Help can't wait. Families need help now. The causes of homelessness are simple: lack of affordable housing, job loss, medical debt, and often no support from family and friends who, too, are struggling to make ends meet. Right now, the needs of our neighbors are critical. Can you help? Please consider a donation to help [...]
Strategies to End Homelessness added Direct Cash Transfer as part of services offered within the Shelter Diversion program for 2023. What is Direct Cash Transfer? Direct Cash Transfer is a tactic to help households experiencing poverty or homelessness meet their needs. The program is simple. It involves giving heads of households a prepaid debit card and [...]
Our Cincinnati/Hamilton County Continuum of Care is working to end homelessness for special populations. Including ending Veteran homelessness. Locally we follow the United States Interagency Council on Homelessness (USICH) benchmarks for ending Veteran homelessness. Many communities around the country have taken significant steps towards ending Veteran Homelessness. Additionally, 83 communities and three states ended veteran homelessness. How [...]
What are Social Determinants of Health? Social determinants of health are any factors outside of a traditional medical setting that influence a person's health. Some are education level, working conditions, income level, or food insecurity. You can dive deeper with a detailed description of them are here. Increasingly experts are pointing to housing conditions (or [...]
October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. One cause of homelessness is individuals and families fleeing domestic violence (also called intimate partner violence). When people leave domestic violence, it often involves leaving their home. And some become homeless. Additionally, it sometimes involves leaving the household's main source of income. And because they have experienced trauma, counseling [...]
In August we held our RentConnect Launch event. The purpose of the event was to inform property owners and property managers about RentConnect. And why they should get involved. What is RentConnect? RentConnect, our newest program, seeks to increase the number of property owners and managers who make units available for rent to homeless and [...]
Thank you for caring about your neighbors and fighting to end homelessness. Compassionate people - like you - change the world. Your support is valued and appreciated!Have a question or a comment? Let's hear from you! Unsheltered Homelessness The dangers of sleeping unsheltered can't be understated. And while the number of people in Cincinnati sleeping on [...]
The leading cause of homelessness is the lack of affordable housing. Not mental health or substance use issues. The lack of safe, affordable housing units where people want to work and live. It's happening across the U.S. Because in so many cities the rental market is tight. As a result, where units are available -- [...]
Data analytics helps guide our work. Since 2017, we've worked with 84.51 a retail data science, insights and media company. Drawing insights about homelessness. Utilizing years' worth of Homeless Management Information System (HMIS) data. Read more about this partnership: Ending homelessness with data science. The City of Cincinnati’s Office of Performance and Data Analytics is now also partnering with us. [...]
Strategies to End Homelessness is the leader of a coordinated system of care for the homeless. And those at-risk of becoming homeless, in Greater Cincinnati. Please read on for an update on homelessness in Cincinnati. We administer the local Homeless Management Information System. In fact, we were the first community in the United States to have [...]
