This holiday season, we are coming out with a special edition #WrapUpHomelessness. Half of the paper will be printed as wrapping paper for people to buy and wrap their holiday gifts. The designs are created by local homeless artists. The Holiday issue will also include articles written by people with lived experience.

Register Now! This workshop is directed at staff of agencies (social workers, case workers and advocates) working with very low income and homeless populations.  The workshop training focuses on all aspects of obtaining and maintaining housing and shelter for their clients.

This is the 30th edition of the Street Card, published by the Northeast Ohio Coalition for the Homeless, are being distributed in Cuyahoga County. It is a vital resource to inform people experiencing homelessness about the services in our community. This year, we give our appreciation to MetroHealth for being our presenting sponsor and securing the printing of the Cuyahoga Street Card.

Come have a bag lunch with NEOCH on October 25th from 12noon to 1pm. The Lunch and Learn Event on Public Square is designed to educate the public on the challenges faced by the homeless. The featured speaker will a member of the NEOCH Speaker's Bureau.

oin us for a panel discussion from local civil rights lawyers and advocates to learn about the current trends in Cleveland, key local ordinances, and explore solutions to this growing trend.  We will have local experts to discuss the constitutional issue and best practices for lawyers to work with their client. The speakers will offer helpful advice for defending clients as well as long-term policy and legal solutions.     

We invite you to partner with us and work towards creating a community where homelessness is brief, rare and non-reoccurring. We need your support to help us keep this vital service alive in our community. By sponsoring the street card, you are helping us work to end homelessness and helping thousands of people.   

The Northeast Ohio Coalition for the Homeless is seeking an individual who supports our mission to end homelessness, has excellent technical writing skills, is highly detail-oriented, and can work effectively both individually and with a team. The individual should be trauma informed, respect self-determination, liberation praxis, and have the ability to work with targeted and disenfranchised populations.

This workshop is directed at staff of agencies (social workers, case workers and advocates) working with youth. It is also for, accepting and inclusive families, faith communities, educators, caregivers and youth-serving professionals, that are key to the success and well-being of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer and Questioning (LGBTQ) young people.Lighthouse Youth & Family Services’ cultural competency training focuses on promoting safe, competent and supportive care and welcoming environments for LGBTQ young people. LGBTQ youth are often subject to harassment at school, erasure in faith communities, rejection from their families and hostility in youth-serving systems.

The Spanish Street Card is now available. We are committed to print both Spanish and English version of this resource. . This is a publication of the Northeast Ohio Coalition for the Homeless to inform people experiencing homelessness of the services in our community. This year, we give our appreciation to the Cleveland Clinic for printing the Street Card.

Participants will gain an understanding of the youth homelessness system in Cuyahoga County, including the housing and other needed resources available to young adults. Participants will learn how a racial and ethnic equity and inclusion lens is used in the youth homeless system, as well as strategies being applied to reduce disparities and work towards equity. Participants will increase knowledge of adolescent brain development and its impact on young people experiencing homelessness. Participants will gain skills to increase their ability to authentically engage young people and partner with them in systems change.

Have you ever been a part of, or witnessed a de-escalation that was ineffective, or went wrong?  If you answered yes to one or both of these, then you’ll want to attend this workshop.  In this workshop you’ll learn how to recognize and assess escalating behavior.  You’ll learn how to appropriately de-escalate a situation based on that assessment.  As well as, actual techniques to assist you in your de-escalation.