principal Phillip Schwenk says the schools new curriculum, outlined in a document called “Take it to the Max”, will be career tech and college prep — not either or.  Schwenk says the school will prepare students for the 21st century with a skill set that manufacturers and businesses need. The school schedule includes 80-minute blocks for academic classes, and 160-minute blocks for career tech classes, says Schwenk.

“Part of the pride of Cleveland is we make things. We need to get kids intrigued with that. Problem solving comes from making things,” says Schwenk. Max Hayes has four major pathways that students can explore — Manufacturing, Building and Construction, Transportation and Information Technology, says Schwenk.

In preparing to build the new school, Schwenk says veteran Max Hayes staff member Dave Mikita, who helps students move into post high school career choices, was instrumental in helping the architects to walk through the process of how to best build a school that will meet the unique needs of the Max Hayes curriculum.

Architect Jeff Henderson, a member of the firm that designed the site, says the school was designed based on a “strong idea of what the school wants to do with the site.” He expressed his enthusiasm for the project saying the design will “signal what schools of the future ought to be.”

The school will feature a two-story ninth grade academy on the West 65th Street side of the site. The remainder of the school will be a single-story with academic classroom interspersed between the large laboratories for the building construction, transportation, manufacturing and information technology classes. Henderson says the building will have lots of natural light. Use of sky lighting will make the space feel bigger and save energy, says Henderson.  In places, the building will have exposed architectural elements such as columns, beams  and duct work so students can observe how the building is constructed. There will be a wall with a clear panel so students can see the pipes in the wall, says Henderson.

The building will be built to Leadership Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) standards and the building and the grounds will have features that conserve both water and energy. CMSD officials expect to break ground on the site in the Spring of 2013, with the bulk of the work being done in 2014 and into 2015. Dave Makita will supervise the movement of some of the schools equipment into the new site in the first half of 2015.

In responding to a question whether recent graduates from Max Hayes could be involved as union apprentices working on building a new school for their alma mater, Sautter noted that Mayor Frank Jackson and CEO Eric Gordon were involved in talks with the Cleveland Building Trades Unions to create “some sort of format of how we can work that out.”

Detroit Shoreway Executive Director Jeff Ramsey suggested that Max Hayes students be involved in a project to create a design for the green space in front of the school at the corner of W. 65th and Clark Avenue. Program Director Megan Meister the Stockyard, Clark Fulton Brooklyn Centre Community Development Office suggested that perhaps the metal fabricating shop at the new school could be involved in creating a sculpture for the site.

For those interested in learning more about the plans for Max Hayes and any updates in the Master Facilities Plan for the Cleveland Metropolitan School District, Consultant Patti Choby of the Colbalt Group says work is underway to create a website for the district’s Office of Capital Projects. Choby is working as a consultant to the CMSD to help facilitate meetings in each of the school districts academic neighborhoods. Max Hayes High School is included in the Lincoln West Academic Cluster that includes the neighborhoods in Cleveland west of the Cuyahoga River and south the lower Big Creek Valley to about W. 117th. The Lincoln West Academic Cluster’s committee has held a couple of preliminary meetings and plans to meet again in January to discuss updating the CMSD master plan for school buildings within the cluster.

Three new schools are scheduled to open within the cluster in the fall of 2013: Almira School at 3380 W. 98th Street: Paul L. Dunbar at 2200 W. 28th Street; and Orchard School at 4200 Bailey Avenue. According to the school district website the new Almira school will have a capacity to serve 450 students; the new Orchard will be able to serve 490 students, and the new Dunbar school will be able to serve up to 450 students.

PHOTO BY DEBBIE SADLON Saturday, January 19, 2013; Tails From the City’s cat shelter, Near West Side of Cleveland: Volunteers Peter Massaro and Ann Damon take care of the cats in the cages in the front room of the shelter.

Saturday, January 19, 2013; Tails From the City’s cat shelter, Near West Side of Cleveland: Davina, one of the original 106 cats rescued from a hoarding situation on the Near West Side, comes to the front of her cage to check out visitors to the shelter.

PHOTO BY DEBBIE SADLON Saturday, January 19, 2013; Tails From the City’s cat shelter, Near West Side of Cleveland: Davina, one of the original 106 cats rescued from a hoarding situation on the Near West Side, comes to the front of her cage to check out visitors to the shelter.

Saturday, January 19, 2013; Tails From the City’s cat shelter, Near West Side of Cleveland: Hershey, a cat socialized enough to roam free, sits atop a pillow by an upstairs window.

PHOTO BY DEBBIE SADLON Saturday, January 19, 2013; Tails From the City’s cat shelter, Near West Side of Cleveland: Hershey, a cat socialized enough to roam free, sits atop a pillow by an upstairs window.

