Real support for the life around your goals.

Brunner Literacy Center

Free one-on-one tutoring in adult basic education, GED preparation, continuing education, and English language learning.

Clothes That Work

Workforce Education Initiative

Interactive workforce workshops focused on career readiness, advancement, and workplace professionalism.

Dayton Public Schools

Office for Exceptional Children

Special education and transition services for eligible Dayton Public Schools students.

Dayton Metro Library

Seventeen branches offering literacy, learning, career exploration, homework help, digital access, and community programming.

East End Community Services

Whole Family Coaching

Family-centered coaching that helps family members identify strengths, challenges, goals, and the supports needed to move forward.

Goodwill Easterseals Miami Valley

Employment Services

Assessment, training, placement, coaching, career counseling, and on-the-job support to help people obtain and maintain employment.

Miami Valley Career Technology Center

Career-technical education, adult workforce training, GED support, and employment preparation across medical, industrial, and other trades.

Miami Valley Urban League

CCMEP and SOAR Workforce Services

Integrated education, employment, training, and supportive services, including a specific pathway for eligible low-income youth and young adults.

Montgomery County Workforce Development

Business Solutions Center

A one-stop connection to employment, training, and services that strengthen financial stability and quality of life.

Montgomery County Board of Developmental Disabilities Services

Coordinates services, funding, employment supports, transportation, safety, family support, residential placement, and other resources.

Opportunities for Ohioans with Disabilities

Statewide vocational rehabilitation and employment planning for people with physical, intellectual, sensory, and mental health disabilities.

United Rehabilitation Services of Greater Dayton

Therapy Services

Outpatient physical, occupational, and speech therapy supporting growth and independence.

Montgomery County Job & Family Services

Prevention, Retention & Contingency Funds

Emergency assistance that may support shelter, utilities, relocation, transportation, training, employment, and work needs.

The Mustard Seed Foundation

A residential parenting program offering housing, supervision, family necessities, education support, and a path toward self-sufficiency.

Daybreak

Youth Shelter, Housing and Employment Services

Crisis shelter, housing, outreach, counseling, education, and paid employment preparation designed specifically for youth and young adults.

St. Vincent de Paul

Apple Street Gateway Shelter for Women & Families

Twenty-four-hour emergency shelter with meals and housing-focused case management.

YWCA Dayton

Domestic Violence Shelter

Temporary emergency shelter for people and families seeking safety from domestic violence, provided without shelter fees.

Legal Aid of Western Ohio and ABLE

Free civil legal assistance covering housing, family safety, benefits, education, employment, disability, immigration, and other basic legal needs.

Montgomery County Office of Reentry

Programs and services designed to reduce reentry barriers and support education, employment, stability, and positive community reintegration.

The Bair Foundation

Clinical Services

Home-, school-, and community-based mental health assessment, therapy, behavioral support, and crisis intervention.

NAMI Montgomery County

Peer-led support, education, and advocacy for people experiencing mental illness and those who support them.

East End Community Services

Peers for Change

Peer recovery support, case management, advocacy, treatment connections, and community education grounded in lived experience.

Eastway Behavioral Healthcare

Behavioral health services across youth and adult programs, including assessment, psychiatry, therapy, substance-use treatment, education, employment, and housing supports.

Families of Addicts

Family Support and FOA-LINK

Family-centered education, peer connection, advocacy, weekly meetings, and a support helpline for people affected by addiction.

Family Services Association

Counseling, parenting education, victim advocacy, Deaf services, and neighborhood programs responding to a wide range of family and behavioral health needs.

South Community

A broad continuum of behavioral health, primary care, school-based, youth court, family, substance-use, and employment services.

4C for Children

Free, confidential help locating quality child care, accessing essential benefits, and supporting adoptive, foster, and kinship families.

The Bair Foundation

Foster Care

Foster-family education, licensing, placement, respite, adoption support, and 24/7 assistance.

Boys & Girls Club of Dayton

After-school and summer development programs designed to help young people reach their potential.

Dakota Center

Youth Enrichment Services

After-school and summer enrichment combining homework help, mentoring, leadership, financial literacy, technology, nutrition, arts, and sports.

East End Community Services

Positive Youth Development

Remote case management and career-focused planning supporting high school graduation, real-world experience, and credentials.

Goodwill Easterseals Miami Valley

A.L.L. Club Youth Collaborative

A voluntary after-school collaborative using allyship, life skills, and leadership to help youth support one another through mental health, isolation, trauma, and substance-misuse stressors.

Montgomery County Children Services

Child protection, family strengthening, foster care, adoption, education support, and preparation for young people leaving foster care.

Montgomery County Fatherhood Initiative

Connects fathers with employment, visitation, license, child-support, reentry, and public-service resources to strengthen family involvement.

Omega Community Development Corporation

Youth Success Navigation and Planning

Relationship-based, trauma-informed navigation and success planning that coordinates schools, families, group homes, and community supports.

Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Ohio

The CLUB and Teen Programs

Low-cost after-school and summer programming centered on academic success, leadership, mental wellbeing, mentoring, and workforce readiness.

Ohio Department of Children and Youth

Bridges

Pairs eligible former foster youth with a liaison for housing, education, employment, wellbeing, and independent-living goals.

Center for Healthy Families

Supports young parents with education goals, healthcare access, safe housing, parenting skills, home visits, and one-to-one guidance.

Central Ohio Youth for Christ

A faith-based youth network offering mentoring, job and life skills, financial literacy, auto-repair training, support for teen parents, trafficking-survivor services, and counseling.

CHLOE, Inc.

Young Mom Connections

Provides mentoring, parenting classes, twice-monthly connection groups, childcare during activities, and access to infant and toddler essentials.

