1981
																		
							Sister Hope Greener, CSJ, opens Providence House in a 3-room house on West 44th Street. 						
					 
													1982
																		
							Providence House moves to West 32nd Street, acquiring what is now Elisabeth’s House and beginning renovations. 						
					 
													1983
																		
							Providence House begins serving 5 infants and toddlers at a time on West 32nd Street. 						
					 
													1985
																		
							Daisy, our first full-time childcare worker, is hired. After 31 years, Daisy retired in the Spring of 2016!						
					 
													1987
																		
							Providence House completes our first expansion and can care for 15 children at a time.						
					 
													1989
																		
							Ohio Savings Bank celebrates its 100th anniversary by purchasing an additional house on West 32nd Street to expand Providence House services.						
					 
													1990
																		
							Leo’s House opens to care for 26 children at a time. Leo’s House is named in honor of Leo Goldberg, founding father of Ohio Savings Bank, and Leo Greener, Providence House Founder Sr. Hope Greener’s father.						
					 
													1991
																		
							Linda Perry is named Executive Director of Providence House.						
					 
													1999
																		
							Providence House and the Cleveland Browns become the eleventh team member to join the Courage House National Support Network for embracing and supporting children in the local community faced with abuse, neglect and risk due to family crisis.						
					 
													2001
																		
							Natalie Leek is named President and CEO.						
					 
													2003
																		
							Providence House launches our Family Preservation Services beginning with parent visitation and education services.						
					 
													2006
																		
							Providence House leads a legislative effort to expand services to children newborn through age 12 for up to 90 days.						
					 
													2010
																		
							Providence House becomes a Trauma-Informed Care Environment, and Social Workers become Trauma Certified Consultants. 						
					 
													2013
																		
							Leo’s House expansion is complete. Providence House serves 20 children at a time, newborns up to 10 years old.						
					 
													2015
																		
							Elisabeth’s House opens, hosting the Prentiss Pediatric Crisis Nursery to serve 10 children at a time with medical needs, and the Family Center in a separate wing.						
					 
													2018
																		
							Our Giving Hope for the PHuture campaign launches to open a 20-bed Crisis Nursery and Family Resiliency Center in the Buckeye-Shaker Neighborhood.						
					 
													2019
																		
							Providence House service expansion continues with our Emergency Placement and Community Referral Programs.						
					 
													2020
																		
							Providence House launches telehealth services, home deliveries, and virtual visits and programming in response to the COVID-19 Pandemic.						
					 
													2022
																		
							Construction begins on our new 20-bed Crisis Nursery wing at our Providence House East Campus, which will be called Hope's House.						
					 
													2023
																		
							We celebrated the completion of construction on our new East Campus Crisis Nursery, which will enable us to serve 250 additional children each year once opened!