University Settlement
Updates:
University Settlement is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that has been providing much needed social services to the residents of the Broadway Slavic Village neighborhood since 1926. We are proud to be the premier social services provider and to continue our mission:
“To offer the individuals and families we serve resources by which they can learn, grow, and thrive.”
Our programs focus on:
Broadway Slavic Village
While located in Slavic Village and serving primarily zip codes 44127 and 44105, University Settlement also has a location in Parma and serves fourteen additional communities in Southwest Cuyahoga County.
University Settlement annually serves 12,000 of the Slavic Village neighborhood’s 22,000 residents.
44127 is more economically distressed than 99.5% of zip codes in the United States.
Before Covid-19, the area was experiencing a poverty rate of 42% and a child poverty rate of 62%.
Before Covid-19, 23% of residents were experiencing deep poverty ($6,000/year per person or $14/day).
The average housing value in 44127 is $16,000.
In Fall of 2018, lead testing detected a +30% toxicity rate among area schoolchildren.
Was the epicenter of the foreclosure crisis, and named “ground zero”—meaning it had the highest percentage of houses in foreclosure per census tract in the entire United States.