Columbus Urban League

Career Services and Youth Initiatives

Connects young people and adults to workforce readiness, career coaching, mentoring, internships, financial empowerment, and supportive community programs.

Directions for Youth & Families

Community-based prevention, counseling, education, and youth-development services delivered through multiple Columbus centers.

Disability Rights Ohio

Rise Up Transition Resources

Provides disability-rights advocacy, legal intake, and multilingual youth guidance on education, employment, benefits, safety, and adulthood.

Equitas Health

Inclusive healthcare network offering primary care, behavioral health, substance-use treatment, dentistry, pharmacy, testing, prevention, and care navigation.

Ethiopian Tewahedo Social Services

Youth and Workforce Programs

Combines tutoring, paid work training, wraparound coaching, scholarships, summer programs, adult job placement, English learning, and family supports.

FACCES

Life Ready and Family Programs

Offers youth gardening, career exposure, after-school learning, free meals, family health access, fitness, cooking, and community support.

Lutheran Social Services

211 Central Ohio

A free information and referral network connecting residents to food, shelter, healthcare, domestic-violence support, and other community services.

Mobile Response and Stabilization Services

Franklin County Youth Crisis Response

Dispatches a licensed mental-health clinician to the young person's location and can provide follow-up stabilization support for up to six weeks.

Nationwide Children's Hospital

Autism Adolescent Transition Program

Helps young people with autism plan for adulthood through counseling, behavior consultation, employment preparation, social groups, and coordinated transition supports.

The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center

Teen Clinic

Provides preventive, medical, gynecological, and psychological care for teens and young adults.

Star House

24/7 Youth Drop-In Center and Carol Stewart Village

Central Ohio's low-barrier, trauma-informed drop-in center connects young people to immediate essentials, clinical support, education, employment, housing, and long-term stability.

Huckleberry House

Teen Crisis, Housing, Counseling and Outreach

Provides a 24/7 teen crisis shelter, transitional apartments, counseling, outreach, case management, and independent-living support.

Franklin County YouthBuild

Combines education completion with paid hands-on training in construction and healthcare career pathways.

IMPACT Community Action

Achieve More & Prosper (A.M.P.)

A workforce and mentoring program providing career credentials, coaching, job placement, education access, and practical support for barriers.

Goodwill Columbus

Achieve More & Prosper (A.M.P.)

Pairs young adults with a personal career coach for career planning, life skills, job-ready training, internships, job shadowing, and on-the-job experience.

Community Refugee & Immigration Services

Community Connectors Youth Mentorship

Mentors New American students through high-school completion, postsecondary planning, career preparation, internships, and social connection in Columbus.

Nationwide Children's Hospital

Youth & Young Adult Employment Program

Paid summer work-learning experiences help students build professional skills and gain hands-on experience across hospital departments.

Jobs for Ohio's Graduates

Connects in-school and out-of-school youth to education assistance, student re-engagement, life skills, work experience, mentoring, and career pathways.

Youth Opportunities Unlimited

Northeast Ohio Youth Workforce Programs

Cleveland-based workforce organization preparing young people for careers through summer jobs, internships, school programs, credentials, and career coaching.

Cuyahoga County Health and Human Services

Comprehensive Case Management and Employment Program

Integrates employment, training, career planning, and case-management support for eligible young people.

Pathway, Inc.

Summer Youth Employment Program

An eight-week paid summer program combining work-readiness training with full-time, hands-on employment experience.

Harbor

Lucas County CCMEP

Helps eligible young people build education and career pathways through individualized resources, coaching, and workforce support.

Trumbull Metropolitan Housing Authority

YouthBuild Trumbull County

An earn-while-you-learn pathway combining diploma or GED completion, job skills, leadership, and community service renovating affordable housing.

OhioMeansJobs Mahoning County

The county workforce center connects job seekers to career counseling, training, employer opportunities, supportive services, and youth employment pathways.

OhioMeansJobs Summit County

Youth and Young Adult Workforce Services

Connects young people to summer jobs, career coaching, training, education completion, credentials, and supportive services.

OhioMeansJobs Stark County

Young Adult Services

Offers work experiences, career coaching, college preparation, mentoring, diploma help, and practical supports needed to enter training or employment.

Mental Health Services for Clark and Madison Counties

Transition-Age Youth Services

Youth-focused behavioral health and transition support helps participants manage mental wellness, develop life skills, and prepare for adulthood.

UMCH Family Services

Independent Living

Provides scattered-site housing plus education, employment, mental-wellness, and independent-living supports in Springfield, Dayton, and Cincinnati.

City of Lima

GenNext Youth Employment Program

A seasonal employment initiative combining required pre-employment training with hands-on work experience at local businesses and organizations.

OhioMeansJobs Lorain County

Youth Workforce Services

A one-stop workforce center offering career guidance, education and training referrals, job-search tools, employer connections, and youth services.

OhioMeansJobs Ashland County

Provides a free public resource room, employment and re-employment assistance, job training connections, and family-support referrals.

Coshocton County Job and Family Services

Workforce Development and Youth Employment

Offers no-cost employment workshops, youth employment and training, computer basics, interview preparation, resumes, and workforce guidance.

Lancaster Fairfield Community Action Agency

Housing Assistance & Supports for Youth

Provides direct assistance and referrals for immediate needs, housing stability, health, education, employment, and community connections.

Columbiana County Job and Family Services

Connects county residents to public assistance, child and family services, employment support, healthcare coverage, and community resources.

Hamilton County Job and Family Services

Youth Employment Program

Provides jobs and year-round job-readiness training to help young people build experience, confidence, and career direction.

Urban League of Greater Southwestern Ohio

WIOA Out-of-School Youth

Supports out-of-school youth with education completion, occupational training, paid work experience, career coaching, and barrier reduction.