Assistance Provided
- General Counseling
- Advocacy
- Food
- Referrals to and from other agencies
- Emergency Monetary Aid (paid directly to provider)
- Utility bills to prevent disconnection or to restore service
- Life-sustaining medication
- Screening clients for ministers
- Budgeting
- Back-to-school clothing and shoes
- Major appliances & furniture (if available)
- Christmas gifts (children’s toys, food, meat vouchers)
Areas of Involvement
- Educational programs for clients
- CROP Walk/MVAC
- Church Women United (CWU)
- Adopt-A-School Program with Youngstown City Schools Preschool special-needs children
- Christmas Savings Program for clients
- Assisting Care Net Pregnancy Center with baby food/clothing/diapers for infants
Press Release:
Protestant Family Service has received Covid-19 Crisis Relief Funds to assist clients who have been affected by the pandemic. Funds are available for utilities, mortgages, rent, life sustaining medications. Agency guidelines will be adhered to. Due to our limited office space and the required social distancing, clients will be serviced by phone, fax, and e-mail.