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Planning, Zoning & Community Development

Community Action Network Directory
(A searchable database of organizations and programs improving Hamilton County, Ohio)

General Information  |  Add Your Organization  |  View Organization Listing
Directory of Directories  |  Disclaimer

Browse the Directory in Alphabetical Order
Click on one of the following selected letters
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Search for an Organization
Organization Search:
(this option searches the entire database for an organization name or the first word in its name.)

Browse the Directory by Community Issue or Community System:
Community Issue: - - select one - - Population Loss and Community Attractiveness Poverty and Financial Independence Job Loss and Business Retention/Attraction Young Workforce Loss Infant Mortality Obesity Crime and Public Safety Education Quality Equity, Inclusion and Openness

Community System: - - select one - - Civic Engagement and Social Capital Community Services Culture and Recreation Economy and Labor Market Education Environment Environment and Social Justice Goverance Health and Human Services Housing Land Use and Development Framework Mobility

We need your help in expanding the Directory; just click on Add Your Organization to enter or revise information about your organization or program. And, please help us grow the Directory by sending this page or link to other public, private, and civic sector organizations working to improve Hamilton County communities.

With your help, the Directory will soon identify the collaborative
networks of organizations in our community at the forefront of positive change related to:

• key community indicators and critical trends (e.g., job loss, infant mortality, etc.)

• each of our community systems (e.g., economy, education, environment, housing, mobility, etc)

Thank you for helping to build Hamilton County’s Community Action Network Directory by adding your organization and inviting others to do the same. For more information, see “About the Directory”

About the Directory

Today, the world and our communities change when networks of relationships form among people and organizations who share a common cause and vision of what's possible. The Hamilton County Community Action Network Directory--a new online inventory of organizations and programs improving our community--is being developed to foster these critical connections and networks in Hamilton County. The Directory is an initiative of Hamilton County Regional Planning Commission and Leadership Cincinnati USA.

Only through such existing and emerging relationships, will we be able to develop the new knowledge, practices, courage and commitment that lead to sustainable and systemic community change and solutions to our community’s most intractable issues. By connecting separate local efforts with each other as networks, new systems of influence will emerge possessing greater potential for community improvement than is possible through incremental change strategies. The emerging Hamilton County Community Action Network (HCCAN) Directory serves as a clearinghouse for people finding like-minded others, the first step in the emergence of networks for community action.

This directory and data base is being designed to be significantly different than any directory that already exists for topic areas such as social services and environment. A unique design is evolving from the following project goals:

1. Identify community building organizations currently working toward improving Hamilton County’s key community indicators and critical trends (per county and regional report cards).

2. Identify community building organizations currently working toward improving each of Hamilton County’s 12 community systems (per Community COMPASS, Hamilton County’s 2030 Plan). The 12 community systems and related goals include: Civic Engagement and Social Capital, Community Services, Economy and Labor Market, Education, Environment, Environmental and Social Justice, Governance, Health and Human Services, Housing, Land Use and Development, and Mobility.

3. Identify existing directories of community action organizations (i.e., establish a directory of directories).

4. Provide easy collaboration and fast updates to a constantly expanding public knowledge base.

The continuously emerging HCCAN Directory will provide an essential tool for continued implementation of the vision and goals adopted in Community COMPASS (Hamilton County’s comprehensive plan), which identifies the dreams, the challenges, and the opportunities facing our county, our local governments, our civic and private sector organizations, and our citizens.