I began working at Santa Maria in 1991 when I was an undergraduate student at Mount St. Joseph University. I fell in love with the grass roots, neighborhood approach to social work that I saw at the Agency. It was … Continued
Santa Maria Community Services, Inc. is pleased to announce it has received a 2021 Greater Cincinnati Nonprofit of the Year Award for Family Literacy Programs from Cincy Magazine. In their second annual Greater Cincinnati Nonprofit of the Year Awards, Cincy … Continued
Thirty-three-year-old Weldezghi and his 30-year-old wife, Semhar, moved to Cincinnati as refugees from Eritrea, in northeast Africa. In 2017, two years after arriving in Westwood, Semhar heard about Santa Maria Community Services’ Promoting Our Preschoolers (POP) program and enrolled with her oldest daughter, Betelihim, now … Continued
CINCINNATI, OH – Santa Maria Community Services, Inc. is pleased to announce that it received a $15,000 grant from Scripps Howard Foundation for its Promoting Our Preschoolers (POP) program. “We are thankful for Scripps Howard Foundation for providing funding … Continued
Santa Maria Community Services, Inc. is pleased to announce that it received a $30,000 grant from Greater Cincinnati Foundation (GCF) for its Promoting Our Preschoolers (POP) program. POP aims to address inequity in academic success in kindergartens in Price Hill … Continued
Megan, a 35-year-old mother of two, moved from Georgia to Cincinnati eight years ago. She had gotten into trouble and wanted to turn her life around. While getting assistance from Bethany House, she was referred to Santa Maria. Now celebrating … Continued