NEST (Nutrition, Education, Safety, Transformation) Community Learning Center is a unique non-profit organization aiming to break the generational cycle of poverty in suburban and rural communities in Eastern Cincinnati. Our mission is to address academic and non-academic barriers perpetuating poverty and provide at-risk school-age children with sound Nutrition and targeted Education in a Safe neighborhood environment to Transform their future outcomes.

NEST is different because our unique program takes the services needed for at-risk children directly to them and provides it in their own “backyard.” Through our innovative MOBILE CLASSROOMS, we deliver our After-School Program, Early Learners’ Program, and our Summer “Lunch, Learn, & Play” program. We have become a visible, long-term, trusted partner in the lives of those in need.

At NEST, we collaborate with district school systems, their teachers, administrators, and specialists to extend academic reach beyond the classroom walls. We create school and community connectedness by working cooperatively with children, parents, teachers, and schools. We address identified academic barriers to learning through free, trauma informed, targeted tutoring and homework-help programs, which are offered in a mobile learning center that travel to the child’s own environment. We also address non-academic barriers to education by providing a local resource for connecting children and their families to other local support agencies and services.