Prevent. Assist. Solve. Whenever possible our goal is to prevent homelessness from happening in the first place. Strategies to End Homelessness is working to prevent homelessness. A nationally-recognized best practice, Shelter Diversion is the most cost-effective strategy to prevent homelessness. It prevents households, primarily families, from needing emergency shelter or ending up on the street. [...]
Strategies to End Homelessness remains committed to our duty to advocate and support our Black and Brown friends, family and community members experiencing racial inequality. It is with intent and care that we identify injustices within our community, nationally and globally. As we reflect on the act of racial terrorism in the Buffalo shooting, and [...]
Reminder regarding "New Project Applications" Attention CoC Partners, Community Members and Friends: Please find the FY2022 Continuum of Care Program Competition Notice of Intent to Apply for New Projects form at the link below: https://www.strategiestoendhomelessness.org/partner-agencies/apply-for-funds/ For new projects, please use the form, complete it fully and return the Intent to Apply for New Project notice to [...]
The CAP Helpline provides a vital service to those experiencing homelessness - or about to be - in Cincinnati/Hamilton County. Now, the CAP Helpline needs our help. Calls are spiking. And in order to handle the increased demand since COVID-19, we added more team members. And we need to upgrade our call center technology to ensure we're always [...]
The FY 2022 OH-500 CoC Program Competition Notice of Intent to Apply for New Projects as well as the blank Notice of Intent to Renew CoC grants have been posted on our website here: https://www.strategiestoendhomelessness.org/partner-agencies/apply-for-funds/ Renewing Projects For renewing CoC projects, Strategies to End Homelessness will soon be sending to each project a tailored copy of the [...]
Starting in early 2021 the Hamilton County/Cincinnati Continuum of Care asked Strategies to End Homelessness to coordinate an effort to embed racial equity in all aspects of the local homeless services system. To begin we formed a Racial Equity Working Group. The group is made up of dedicated staff members from many of our partner [...]
2021 Cincinnati Homelessness Data We’re often asked: “How many people are homeless in Cincinnati? How do you know? The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has charged Strategies to End Homelessness with overseeing our local HMIS. The data we collect is updated daily and we can check progress with our System Performance Dashboard. Read on for a Snapshot of the 2021 Cincinnati Homelessness [...]
Attention CoC Community Members, Partners and New Friends – OH-500 Continuum of Care for the Homeless in Cincinnati/Hamilton County, Ohio has scheduled a free and open Orientation web conference on Tuesday March 29th, 2022 at 1:00 – 3:00 pm. Joining instructions are below We will be covering the function and responsibility of the Continuum of [...]
This year our local homeless services system will serve more than 11,000 of our neighbors. Read "Home" for an update on how. Learn how neighbors have a place to call for help and what we are doing to move people from homelessness to home. More Than Numbers As we release the 2021 Homeless Services System [...]
Please note the date of the 2022 Cincinnati/Hamilton County Continuum of Care for the Homeless “CoC” Governance Meeting: Wednesday, January 26, 2022 at 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm. The meeting will be held virtually via Microsoft Teams and the joining link is provided below. The meeting is open to the public, so please forward this [...]
