Assistance League Of Greater Cincinnati

New Beginnings provides 2 levels of service: (1) a Welcome Kit for new arrivals at the Crisis Centers and (2) New Beginnings (household) Kits for families moving on to a new home. The Welcome Kits provide clean clothing for women arriving at a Womens Crisis center. Upon arrival at a shelter, women seeking protection receive a Welcome Kit containing a tee shirt, socks, a hygiene kit, underwear and wipes, packaged in a reusable drawstring bag. Children are provided underwear and socks. These items are purchased, packaged, and delivered to 7 shelters in Hamilton, Warren, Clermont, and Butler Counties in Ohio, and Kenton County in Kentucky. When the stay at the crisis center ends, women and children wishing to start a new life away from the abuser are assisted in finding a new home. At that time, ALGC provides newly newly purchased items in a New Beginnings (household) Kit and age-appropriate Child kits. The 47-item kit includes cleaning products, bed and bath linens and a complete kitchen set for the family. Kits of bedding and hygiene items are provided for babies, toddlers, and older children. In the past year, 571 total kits including 223 adult home kits and 70 Welcome Kits were distributed to 293 adults and 267 children. Since its inception in 1997, 14,429 women and children have benefited from this program.

ALCares4Kids was renamed in 2022 from the original program of Kinship Foster Care to allow us to expand help to homeless children. It started in 2018 as a partnership with The Cincinnati Childrens Hospital CHECK Foster Care Center. The CHECK program provides screening, physical evaluations and clinical care for children living in foster and kinship care in Hamilton County. Since then, Jacks Closet in Anderson Township, Ohio, Monkey Beans in Sardinia, Ohio, The Vinedresser in Florence, Ky. and Tabithas Closet in Morrow, Ohio who provide recycled clothing to foster and kinship care families have been added as partners of ALGC. Tabithas Closet also provides clothing to homeless children. We provide packages of new undergarments, socks, diapers, baby wipes and hygiene items monthly to each partner, depending on their need. ALGC provided 11,378 items to 7,529 children during 2024-2025, an increase of 22.5% compared to last year. Since its inception 23,293 children have benefited from these distributions.

Assault Survivor Kits Started in 1996, this program provides new clothing and hygiene supplies for survivors of sexual assault and domestic violence. We assemble a new pair of sweatpants, a sweatshirt, a tee shirt, socks, underwear, and hygiene supplies into a reusable drawstring bag. The kits are delivered to three organizations whose Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners assist victims: SANE of Butler County, The ION Center for Violence Prevention, and the TriHealth Center for Abuse and Rape Emergency (CARES program). These organizations distribute the packaged kits, bras, and boxer briefs to 31 hospitals

in the Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky area where survivors of sexual assault are treated. This year, Assistance League packaged and delivered 1,734 items to 189 individuals, raising our to-date total to 7,811 for those who benefitted.