YouTube is an amazing resource for organizations that want to positively impact their communities. Leading Families Home / Beach House Family Shelter has recently started our YouTube channel – and we are excited to grow it! We’ve rounded up some of our favorite YouTube channels …
Posted in Toledo
This June, July, and August 2020 were great months for Beach House Family Shelter, located in Toledo, Ohio. We want to give thanks for the amazing donors who so generously gave to our Participants.
CATFEST 2020 (June 7th)
In honor of the life of Catherine “Cat” Lambert, …
Posted in Beach House Family ShelterDonationsToledo
The Kids Feelings Expression Group is a new program offered through Leading Families Home’s Steps to Health department. It is taught to children ages 4 to 18, who reside at Beach House Family Shelter and in our housing programs.
Why
The purpose of this group is to …
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Diamond
Meet Diamond, a 27 year old mother of two young children, who dropped out of high school before graduating. She came to Beach House Family Shelter with several challenges, including a poor credit score and little income, which made it difficult for her to find …
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Homelessness doesn’t just happen to people; sometimes it can take months or years for a family to move through a set of circumstances that brings them to homelessness.
Such is the case for Tana, a 32 year old single mother of three, who came to Beach …
Posted in Beach House Family ShelterHomelessHousing
Each Participant who comes to Beach House Family Shelter has a unique story, and a unique set of circumstances and challenges that they are dealing with.
Jamie’s story starts with a co-parenting struggle, compounded by medical issues and domestic violence.
Jamie came to Beach House Family Shelter …
Posted in HomelessShelters
Meet LuCynthia Jones, Steps to Home Housing Director for Leading Families Home. In this 15-minute interview, LuCynthia shares information about her role as Housing Director, the latest updates in her department, and important certifications her team is working to achieve.
My name is LuCynthia Jones, Steps …
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Thanks to our amazing donors who continually provide much needed support to our shelter, we were able to create a new branch in our program: Steps to Health.
Steps to Health provides evidence-based, trauma informed care to our Participants. This care and support enables them to …
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At Leading Families Home, we work to transition families from homelessness to permanent housing. This process takes about a month or so, depending on the needs of the family and availability of affordable housing.
The housing process includes education, a rigorous inspection of the housing unit, …
Posted in Housing
It’s often difficult to understand why people behave in certain ways, especially if those behaviors are hurtful and negative. Why would a woman stay in an abusive relationship? Why would someone drop out of high school? Or engage in substance abuse?
What about experiencing homelessness? What …
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