The Rising Tide Initiative is an Urban League program that assists non-custodial parents.  The program helps parents, primarily fathers, meet family responsibilities and move toward self-sufficiency.  Participants identify and overcome barriers to self-sufficiency and parenting, obtain employment, and/or skills training. 

The program targets non-custodial parents living in Cuyahoga County, who are unemployed or underemployed and connected to CSEA, OWF, TANF or PRC services.  Rising Tide provides a four-week series of workshops focussing on:  Life Skills, Job Readiness, Family/Support Networks and Parenting.  The program also provides individual case management, via one-to-one consultation/advocacy and a 24-hour hotline.  Following completion of the workshop series, the program provides employment placement and retention services.

Rising Tide coordinates its resources with a host of business, county, community based, faith based, and social service agencies.  Program hours are Monday - Friday, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm.  Extended hours are offered on Wednesdays, including a Focus Group, 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm.  Services are offered in a downtown Cleveland location.

Maurice Stevens
Rising Tide Initiative
Urban League of Greater Cleveland
2930 Prospect Ave             
Cleveland, OH  44115                   
216.622.0999 office
mstevens@ulcleveland.org