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Giving to Our Affiliate Ministries

LHS Community Services

Providing Youth Outreach, Parish Nursing, and Elderly Services, LHS Community Services has played a vital role in helping those in need. The Lutheran/Interfaith Network of Caring Services Program (LINCS), for example, helps elders remain independent in their homes for as long as possible.

LINCS offers assistance with transportation, medical and insurance billing questions, locating affordable senior housing or long-term care, legal services, personal care, housekeeping, prescription drug plans, home-delivered meals, and respite care.

LHS Family and Youth Services

LHS Family and Youth Services provides community-based residential care and treatment to high-risk youth, aged six to eighteen, through an integrated service delivery system emphasizing family relationships and education.

Seriously disturbed children and youth who have histories of multiple failed placements, administrative discharge from institutional settings, involvement with the juvenile court system, and repeated hospitalization are served through five residential homes, three seriously behaviorally handicapped (SBH) classrooms, special mentoring sessions, diagnostic assessments, counseling services, mental health education, and the Partners in Treatment Family Weekend program. The Asperger's program at the LHS Maumee Youth Center for Asperger's Disorder, is only one of two such facilities in Ohio.

LHS Housing Services

Established in 1981, LHS Housing Services provides safe, clean, and affordable housing and basic social services to more than 670 adults, 62 years and older, in thirteen facilities located throughout northwestern Ohio and southeastern Michigan. Many of these independent living apartments are federally subsidized, so residents pay just 30% of their income for rent. Other housing units were built using tax credits, which also help provide affordable housing to those in need.

Locations include:

  • Kettle Run, Bucyrus
  • Bethany Place, Fremont
  • Luther Meadow, Gibsonburg
  • Luther Pines, Lima 
  • Windy Acres, New London
  • Luther Oaks, Norwalk
  • Covenant Harbor, Oak Harbor
  • Luther Hills, Oregon
  • Luther Ridge, Oregon
  • Luther Haus, Temperance, Mich. 
  • Luther Crest, Toledo
  • Luther Grove, Toledo
  • Luther Woods, Toledo

Lutheran Home at Napoleon

This continuing care community was created in response to the care needs of area residents. The Napoleon campus includes a 100-bed extended care center, 40 private assisted living apartments at Alpine Village, and independent living condominiums at Bavarian Village.

Lutheran Home at Toledo

Originally called “The Lutheran Old Folks Home” or “Altenheim,” the Toledo campus was constructed in 1906 on land near the original orphanage on Seaman Street. The current Toledo campus includes a 100-bed extended care center that includes a Skilled Medicare Unit, as well as 40 assisted living apartments. Luther Grove, Luther Hills and Luther Ridge are affordable independent living communities located adjacent to the campus.

Lutheran Memorial Home at Sandusky

This state-of-the-art rehabilitation and recovery center provides restorative, physical, occupational, and speech therapy.  Respite services also are available to caregivers.  An on-site Dialysis Center provides vitally needed services in a convenient and comfortable fashion and is open to the larger community.

Lutheran Village at Wolf Creek

Located on a 46-acre campus in Holland, Ohio, this community is a joint venture of Lutheran Homes Society and St. Luke's Hospital that provides 135 extended care private rooms, 79 assisted living apartments, and 80 independent living condominiums at Creekside.


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