Homelessness

On Cincinnati Edition, we get an update on the project and the effort to build a Center of Care in Cincinnati.

Tuesday's debate included a few heated exchanges over process and priorities.

A few council members with opposing plans agree on one thing: the process for funding outside organizations, known as leveraged support, is broken.

Federal funding for local homeless services came in sooner than expected, but still a month and a half late.

Gloria's Place offers housing with 24/7, on-site services like case management and behavioral health care.

We discuss the growing numbers, the region's response and the impact of federal policy changes.

3CDC will also help the city with site selection and development on a city-owned Center of Care as a permanent home for expanded homelessness services.

Veterans Village in Monroe Township will include 19 housing units and a community center with on-site services from the VA.

New federal funding criteria for helping people without homes emphasizes mandatory treatment for addiction and mental illness over providing housing first. The head of a local service provider says that doesn't match the need his organization sees.

The organizations that provide services say they can cover about half the funding for five months; they want to borrow the other half from the city and Hamilton County.