New Beginnings

New Beginnings provides 2 levels of service: (1) a Welcome Kit for new arrivals at the Crisis Centers and (2) New Beginnings (household) Kits for families moving on to a new home.  The Welcome Kits provide clean clothing for women arriving at a Women’s Crisis Center.  Upon arrival at a shelter, women seeking protection receive a Welcome Kit containing a T-shirt, socks, a hygiene kit, underwear, and wipes, packaged in a reusable drawstring bag.  Children are provided with underwear and socks.  These items are purchased, packaged, and delivered to 7 shelters in Hamilton, Warren, Clermont, and Butler Counties in Ohio, and Kenton County in Kentucky.  When the stay at the crisis center ends, women and children wishing to start a new life away from the abuser are assisted in finding a new home.  ALGC then provides newly purchased items in a New Beginnings (household) Kit and age-appropriate Child kits.  The 47-item kit includes cleaning products, bed and bath linens, and a complete kitchen set for the family.  Kits of bedding and hygiene items are provided for babies, toddlers, and older children.  In the past year, 571 total kits, including 223 adult home kits and 70 Welcome Kits, were distributed to 293 adults and 267 children. Since its inception in 1997, 14,429 women and children have benefited from this program.