City service navigation - Cincinnati city limits; non-emergency request, routing, and department rules apply
Cincinnati 311Cincy
311Cincy is the city's customer-service and service-request channel for non-emergency concerns, including trash, bulk collection, property maintenance, and neighborhood issues. It can route a city-limits question, but it does not provide clinical care, emergency response, or guaranteed cleanup assistance.
Practical disposal - residential properties receiving city trash service; item, appointment, and set-out rules apply
Cincinnati Bulk Item Collection
The City of Cincinnati says eligible residential locations may schedule collection of up to five bulk items, such as furniture and appliances, through 311Cincy. Set-out timing and item restrictions apply, and commercial or ineligible locations need a registered hauler. Confirm the address, item list, and scheduled date before placing anything at the curb.
Trash, yard waste, and accessibility support - eligible Cincinnati residents; service, medical-verification, and material rules apply
Cincinnati Garbage and Set-Out Service
Cincinnati provides residential garbage and yard-waste collection and describes set-out service for residents who are elderly or have a doctor-verified medical condition that prevents moving carts to the curb. Hazardous materials and certain construction or automotive items are excluded. Confirm current service rules and whether the address qualifies.
County waste, nuisance, landfill, and open-dumping navigation - Hamilton County; jurisdiction and disposal rules vary
Hamilton County Public Health Waste Management
Hamilton County Public Health's Waste Management Division responds to nuisance complaints and provides information about landfills, waste haulers, open dumping, and related solid-waste concerns. It is useful for understanding lawful disposal pathways and public-health boundaries, not for arranging a whole-home cleanup or emergency response.
Meals, transportation, housing, senior centers, benefits, and abuse-prevention navigation - Cincinnati region; age and program rules vary
Cincinnati Area Senior Services
Cincinnati Area Senior Services provides or connects people to Meals on Wheels, senior housing, senior centers, transportation, benefits eligibility, and abuse-prevention supports. Ask about current service area, age or disability requirements, fees, waitlists, and whether a home-management need fits an available program.
Home repair, energy conservation, and accessibility modifications - Greater Cincinnati region; income, service-area, and project rules apply
People Working Cooperatively
People Working Cooperatively provides critical home repairs, energy-conservation work, and accessibility modifications for eligible households in the region. These services can address a safety or accessibility barrier but are not hoarding-specific treatment or a general decluttering service; ask about current intake, geography, income rules, and project scope.
Rent, mortgage, utility, food, employment, and self-sufficiency support - Cincinnati and Hamilton County; funding, income, and appointment rules apply
Hamilton County Community Action Agency
The Community Action Agency of Cincinnati-Hamilton County lists rent, mortgage, and utility assistance, tax preparation, employment and training, Head Start, food, and other self-sufficiency programs. Ask which current program serves the address, what documents are required, and whether funding is open. This is not cleanup funding or emergency dispatch.
Disability services, person-centered supports, housing planning, and provider connections - Hamilton County; developmental-disability eligibility and intake rules apply
Hamilton County DD Services
Hamilton County DD Services connects eligible people with developmental disabilities and their families to person-centered supports, service providers, housing planning, benefits, and independent-living resources. Ask about eligibility, service coordination, home supports, and the Housing Options Guide. This is not general hoarding support, therapy, or a cleanup provider.
Accessible and inclusive housing-planning resource - Hamilton County; informational guide, disability, housing, and legal limits apply
Hamilton County DD Housing Options Guide
Hamilton County DD Services and Home Think Tank provide a local housing-planning guide for people with disabilities and families considering rent, ownership, trusts, housing networks, or other arrangements. It is an informational starting point, not legal or financial advice, a housing placement, or a hoarding-support program.
Housing counseling, tenant advocacy, and homelessness-prevention nonprofit - Greater Cincinnati; program, issue, and intake rules apply
Home (Housing Opportunities Made Equal)
HOME provides housing counseling, tenant advocacy, fair-housing, and homelessness-prevention resources in the Cincinnati region. It may be relevant when a housing condition or disability concern intersects with a notice, discrimination, landlord dispute, or housing instability. Ask about current program scope and eligibility; this is not a cleanup service.
