Providence House

Confidential, temporary shelter for children (birth to 5 years old) who are at risk of becoming victims of violence or neglect.

Of those served:
60% of children were at risk for abuse/neglect
48% of families were homeless

• One in three children had a caregiver with a medical crisis
• One in ten children had a caregiver affected by a mental health crisis
• One in 11 children was a witness to domestic violence

Our results: 99% of the families served are reunited with 86% of those families complying with the full range of services. 

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Providence House, Inc.
216-651-5982
2037 W. 32 Street, Cleveland, Ohio 44113

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Lakeside 2100

On January 1, 2005 Lutheran Metropolitan Ministry began administering the men's shelter at 2100 Lakeside Avenue in Cleveland. The shelter serves up to 350 men per night with an additional 30-60 beds available as needed at partner provider overflow sites.

The staff offers hope while providing tangible services for men in transition and in crisis. Six communities within the shelter address men's individual journeys, providing appropriate supports along the way: Entry, Decision, Transformation, Work, Partnership, Service.

Emergency Shelter for Men

1. Serves 350 men on a given night
2. Length of stay in emergency shelter program: one night to 4 months
3. Services:
   • Provides for basic needs: meals, bed, shower, laundry
   • Provides for veterans, mental health & drug/alcohol assessment and referral
   • Provides case management to assist clients in developing domestic skills, higher education, job readiness/training, D/A recovery, emotional stability
   • Provides & facilitates referrals to transitional housing, treatment, permanent housing

Michael Sering, Director
Carol Fredrich,
Executive Director
cfredrich@lutheranmetro.org

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Laura's Home

Emergency Shelter for Women & children

1. Serves up to 30 women & their children
2. Length of stay in emergency shelter: from one night to two months depending on needs of client; extended stays are available to families seeking more assistance
3. Services:
   • Provides for basic needs: meals, bed, shower, laundry
   • Provides for mental health & drug/alcohol assessment and referral
   • Provides & facilitates referrals to transitional housing, treatment, mental health residential programs, return to family

Pam Glicker,
Director Phone 216-472-5500
Fax 216-472-5501
pglicker@thecitymission.org

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Continue Life, Inc

Continue Life Inc. is the primary homeless shelter and transitional housing program for pregnant and/or parenting teens and women in Cleveland.

Continue Inn Shelter
In 1988, in response to a need for housing, Continue Life, Inc. opened “Continue Inn”, a homeless shelter for pregnant and parenting women. The 22-room house accommodates nine residents. Mothers (18 and over) may remain at the Inn throughout their pregnancies or until housing is located.

Continue Inn Shelter Care
In 2005, Continue Life, Inc expanded its shelter services to include shelter care for families with open cases at the Department of Children & Family Services. The program provides supportive services in a structured environment that keeps the family unit intact.

Emergency Shelter for Pregnant Women

1. Serves 5 pregnant women
2. Length of stay in protective shelter program: Up to 4 months
3. Services:
   • Provides for basic needs: meals, bed, bath, laundry
   • Poof of pregnancy is required and attendance at a parenting program.
   • Provides case management to assist residents to obtain income and housing.
   • Provides on site life skills, drug/alcohol education, and domestic violence classes
   • Provides referrals for drug/alcohol treatment and mental health services where indicated.
   • Provides shelter letters after a 30-day stay.
    Balinda Cavor Director 

balindac@continuelife.org
Hope and Glory Transitional Housing Program and Independent Living
In 1995 Continue Life, Inc. opened its first transitional housing Program offering home-like settings, one of which is licensed by the Ohio Department of Job & Family Services to provide independent living arrangements. Serving pregnant and parenting women 17 years of age and older, Hope & Glory places special emphasis on delivering healthy drug free babies, continuing education, and balancing the demands of motherhood and employment.

CONTINUE LIFE, INC.
17917 Euclid Avenue
Cleveland, Ohio 44112
Tele: (216) 383-1984

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Family Promise of Cleveland

"Our mission is to inspire and empower homeless families to transform their lives, become self-sufficient, and fulfill their promise."

Family Promise of Greater Cleveland is an organization formed from the merger of Interfaith Hospitality Network of Greater Cleveland and New Life Community.

We’re an affiliate of national Family Promise, the parent of 162 affiliates spread from Alaska to Florida. As an affiliate we’re free to create programs to meet local community needs but we are connected to a pool of resources in homeless services research and best practices, government relations and advocacy to have an even stronger voice for homeless families.

Emergency Shelter for Families

1. Serves 8 families
2. Length of stay in emergency shelter program: from one night to two months depending on needs of client
3. Services:
   • Provides for basic needs: meals, bed, shower, laundry
   • Provides for mental health & drug/alcohol assessment and referral
   • Provides case management to assist clients in referring to job readiness/training, D/A recovery, emotional stability, housing resources
   • Provides & facilitates referrals to transitional housing, treatment, return to family

Sarah Cruise,
Executive Director
ihnexec@sbcglobal.net

West Side Offices
2592 West 14th Street
Cleveland, Ohio 44113
216.767.4060

East Side Offices
3470 East 152nd Street
Cleveland, Ohio 44120
216.767.4060

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The data has been found! Education for Homeless Children & Youth Program

Found the data about homeless children in the US and it is broken down by state.  Thanks National Center for Homeless Education.

Data was just published in June 2011 and it reflects 2010 year with comparisons to earlier years.  It is compile through U.S. Department of Education’s (ED) Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE) which requires all State Educational Agencies (SEAs) and Local Educational Agencies (LEAs) to submit information regarding child and youth homelessness. (That's the form  found and mentioned in a earlier post)

The online portal for the Consolidated State Performance Report opened for manual entry and certification on November 8, 2010, and closed on December 17, 2010. The portal reopened for corrections and recertification on February 28, 2011, and closed on March 16, 2011. All fifty States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) submitted SY 2009-10 data.

For Ohio it is--

Total  for 2007/08: 14,483,     % change between 07/08 and 08/09(1 year):11
Total for 2008/09 : 16,509      % change between 08/09 and 09/10(1 year) :19
Total for 2009/10: 19,113       % change between 07/08 and 09/10(3 year): 32

For all reporting sites:  See the figure below

(obtained from the Education for Homeless Children & Youth program SY 2009-2010 SCPR Data Collection pg 11.)

Possible factors to which these increases and decreases could be attributed include:

• Economic downturn (for example, students becoming homeless due to foreclosure) 
• Natural disasters 
• Changes in data collection as States align their data collection processes with the requirements of EDFacts and the CSPR

The four States comprising the largest percentages of the total national enrollment of homeless students in LEAs with and without McKinney-Vento subgrants in SY 2009-10 were, in order, California (21%), New York (9 percent), Texas (8 percent), and Florida (5 percent). The combined number of students in these four States (400,995) was 43% of the total enrolled (939,903).
(obtained from the Education for Homeless Children & Youth program SY 2009-2010 SCPR Data Collection pg 11.)

According to the report only 4% of these homeless children live in unsheltered environment.  Still though 4% is a large number when you are thinking children K-12. (pg 15)

(obtained from the Education for Homeless Children & Youth program SY 2009-2010 SCPR Data Collection pg 15.)

Also according to the report,  academic progress of Homeless children is affected. (page 25 & 27)

(obtained from the Education for Homeless Children & Youth program SY 2009-2010 SCPR Data Collection pg 25)

 

 

 

(obtained from the Education for Homeless Children & Youth program SY 2009-2010 SCPR Data Collection pg 27.)

 Click here to read/view the entire 35 page report.