Office of the Dean of Students

Resources for Pregnant and Parenting Students

Individual's Rights for Pregnant and Parenting Students under Title IX Policy

 

Cincinnati Scholar House (housing & childcare)—2.8 miles from XU

-https://hercincinnati.org/pages/cincinnati-scholar-house-2

Services offered

-affordable housing community that provides stable living and learning environment for low-income single parents and their children while the parent attends post-secondary classes

-on-site infant to pre-K child development center for children to attend while parents are at class

Eligibility 

-low-income single parents enrolled in full-time coursework at a post-secondary education institution

 

Cincinnati Preschool Promise (childcare tuition assistance)

-https://cincy-promise.org/for-families/

Service offered

-preschool tuition assistance for community-based or public preschool with over 80 participating providers

Eligibility

-live within CPS district boundaries, children must be 3 or 4 years old, meet income guidelines

 

Publicly Funded Child Care Program  (OH Department of Job and Family Services)

-http://www.odjfs.state.oh.us/forms/num/JFS01309/pdf/

Eligibility 

-parent or guardian must be any of the following: employed, in school, in job training, homeless, or receiving Ohio Works First cash assistance AND income at or below 142% of federal poverty level OR child has county-agency-verified special need and income is at or below 150% of federal poverty level

 

WIC (food assistance)

-https://www.fns.usda.gov/wic

Eligibility 

-low-income pregnant, breastfeeding, and non-breastfeeding postpartum women, and infants and children up to age 5 at nutritional risk

 

Baby Bear (childcare item assistance)

-https://wovenoak.org/baby-bear/

Services offered

-monthly shopping events that provide free children’s clothing, shoes, formula, diapers, strollers, cribs, etc. to families in need

Eligibility

-Norwood resident

Link to OH Department of Job and Family Services families page with many different family and childcare resources: https://jfs.ohio.gov/cdc/families.stm