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Beach House Erie and Beach House Ashland are our emergency family shelters for Leading Families Home. We offer an immediate place for families and single women facing homelessness as they seek permanent housing.


To enter one of our family shelters, call United Way's 211 coordinated entry system. You will be immediately connected with an advisor who will assist you in finding local resources for yourself and your family.


If you are in need of emergency shelter, call 211.

OUR EMERGENCY SHELTERS

Beach House Erie and Beach House Ashland are family-centered emergency shelters in Toledo. Our shelter accepts families and single women.


Beach House Family Shelter is a Victorian home located in the Historic Vistula neighborhood and offers a home-like experience for Participants.

PROGRAMS

Several personal growth programs are also offered through the shelter, including trauma-informed case management, behavioral health, education, and employment services as well as programs and activities for children.


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Emergency Family Shelter Articles

We Need Essentials for Our Emergency Shelter

By Leading Families Home • September 20, 2022
We're having an ongoing donation drive for ESSENTIALS: items like kitchenware, bedding, cleaning supplies, and hygiene items. We're constantly in need of these items to stock our Shelter and help our newly housed Participants. Please help us out!
Homeless shelter participants hug

Keeping Hope Alive for Our Shelter Participants

By Leading Families Home • September 30, 2020
Experiencing homelessness is devastating. Those who come to our emergency shelter do so for a variety of reasons, such as fleeing domestic abuse, a disability, loss of income, the incarceration of a partner, and substance use disorders. Although living at Beach House Family Shelter is better than ...
Emergency homeless shelters in Toledo, Ohio

Emergency Homeless Shelters In Toledo for Singles, Families, DV, and Youth

By Leading Families Home • September 25, 2020
Need emergency shelter in Toledo, Ohio? We’re here to help! To enter a shelter, please start by calling 2-1-1, which is the entry point for all shelters in Toledo’s Continuum of Care (CoC), run by the Toledo Lucas County Homelessness Board (TLCHB). Once you connect ...
YouTube channels that serve Toledo, Ohio

Best YouTube Channels Serving Toledo, Lucas County, & NW Ohio

By Leading Families Home • September 21, 2020
YouTube is an amazing resource for organizations that want to positively impact their communities. Leading Families Home / Beach House Family Shelter has recently started our YouTube channel – and we are excited to grow it! We’ve rounded up some of our favorite YouTube channels ...

Take a Tour of Beach House Family Shelter

By Leading Families Home • August 12, 2020
Welcome to Beach House, a family shelter created by Leading Families Home. Beach House Family Shelter is located in Toledo, Ohio, and is one of the only shelters in our area to accept families.  Beach House Family Shelter provides refuge to those who have nowhere else ...

After Calling 2-1-1: Your Stay at Beach House Family Shelter

By Leading Families Home • August 7, 2020
What Is 2-1-1? If you need help with housing, food, healthcare, and other services, calling 2-1-1 connects you with available resources within your community. 2-1-1 is completely free and confidential. Once you call, you’ll speak to a Professional Information and Referral Specialist who will work with you ...
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ABOUT EMERGENCY FAMILY SHELTER IN TOLEDO

There are several emergency shelters in Toledo, Ohio. Many shelters serve single men or single women, or both.


Beach House Family Shelter is one of three family-centered shelters in our local area, along with La Posada, an emergency family shelter that is part of Catholic Charities, and Family House.


Leading Families Home does not allow drugs, alcohol, smoking, or weapons within our facilities. Nor do we accept registered sex offenders or those convicted of crimes against children. We accept those without birth certificates, drivers licenses, and social security cards, and assist in attaining those documents.

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