Santa Maria People: Approximately forty-five caring professionals and para-professionals along with more than 500 volunteers provide the services that enable the families we serve to gain the skills and knowledge they need to be healthy, productive, contributing members of the community.

• People Served: On an annual basis, Santa Maria serves over 3,000 individuals and families through its Neighborhood Support Centers.

Profile of Service Participants (based on 2000 census data):

• age range is evenly spread from infant to older adult
• 75% Caucasian (largely of Appalachian descent), 20% African-American, 2% Hispanic, 1% Asian, 2% other
• 37% of adults ages 25+ lack a high school diploma; the unemployment rate is 9%; 24% of families live below poverty; 46% are female head of households.
• the majority of our service participants are community members of the East Price Hill, Lower Price Hill and Sedamsville-Riverside neighborhoods of Cincinnati

Locations:

• Administration
  2918 Price Avenue
  Cincinnati, OH 45204
  513-557-2730

• East Price Hill Neighborhood Center
  3301 Warsaw Ave.
  Cincinnati, OH 45205
  513-557-2700

• Lower Price Hill Neighborhood Center
  718 State Avenue
  Cincinnati, OH 45204
  513-557-2710

• Sedamsville Neighborhood Center
  617 Steiner Ave.
  Cincinnati, OH 45204
  513-557-2720

• Price Avenue Neighborhood Center
  2918 Price Ave.
  Cincinnati, OH 45204
  513-557-2730

Types of Services Provided: The Neighborhood Support Centers primarily provide resources for neighbors and civic organizations in Cincinnati's three west side communities: Lower Price Hill, East Price Hill and Sedamsville/Riverside. Neighborhood Support Centers increase the civic capacity of communities through community analysis, relationship building, implementation of community projects, information dissemination, identification of internal and external resources, and cultivation of partnerships.

In addition, Santa Maria offers the following programs:

• Every Child Succeeds: helps new and expectant parents gain parenting skills
• Child Development: assesses family needs, provides respite, makes referrals
• Home Child Care Network: provides training required for community members to operate their home childcare business, and creates networking opportunities for providers
• Meals-on-Wheels: delivers meals to homebound older adults and offers recreational senior and intergenerational group activities
• Youth Leadership: offers civic, social and recreational opportunities to youth
• Bienestar: a Hispanic health access initiative
• Jordan Health Program: increases access to stable, ongoing medical services and prescription medication; also increases knowledge of health and wellness issues
• Lower Price Hill Revitalization Plan: a housing development partnership with Model Management in Lower Price Hill

Neighborhood-based services are offered free of charge and in partnership with community volunteers.

For more information on programming please see the program pages.

Santa Maria Community Services has an operating budget of $2.3 million. Funding comes from:

• United Way & Community Chest
• Every Child Succeeds
• The City of Cincinnati Communtiy Development Department
• Citizens Committee on Youth
• Ohio Department of Aging through the Council on Aging of Southwestern Ohio
• Ohio Children’s Trust Fund
• Ohio Commision on Minority Health
• Hamilton County Mental Health Tax Levy/Talbert House C.O.P.E
• Individual Contributions
• Foundation Grants
• Gifts from Groups, Organizations and Corporations

Santa Maria is a member of:

• United Neighborhood Centers of America
• Family Support America
• National Association of Family-Based Services
• Ohio Association for Family-Based Services
• Family Resource Center Coalition of Greater Cincinnati
• United Way & Community Chest of Greater Cincinnati