Since 1865, SVDP Cleveland has been providing person-to-person basic needs emergency assistance to Northeast Ohio's most vulnerable populations – low-income children and adults, the elderly, the sick and the homeless -- throughout the Diocese of Cleveland's eight-county service area of Ashland, Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake, Lorain, Medina, Summit and Wayne counties. SVDP's mission is "A network of friends, inspired by gospel values, growing in holiness and building a more just world through personal relationships with and service to people in need."