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“Faces of Homelessness” | 1225 Vine St., Over-the Rhine: This four-story mural on the side of the Recovery Hotel for homeless addicts marks ArtWorks’ second collaboration with Brooklyn-based stencil artists ICY + SOT.

CINCINNATI -- Those who knew Ken Martin describe him as a gentleman with a ready smile who managed to stay positive, even during his toughest times. For his friends, that warmth and kindness made Martin’s lonely death all the more tragic... Read more at WCPO.com

Hamilton County and the city of Cincinnati were already committed to tackling the complicated issue of homelessness, but things shifted into high gear around the time a 48-year-old homeless woman named Joann Burton was run over by a Cincinnati Police Department squad car in Washington Park. Burton was asleep under a blanket in July 2010 [...]

There was no shortage of beds in shelters in the frigid pre-dawn hours when Ken Martin died this week, said the head of local agencies working on behalf of the city's homeless. The problem is getting people to use them.

Slightly before 6 a.m. the morning after Christmas Day, police responded to a report of an unconscious, homeless man at the Government Square bus stop. Kenneth Martin, 55, was dead when Cincinnati Police and fire arrived. There was nothing suspicious at the scene, according to police.

The newest beacon of hope for the region’s homeless youth soon will open its doors. Lighthouse Youth & Family Services will begin operations at its new Sheakley Center for Youth in January.

As temperatures drop, the winter shelter at Shelterhouse may be the path to survival for many people who are homeless.

Kevin Finn of Strategies to End Homelessness and Aftab Pureval, the Hamilton County Clerk of Courts, talk about funding for the emergency winter shelter.

Strategies to End Homelessness's Shelter Diversion was able to divert over 300 additional families from literal homelessness, saving over $900,000...

Shelter can house up to 200 people during the city's coldest months when it has adequate funding, but that money has proven hard to come by this year.