Interfaith CincinnatiDecember 21 starts the longest night of the year and is National Homeless Memorial Day. Because this year it falls on a Saturday, we will gather on Friday, December 20 at 5:30PM in Washington Park to honor those of us who died this year because of homelessness. Everyone is invited, please join us.
If you know of someone who passed this year and had experienced homelessness, please let us know so that we can include them.
#1800Lives are at risk due to the COVID-19 Virus
From March 25, 2020
There are 1800 people in congregate housing at this time in Cincinnati.
We are all being ordered to maintain social distance from one another and to stay in our homes, but this is simply not possible for people experiencing homelessness or living in congregant transitional housing. For hundreds of people in Cincinnati and Hamilton County, social distancing is not even possible when sleeping. For more than a week, dozens of service provider organizations have been tele-conferencing daily to plan and take action to get people in our shelters and congregant facilities out of direct danger. It has become clear that while COVID-19 is a threat to everyone, its threat is greater to people experiencing homelessness. We are attempting to prevent disaster within our shelters and congregant housing programs and reduce greater risk to our community as whole.