Community Resiliency

2-1-1 First Call for Help is our community’s 24/7 information and referral hotline, available by phone, text, or online. Whether you need support with rent, utilities, transportation, or tax prep, our referral team connects you to local resources that can help. 

With more than 8,000 calls answered every year, 211 First Call for Help also gives a real-time view of our community’s most urgent needs so that we can respond in real time. (All of our 211 data is public and accessible online by selecting the Data Dashboard button below.)

CONTACT 211 FIRST CALL FOR HELP:

Phone: Dial 2-1-1 or (800) 275-6106
Text: Send your zip code to 898-211
Web: 211Lorain.org

Collect.Sort.Deliver. is how we rally our community to fill the real-world gaps families feel every day. When a child needs diapers, when a parent can’t afford school supplies, when someone is stretching a box of tampons or pads we move quickly.

We mobilize volunteers, partners, and donors to collect high-need items, sort them with care, and deliver them directly to trusted community agencies who place them in the hands of neighbors who need them most. It’s practical help that is meeting urgent needs while strengthening dignity, choice, and stability for families across Greater Lorain County.

From literacy kits to hygiene essentials to our expanding diaper bank, Collect.Sort.Deliver. proves what happens when a community steps up together: gaps close, burdens lift, and families get the chance to breathe a little easier.

United is the Way we make that possible. 

One item, one volunteer shift, one act of generosity at a time.

Lorain County Mobility Management is an impact initiative focused on seniors 65 and older, people with disabilities, and low-income residents. We're also working collaboratively to help create the foundation to develop a transportation service for everyone and a shared vision of transportation throughout our county.

Through increasing awareness of transportation options and ensuring transportation options are included in community planning efforts we will be able to continue developing pilot projects that improve unmet needs and gaps in existing transportation services.