University Settlement Cleveland
Encyclopedia
University Settlement is a nonprofit social service agency serving the Broadway/Slavic Village
neighborhood in Cleveland, Ohio
. It is located at 4800 Broadway Ave. The agency's mission is to foster strong and independent individuals and families by providing innovative, valued, and collaborative services that meet the evolving needs of the Broadway/Slavic Village Community.
) in 1926 as a way to help recently-arriving Eastern Europe
an immigrants
adjust to life in Cleveland. In the 1970s, the agency redirected its programming towards basic needs provision and services for youth and senior citizens.
Over the decades, the community’s needs changed as more Cleveland residents moved to the suburbs. Today, the majority of neighborhood residents are the working poor and the elderly. In response, University Settlement provides several programs targeting youth, senior citizens, and families.
Slavic Village
South Broadway is a neighborhood on the southeast side of Cleveland, Ohio. One of the city's oldest neighborhoods, much of the area has historically served as home to Cleveland's original Czech and Polish immigrants...
neighborhood in Cleveland, Ohio
Ohio
Ohio is a Midwestern state in the United States. The 34th largest state by area in the U.S.,it is the 7th‑most populous with over 11.5 million residents, containing several major American cities and seven metropolitan areas with populations of 500,000 or more.The state's capital is Columbus...
. It is located at 4800 Broadway Ave. The agency's mission is to foster strong and independent individuals and families by providing innovative, valued, and collaborative services that meet the evolving needs of the Broadway/Slavic Village Community.
History
The agency was established by Western Reserve University (now Case Western Reserve UniversityCase Western Reserve University
Case Western Reserve University is a private research university located in Cleveland, Ohio, USA...
) in 1926 as a way to help recently-arriving Eastern Europe
Eastern Europe
Eastern Europe is the eastern part of Europe. The term has widely disparate geopolitical, geographical, cultural and socioeconomic readings, which makes it highly context-dependent and even volatile, and there are "almost as many definitions of Eastern Europe as there are scholars of the region"...
an immigrants
Immigration to the United States
Immigration to the United States has been a major source of population growth and cultural change throughout much of the history of the United States. The economic, social, and political aspects of immigration have caused controversy regarding ethnicity, economic benefits, jobs for non-immigrants,...
adjust to life in Cleveland. In the 1970s, the agency redirected its programming towards basic needs provision and services for youth and senior citizens.
Over the decades, the community’s needs changed as more Cleveland residents moved to the suburbs. Today, the majority of neighborhood residents are the working poor and the elderly. In response, University Settlement provides several programs targeting youth, senior citizens, and families.
Programs
University Settlement offers programs in the following areas:- Community computer lab
- Family services
- Housing
- Hunger
- Senior daycare/programming
- Youth daycare/programming
- Youth drug prevention