Cuyahoga County Resource Box Available At 14 Locations Provides Much-Needed Information For Area Families
With quarantine mandating time away from the classroom and usual activities, many children have struggled over the past year. Connecting for Kids aims to help local families find resources for a child who may have regressed socially, emotionally, academically or physically during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The free Cuyahoga County Resource Box is packed with information about local adapted summer camps, social skills programs, tutors, therapists and other services in Cuyahoga and surrounding counties for families of children ages birth – 12 years who are concerned about their child.
Resource Boxes are available for pick up at a number of area libraries from Saturday, May 1 – Saturday, May 8 (during regular library hours). Families must register for a box and indicate which library location they will use for pick up, by visiting www.connectingforkids.org/cuyahoga-resource-box, or call/text: 440-570-5908 (para español, 440-907-9130).
Pick-up locations include:
Cleveland Heights - University Heights Public Library
- Lee Road Branch
Cleveland Public Library
- Brooklyn Branch
- Collinwood Branch
- E. 131st St. Branch
Cuyahoga County Public Library
- Garfield Heights Branch
- Middleburg Heights Branch
- Solon Branch
Euclid Public Library Lakewood Public Library
- Madison Branch
- Main Library
Rocky River Public Library Shaker Heights Public Library
- Bertram Woods Branch
- Main Library
Westlake Porter Public Library
Informational fliers in the box include:
- Adapted recreation programs and camps
- Alternative schools
- Counselors and mental health providers
- Educational advocates
- Grant/financial aid providers
- Music therapy programs
- Occupational and physical therapists
- Speech-language pathologists
- Social skills programs
- Tutors and learning disability programs
Presenting sponsors of the Cuyahoga County Resource Box are Connecting for Kids, Galvin Therapy Center and Julie Billiart Schools. Platinum sponsors are Community Fund Ohio, Cuyahoga County Public Library, Seeds of Learning, LLC, State Support Team 3, The Child & Family Counseling Center of Westlake and Westlake Porter Public Library.
Lorilynn Wolf
Lorilynn Wolf serves as the Communications Director for Connecting for Kids.