FY 2025 Impact Report
Shelter Care, Inc. was established in 1972 to provide comprehensive residential care and services that empower youth to build on their strengths, develop healthy relationships, and thrive emotionally and behaviorally within their families and in the community.
Impact at a Glance
These numbers are reflective of the services provided through the Shelter Home Program, Safe Landing Youth Shelter for Boys and Girls, The Highlands Teen Pregnancy Shelter, Street Outreach Services and the Respite Care Program.
youth & young adults served through residential and drop-in services.
youth, young adults & families served through non-residential services.
Agency accomplishments by program:
Shelter Home Program
youth provided residential services.
total bed days for 6 boys.
of youth in residence made progress toward their goals in counseling.
Additional Program Achievements
Continued to provide quality in home care and a nurturing atmosphere by qualified sets of house parents.
Continued to provide individual, group, and family counseling.
Connected all transition aged youth to services at SOS.
Continued to provide treatment groups: Healthy Relationships/Healthy Boundaries group, Trauma-Informed Care group, Executive Functioning group, Health and Wellness group, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy group, Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction group, and Building Healthy Men group.
As part of the program’s Independent Living requirements, all youth who obtained employment opened savings accounts and were required to save at least 80% of their paycheck earnings.
All Shelter Home Program group homes were provided YMCA passes, Zoo Passes, and McKinley Museum passes.
All youth were provided opportunities to go on hikes in the local Metro Parks, go fishing - as all youth 16 and older were provided fishing licenses, bowling, First Tee Golf, along with many other activities in the community.
Safe Landing Youth Shelter
youth served for a total of 2,246 days.
of youth exited to a positive placement.
individual and family counseling sessions were provided to residential youth.
Additional Program Achievements
93% of youth indicated positive satisfaction rating of the program and 97% of parents reported positive satisfaction rating through exit surveys.
Approximately 517 psycho-educational group activities were conducted.
Continued to provide a safe, clean and nurturing environment for youth, provided by competentresidential care staff.
Provided services to Summit County Juvenile Court through the Juvenile Detention AlternativesInitiative program.
Maintained crisis phone line and provided 497 crisis calls.
Continued to provide educational services through Akron Public Schools’ Project RISE.
Took youth on field trips to the Summit County Metro Parks.
Performance and Quality Improvement
There were no grievances reported throughout the agency in FY 2025. The goal was to reduce the number of grievances by 10 percent annually and this was met.
The Highlands Teen Pregnancy Shelter
total bed days for pregnant and parenting teens.
of pregnant and/or parenting youth attended school compared with the national average of 30%.
of infants were born at a healthy birth weight.
Additional Program Achievements
Served 8 pregnant teens and 6 healthy babies.
Continued to provide a safe, nurturing and structured environment for pregnant and parenting teens and their infants.
Provided weekly Independent Living skills including Employment Education classes andparenting skills including prenatal education.
100% have not had a subsequent pregnancy within twelve months.
Continued to provide aftercare services to teen mothers after leaving the shelter. Girls who stop by are given any needed referrals and access to the used clothing inventory and other baby items.
Provided Safe Sleep education to all residents and free Pack ‘n Plays to those needing a safe sleep environment for their baby upon departure.
Provided educational and recreational outings, including swimming, yoga, Akron Zoo, Amishcountry and other local places of interest.
Street Outreach Services
unduplicated clients served through the SOS Program.
hot meals provided.
clothing outfits distributed.
bus passes distributed.
young adults served through the Bridges Program with intensive case management services.
incidents of emotional support provided.
Additional Program Achievements
Rapid Rehousing Program served 31 young adults/families providing case management services.
Maintained a Drop-In center in Akron, on the Metro bus line near the campuses of The University of Akron and Stark State College.
Provided direct intake services through Project R.I.S.E. in the school-based setting.
Provided 138 presentations on services.
Provided 10,620 survival bags/packs.
Facilitated community events; Fall Into S.O.S., Spring into SOS, Easter Celebration,Thanksgiving celebration, Christmas celebration, Winter Warm Up/Point-In-Time Count, privatetours for community agencies and youth.
Provided information on SOS services through street-based activities and through communityevents in Summit County reaching 1095 youth and young adults.
Respite Program
youth served (45 unduplicated).
total bed days provided.
Provided transportation to school, counseling, school and extra-curricular events.
Provided safe, clean environments for every youth as they transition from their home to respite.
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