CINCINNATI -- They may look like parking meters, but some new bright yellow meters around downtown Cincinnati aren't for parking. They're called "donation stations." There are five of the stations around the Banks, Downtown and Over-the-Rhine. It's a way to confidently give to local homeless people.
An annual report on homelessness in Hamilton County is turning up some surprises. The Strategies to End Homelessness survey finds the number of people living in shelters or on the streets only climbed by 1.3 percent last year. Executive Director Kevin Finn says that's a lot less than other cities.
CINCINNATI -- People with cardboard signs pleading for money have become a common sight at a number of local intersections. But many of those panhandlers are not actually homeless, according to Kevin Finn, the president of Strategies to End Homelessness. And most people who are homeless are not panhandlers, he said. [...]
Five parking meters in downtown Cincinnati and Over-the-Rhine have been reincarnated to serve an entirely new purpose: functioning as one-stop "Donation Stations" collecting funds for local social service agencies. The City of Cincinnati, Downtown Cincinnati Inc. and the City Center Development Corp. (3CDC) have partnered to repurpose the meters to serve as vessels for charitable contributions [...]
If you’re squeamish for some reason about giving money to folks on the street, now there’s a way you can help people without having to actually interact with people. Five re-purposed parking meters downtown will now be used to accept donations for local social service organizations. [...]
Five parking meters are being repurposed in Downtown and Over-the-Rhine to collect donations for local social service agencies serving people who are homeless. The special meters will accept coins or credit cards just like other modern meters throughout the city. [...]
Strategies to End Homelessness: 2016 Progress Report Released 2016 Progress Report on Ending Homelessness Report details progress made toward meeting the needs of local individuals and families experiencing homelessness For ten years, Strategies to End Homelessness has led a coordinated community effort to end homelessness in Greater Cincinnati. We work partnership with more [...]
'It gives them a chance to be a kid' CINCINNATI -- Some toys are worth much more than the sum of their stitches and stuffing. Just ask Jamie Maier and her best friends, the husband and wife team of Andy and Macy Meyer. The three University of Cincinnati undergrads are the creative force behind Sidekicks [...]
The Cincinnati/ Hamilton County Continuum of Care (CoC) was built on a framework of collaboration, community process, and shared decision-making. Strategies to End Homelessness, as the CoC lead, is responsible for upholding the shared vision of the community and facilitating a system where no one entity determines our path. Expertise lives at every level of [...]
Draft plan due to HUD by July 13 CINCINNATI -- Shawn Ingle knows what it’s like to be homeless as a teenager. That’s why he has been working with two local nonprofit organizations to try to eliminate youth homelessness in Cincinnati and Hamilton County. “I really don’t want any other homeless youth to be in [...]