(Plain Press, February 2013) On October 5, 2011 at about 3 p.m. in the afternoon, Mike Traut says he learned of a Cleveland Health Department bust of a hoarding situation involving 106 cats. Traut says he and a number of volunteers came together to rescue all 106 cats. They rented a house on the Near West Side of Cleveland, with consent from the landlord, and founded Tails From the City, a non-profit, no-kill, all volunteer cat rescue group. Traut recalls that first rescue–securing trailers and cages, and working overnight from 7 p.m. to 5 a.m. on that first weekend transferring the rescued cats to their new home.

Now over a year later, Tails From the City’s shelter on the Near West Side of Cleveland provides a haven for rescued cats while they await adoption. Traut, remains active with the shelter, and is President of its seven member Board of Trustees. Peter Massaro, one of the three founders of the organization is also on the Board of Trustees. Board member Michelle Wheadon serves as the organizations’ volunteer Executive Director. In addition to the seven board members, there are about 10 other individuals who volunteer at the shelter.

Wheadon says of the first 106 cats, all but 35 have been adopted, but the shelter continues to accept more cats in need of adoption and to rescue cats in danger of being subject to euthanasia at other shelters. Wheadon says the City of Cleveland Kennel, which is set up for dogs, occasionally receives cats and “will bring them to us.” Recently, Tails From the City took 19 cats from another shelter that was over its capacity. Wheadon says 16 of those cats have already been adopted.

Currently, the shelter houses 70 cats. Since its beginnings in late 2011, 180 cats from Tails From the City have been successfully adopted. The rescue group works with three PetSmart stores (Parma, Macedonia and University Heights) where adoptable cats and kittens are made available on a daily basis. Tails From the City also has a website (www.TailsfromthecityCleveland.org) with links to Petfinder.com where adoptable cats from the shelter can be viewed. The website also has a link to Tails From the City’s Facebook page which includes testimonials from people who have adopted cats rescued by the group.

When entering the shelter, visitors come into a front room lined with large cages– each with a cat, sheets or blankets, a litter box and food and water bowl. In a second room, there are cats in smaller cages lined with sheets. The cats inside the cages also have water and food bowls. There are many new arrivals in this room; one sleeping cat is recovering from injuries sustained before being rescued.

The upstairs of the shelter is dedicated to cats that are known to be able to get along with other cats and are not aggressive. They roam free on the upper floor and have a variety of perches, tunnels and shelves where they can hang out. The upstairs cats are very friendly. Wheadon says when she is upstairs by herself, she can lay on the floor with the cats who seeking petting and attention. Wheadon says the cats on this floor would make good pets, but they are not pet store ready. One issue that prevents cats from going the pet store route is some of the cats are highly resistant to being placed in a cat trailer for transport to the pet store.

A separate room in the shelter is reserved for cats with HIV. Wheadon explains that these cats are kept separate from other cats because cat HIV, while not contagious to humans, can be transferred from cat to cat by blood through a bite or scratch. One of the shelter’s HIV cats was recently adopted by a man from Michigan, who Traut says was looking for a companion for his HIV cat.

Tails From the City has developed a relationship with two animal hospitals, which help make sure new cats are healthy and ready to come to the shelter. Wheadon says all cats receive a test for leukemia first before coming to the shelter. The animal hospitals and the APL are used to assure that all the cats are vaccinated and get spay or neuter surgery when necessary.

Volunteers come in on a daily basis to wash food and water bowls, change litter boxes, wash sheets, sweep the floor, provide fresh food and water to the cats, play with and pet the cats. Tails from the City welcomes volunteers, ages 16 and older, to help out at the shelter.

Traut and Wheadon say Tails From the City welcomes donations of all sizes. Traut says animal hospital bills are the biggest expense for Tails From the City. Other large expenses include rent, food, cat litter and vet bills.

The organization published it first newsletter in December 2012. The newsletter provides a bit of history of the organization and has some contributions by volunteers who share stories of rescued cats. The last page of the newsletter includes a form where individuals can sign up to sponsor a cage. For $240 dollars, the sponsorship includes providing food, water, warm bedding, toys, treats, medical treatment, vaccinations, spay and neuter surgery, rehabilitation for abused or “special needs” animals, and a home for a cat awaiting adoption. Donations can be made via links on the website to PayPal. Donations of any size can also be sent by mail to: Tails From the City, P.O. Box 93514, Cleveland, OH 44101.

Volunteers will pick up sizable donations of supplies for cats such as cat carriers, toys, sheets, blankets and towels. A list of needed items is available on the website at http://www.TailsfromthecityCleveland.org.

 In addition to the website, you can contact Tails from the City by email at tailsfromthecity.tftc@gmail.com.

PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Wednesday, January, 16, 2013; Cudell Improvement’s 38th Annual Meeting, Brennan’s Party Center, 13000 Triskett Road: Birgit Hilliard of Cudell Improvement and Michael McDonald of Safe-16 accept a Safety Award on behalf of the Security Camera Initiative.