Register now for our LGBT 101: Cultural Competency Training and Trans 101. The class is Friday, March 1, 2019, from 10am to 3pm. The training cost is $20 for participants and $30 for those who want CEU credits for social workers (to be confirmed) . The workshop is held at NEOCH's office (3631 Perkins Ave. Cleveland, Ohio 44113) Call us for more information (216) 432-0540. Make sure you sign up below.
Read MoreRegister now for our Organizing for Collective Action workshop. The class is Friday, March 15, 2019, from 10am to 3pm. The training cost is free for participants. The workshop is held at NEOCH's office (3631 Perkins Ave. Cleveland, Ohio 44113) Call us for more information (216) 432-0540. Make sure you sign up below.
Read MoreThe 2018 Street Card hits the streets this week. 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.
Read MoreOn September 25, National Voter Registration Day 2018. The Northeast Ohio Coalition for the Homeless (NEOCH), in partnership with Cleveland Votes, will make a strong push to register homeless voters before the November elections.
Read MoreEvery year thousands of families struggle with homelessness. In Cleveland, there were 2,744 homeless students in 2017. Statistics show that the percentage of homeless children in Ohio who graduate is less than 25% according to the National Center on Family Homelessness. Education of today’s children plays an important roll in preventing homelessness.
Read MoreFor the remainder of the meeting the YWCA was in charge. Nicole Evans of the YWCA, who as of May 1, 2018, will take over as the Executive Director at the Norma Herr Shelter as the YWCA takes the reign from Frontline
Before SocksPlus, it was common to see homeless individuals with bags tied over their tennis shoes to serve as boots. It was normal to find individuals with holes in their shoes and wet socks and feet. It was typical to find people suffering without gloves, hats and warm socks. It was never easy knowing that people were suffering in the cold and you have no hats or gloves or socks to give them to provide some warmth. Before the SocksPlus campaign outreach workers would have to call on churches and put out notices of what was needed for an individual and what sizes was needed and then wait. It could take days or a week to get an individual geared up with warm socks, boots, gloves and a hat. They were definitely hard to come by because there were so many who were sleeping outside and they all needed winter gear once the weather started changing
Read MoreWe released our 2017 Annual Report. Please take a look if you have not yet seen it. The report highlights our work, demonstrates the facts of homelessness in our community, discusses our financial health, and thanks our supporters.
Read MoreThe Cleveland Homeless Legal Assistance Program (CHLAP) is a program of the CMBA. It works with the Northeast Ohio Coalition for the Homeless (NEOCH) and homeless shelters in the area to focus on the legal issues that are of concern to those in Cleveland who are experiencing homelessness or are at-risk of becoming homeless. The program offers an important service to the individuals in need by providing access to justice through brief advice and counseling clinics at regularly scheduled times in shelters and social service sites where they reside or gather for meals and other services.
Read MoreJust the Facts: Homeless and Poverty in our community. This is 2017 year data and speaks to the reality of poverty and homelessness in our community. Looking at who is impacted by homelessness, we see that 70% of the people in shelter identify as black and that family homelessness has increased by 24% since 2015.
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