Free civil legal and housing support for qualifying residents - Southwest Ohio; income, case type, deadline, and intake rules apply
Legal Aid Society of Greater Cincinnati
Legal Aid provides civil legal assistance to eligible low-income residents, including housing, eviction, landlord-tenant, discrimination, and benefits matters. It may be relevant when clutter or safety concerns intersect with eviction, repairs, or housing loss. Ask whether the issue fits current intake and whether a time-sensitive deadline applies.
Legal services, long-term-care ombudsman, and senior Medicare Patrol - Southwest Ohio; age, issue, and intake rules apply
Pro Seniors
Pro Seniors provides legal and advocacy services for older adults, including long-term-care ombudsman and Medicare-fraud support. Ask about current age, county, issue, and intake requirements when a care, facility, benefits, or consumer concern overlaps with safety or housing. This is not a general hoarding or cleanup service.
Disability rights, advocacy, and protection-and-advocacy nonprofit - Ohio; disability, issue, and intake criteria apply
Disability Rights Ohio
Disability Rights Ohio provides information, advocacy, and protection-and-advocacy services for people with disabilities. It may be relevant to discrimination, abuse, access, institutional, housing, or service barriers. Ask about current intake and scope; it is not a general cleanup, housing-placement, or emergency service.
Food, benefits, and stability support - Greater Cincinnati and Southwest Ohio; food-site, household, and program rules vary
Freestore Foodbank
Freestore Foodbank connects people to food distributions, benefits navigation, and partner resources across the region. Use its current locator or call to find food and ask about SNAP, utility, household, and transportation support. Confirm site hours, identification, household rules, and whether delivery or pickup is available; it is not hoarding support or emergency medical care.
Qualified community behavioral-health, housing, and care-coordination pathway - Hamilton County and Southwest Ohio; clinical intake and eligibility apply
Greater Cincinnati Behavioral Health Services
Greater Cincinnati Behavioral Health Services provides community behavioral-health and supportive services, including case management and housing-related supports for eligible people. Ask about current access, insurance or payment, age range, diagnosis or functional criteria, and whether the requested help is clinical or practical. It is not a cleanup provider.
Qualified-care, support, organizer, and task-force search - Cincinnati, telehealth, and national options; verify every listing directly
IOCDF Hoarding Resource Directory
The International OCD Foundation directory can help search for clinicians, support groups, professional organizers, and task forces that indicate an interest in hoarding-related concerns. IOCDF listings are not endorsements or credential guarantees. Confirm experience, licensure, consent-based pacing, privacy, fees, insurance, wait time, and service area directly.
Independent peer support - Clifton, Cincinnati; people with OCD and family or friends; meeting schedule and donation must be confirmed
Clifton Adult OCD Support Group
The IOCDF directory lists a peer-led support group at Clifton United Methodist Church for people with OCD and family or friends, with hoarding concerns potentially within the broader OCD-support context. Confirm that meetings, location, contact, accessibility, and fit remain current before attending. This is not therapy or emergency support.
Practical and peer support - Private-pay pathway; confirm fit, scope, availability, consent, privacy, travel, and fees
The Peer Tree
The Peer Tree offers nonclinical hoarding and clutter support, including organizing help, groups, family guidance, and practical next steps. Ask about current availability, service area, scope, pacing, privacy, consent, and fees before beginning. The Peer Tree is a separate private-pay pathway from Fight the Blight's nonprofit programming.
Digital peer support - Available online; not therapy, clinical care, or emergency support
Unburied
Unburied, from The Peer Tree, is a judgment-free digital peer-support pathway for people affected by hoarding and clutter concerns and for friends and family supporters. It can offer ongoing connection, tools, and momentum from Cincinnati or anywhere else. It is not therapy, clinical care, a crisis service, or emergency support.