A Hoarding Alliance local resource guide
One concern at a time is enough. You do not have to clear an entire home before asking about support or safety.
Start here - Fight the Blight
Fight the Blight is a nonprofit starting point for hoarding-related support and virtual peer groups; ask about current program fit, service area, and eligibility. Grant-funded help is not guaranteed. The Peer Tree is a separate private-pay option. Unburied offers digital peer support for affected people and friends or family, not therapy or emergency support. Local clinical care, benefits, housing, and practical services below are independent options with their own scope, costs, eligibility, and availability. We did not verify a local hoarding-specialty clinician or hoarding-specific cleanout provider, and no providers were contacted.
For immediate danger, fire, or urgent medical need, call 911. For emotional crisis support, call or text 988 or use the ADAMHS Board's local crisis line. If violence is involved, OhioGuidestone Harbor House can discuss safe contact; use a safe device when possible and do not assume shelter availability. Confirm current hours, service area, eligibility, cost, and availability with each organization before visiting. Listings are independent options, not endorsements.
First conversations
You do not need to know the perfect service name before reaching out. These organizations can help you understand the landscape and identify a next step.
A separate option when nonprofit programs are unavailable or not a fit.
Peer-led support and tools, not a substitute for a clinician or emergency service.
Use the board's service directory to compare local care options.
Safety and stability
These pathways serve different situations. Read the labels carefully before calling, especially when a response may involve crisis care, protective services, shelter, housing rules, legal advocacy, or emergency dispatch.
Do not wait for a web form in an active emergency.
Talk or text with a crisis counselor.
The ADAMHS Board publishes a local 24/7 crisis line.
Contact the program safely for survivor advocacy and shelter information.
The county publishes a route for elder-abuse reports.
County staff describe both family help and child-safety reporting.
Ask about water, sewage, solid waste, or other public-health concerns without assuming an enforcement outcome.
Use county preparedness resources before an emergency.
Get timely poison-exposure advice.
A local option for assessment and limited urgent care; check scope before travel.
People and practical help
These listings connect the local community with housing, food, behavioral health, benefits, transit, survivor advocacy, disability support, peer support, and practical resources. Ask about current availability, cost, scope, consent, and safety before relying on them.
Explore mental-health, recovery, and medical services; no hoarding specialty is claimed.
Ask about the county's application process and required records.
Start or manage benefit applications online.
Ask which current program may fit a household's need.
Check the current energy-assistance process.
Ask about an application and home assessment; specific work is not promised.
Ask the Tuscarawas community-services office about current kits.
Ask what current shelter or food support is available.
Ask about current applications and waitlist status.
The housing authority explicitly says its voucher program is not designed for emergency placement.
Apply for help with a civil legal problem.
Ask about independent-living, caregiver, and waiver options.
Plan a ride and check current operating rules.
Ask for current food, utility, housing, or other community options.
Use the Main Library for public information and community resources.
Ask the health department about current WIC enrollment.
Review the county department's current clinic and prevention services.
City residents can ask which local health department handles a specific concern.
Ask the county veteran office about available assistance.
Check material-specific options before transporting items; do not assume every item is accepted.
Ask about current enrollment and family services.
Ask whether a meal program currently serves your location.
Ask 988 about the local youth mobile-response team.
Read housing-rights information and seek legal advice if needed.
Ask about county developmental-disability services.
A note from the Alliance
This guide is anchored in New Philadelphia, Ohio, and includes city, county, state, nonprofit, national, and independent pathways. A listing here does not mean Fight the Blight endorses every provider or can guarantee availability. The Hoarding Alliance is not a city or county agency, therapy practice, emergency service, or cleanup company. We will keep reviewing this page, but please confirm details directly before relying on them.
Need help choosing a path? Contact Fight the Blight