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Sage Frederick Lewis (born September 28, 1971) is an American homelessness activist, author, and small business owner. He is known for allowing a homeless encampment of 50 people on his private property in Akron, Ohio. [1] [2]
In 2017, around 23,000 people in Cuyahoga County (where Cleveland is located) faced homelessness, with Cleveland Public School District being home to nearly 2,750 homeless students. This is compounded by the fact that Cuyahoga County has seen the number of sheltered beds drop by 444 and a waitlist of over 21,000.
The number of veterans experiencing homelessness in Ohio dropped 5% from 2023 to 2024, a new report says. The 2024 "Point-in-Time Count" — conducted by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs ...
Columbus City Council on Monday approved nearly $15 million for the Community Shelter Board to coordinate homeless shelter programs with 16 agencies.
Barbara Poppe (born 1958) was the executive director of the United States Interagency Council on Homelessness (USICH) from 2009 to 2014. [1] Prior to her appointment at USICH, she spent over 20 years working on homelessness with housing-related organizations in Ohio. After her role at the USCIH, she founded a consulting business, Barbara Poppe ...
The Community Shelter Board's annual "point-in-time" count, which took place on Jan. 25, found there were 2,380 people experiencing homelessness locally — up 1.8% from the 2023 count of 2,337 ...
For several decades, various cities and towns in the United States have adopted relocation programs offering homeless people one-way tickets to move elsewhere. [1] [2] Also referred to as "Greyhound therapy", [2] "bus ticket therapy" and "homeless dumping", [3] the practice was historically associated with small towns and rural counties, which had no shelters or other services, sending ...
The number of homeless people sleeping outside in the Cincinnati area rose by nearly half in 2023 from 2022 – from 752 to 1,100, a new report shows. It is a count not seen since 2015.