Families make up over one-third of Hamilton County’s homeless population, and demand for family shelter peaks during the summer Solutions for Family Homelessness plan has strategy for meeting the need this summer June 7, 2016 CINCINNATI, OH – Many people are aware of the need to provide homeless people with emergency shelter during the winter; [...]
December 22, 2015 Kevin Finn, President/CEO, Strategies to End Homelessness (see Op Ed in Cincinnati Enquirer here) As the president/CEO of Strategies to End Homelessness and a former street outreach worker, I am often asked about people who are panhandling, and how to respond to them when approached on the street. This is not an [...]
Strategies to End Homelessness announces $900,000 funding gap remains in “Bring It Home” campaign CINCINNATI, OH – December 14, 2015 – After five years of makeshift quarters, the City of Cincinnati’s homeless shelter system now has a permanent home for the Winter Shelter and the capacity to serve everyone in need during the coldest months [...]
Developed by NKU students, app is the first of its kind in the nation Monday, November 23, 2015 HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, Ky. – As the weather turns cold, connecting the thousands of homeless across Greater Cincinnati with outreach services and shelters becomes increasingly important. A new app developed at Northern Kentucky University puts that technology right [...]
Solutions for Family Homelessness Plan Involved Participation of More Than 60 Organizations, Seeks to Make Family Homelessness Rare, Brief and Non-recurring; Launch Takes Place During National Family Promise Week CINCINNATI, OH – October 19, 2015 – Strategies to End Homelessness, the Society of St. Vincent de Paul and the Family Housing Partnership (Bethany House Services, [...]
Solutions for Family Homelessness Plan Involved Participation of More Than 60 Organizations, Seeks to Make Family Homelessness Rare, Brief and Non-recurring; Launch Takes Place During National Family Promise Week CINCINNATI, OH – October 19, 2015 – Strategies to End Homelessness, the Society of St. Vincent de Paul and the Family Housing Partnership (Bethany House Services, [...]
Need is Urgent to Close the Funding Gap for the Homeless to Homes Shelters CINCINNATI, OH – June 2, 2015 – Strategies to End Homelessness, which leads a coordinated system of care for the homeless and those at-risk of becoming homeless throughout Cincinnati/Hamilton County, announced plans for the “Bring It Home” community-wide fundraising campaign to [...]
Returning Harsh Temperatures Cause Reopening CINCINNATI, OH – March 4, 2015 – Makeshift winter shelter services will continue until the all five new Hamilton County homeless shelters open to serve the increased need for beds. As harsh winter temperatures and snow return to the area today, additional space – the upstairs of the Drop [...]
New Projects Include Rapid Re-Housing For Families, Two Permanent Supportive Housing Programs for Chronically Homeless State of Ohio Received More Than $88 Million for Homeless Programs CINCINNATI, OH (January 28, 2014) - Strategies to End Homelessness has secured more than $15 million from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to support homeless services and [...]
Street Outreach Workers, Staff, and Volunteers to Conduct a Count of Homeless People in the Community CINCINNATI, OH – January 26, 2015 – The Department of Housing and Urban Development requires communities to conduct an unduplicated point-in-time count of all persons who are homeless – on the streets, in emergency shelters or in transitional housing [...]
