We deeply appreciate the hard work and dedication of everyone
who has contributed to and collaborated with Tamar’s Center over the years.
Tamar's has nonetheless been an important resource in Cincinnati, offering specialized care and attention to a vulnerable population of women. Tamar’s has offered safety to hundreds of women who were unhoused and subsisting on the streets. They received help with basic needs and were connected to partner services for medical, mental health, rehabilitation, and housing services. The ministry was known as a peaceful oasis, a nonjudgmental place where women affected by trafficking, homelessness, and substance issues could go for help and be treated with dignity and love. We are grateful that there remains a strong network of women-centered social services in the greater Cincinnati area continuing this work.
After much discussion and reflection, it is with sadness, but deep gratitude for what was accomplished for the women,
that the Franciscan Ministries Board, in conjunction with the Congregational Leadership of the Franciscan Sister of the Poor, have decided to close doors of the Tamar’s Center program.
Tamar’s Center, our program for women who are victims of trafficking in Cincinnati, was launched in 2009.
In 2022, the ministry relocated from an Over-the-Rhine neighborhood in the center of the city to the Lower Price Hill area. Over time, it slowly became clear that the same needs did not exist in this neighborhood nor did the women who had previously come for help travel there to receive services. With much time and effort, the staff and the Franciscan Ministries Board worked to develop alternative services and programs for women in need, but without success.
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