Dear Community Members: Please note the date of the 2021 Cincinnati/Hamilton County Continuum of Care for the Homeless “CoC” Governance Meeting: Friday, January 22, 2021 at 2:00 pm – 4:30 pm. Due to the Covid public health emergency, the meeting will be held virtually via Microsoft Teams. Join on your computer or mobile app Click [...]
Eviction Crisis will lead to increased homelessness Millions of Americans soon face eviction in a “completely predictable and entirely preventable” crisis. Evictions are not only the result of – but also a cause of – deeper poverty leading to increasing homelessness, particularly among families with children. Often when people get evicted, they “double up”. Moving [...]
No one should be homeless. Thanks to our supporters, Michelle isn't. Michelle had a goal: to get her high school diploma and make a better life for her family. Stable housing made it possible. Thanks to your generosity, today she and her young daughters are safely housed. Michelle was lucky. Her housing crisis pre-dated the [...]
Stay at Home Orders, COVID-19 Closures, and Winter Weather are impacting our homeless population. Winter weather is dangerous, even deadly for people experiencing homelessness. Providing shelter is critical to prevent hypothermia or even death. Each winter we help support local agencies and groups serving people experiencing homelessness. But, you know, the pandemic has made it [...]
Home for the holidays. COVID-19 infections are spiking. So to stay safe, our holiday celebrations this year will look a little different. Your big holiday meal may be a little smaller. Visits with family via zoom. But no matter how you celebrate, we wish you a happy and healthy holiday season. For many of our [...]
Winter Weather and COVID-19 Each year Strategies to End Homelessness addresses the significantly increased need for shelter beds in Cincinnati at two times of the year. The coldest days of winter for individuals and in the summer when family homelessness spikes. Our role is to provide the additional funds needed for our partner agencies to [...]
Please read on for an update on the programs and services, successes and system improvements to end homelessness in Greater Cincinnati. And where we, unfortunately, see concerns. How our Homeless System is Responding to the COVID-19 Crisis We need to assist those experiencing homelessness today or who about to become homeless. And we need to [...]
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and its direct economic impact, the number of families seeking assistance has greatly increased. Our Central Access Point Helpline, the centralized shelter placement helpline for Greater Cincinnati, has experienced a 25% increase in calls for assistance from April to June 2020. Also, the operations of our local shelters have been [...]
The CARES Act funding made available to assist families financially impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, expires on 12/30/2020. But many households will find themselves on the brink of homelessness beyond 2020. On September 1st, the Department of Health and Human Services and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued an order to temporarily halt evictions through [...]
Before we can talk about data regarding people experiencing homelessness in Cincinnati, we must first define what homelessness means. For this purpose, we’ll be explaining data and trends regarding people who: 1) unsheltered, that are sleeping in a place not meant for human habitation (such as on the streets, under a bridge, in a car), [...]
