Coalition on Homelessness and Housing in Ohio

About Coalition on Homelessness and Housing in Ohio

Coalition on Homelessness and Housing in Ohio channels its grantmaking toward rapid rehousing and homelessness prevention, with 2023 awards reaching providers across Ohio’s city and county safety-net network. The largest recent grant in the record, $898,202, went to Alliance for Children and Families for rapid rehousing and homelessness prevention, showing the scale at which the coalition supports local implementation. Other large awards followed the same pattern: $639,559 to Clintonville Beechwold Community Resources Center in Columbus and $419,638 to Strategies to End Homelessness in Cincinnati for rapid rehousing, homelessness prevention, and emergency sheltering funds. The foundation’s recent portfolio also includes housing stability work tied to eviction risk mitigation, emergency sheltering, and short-term interventions for households facing housing instability. Its named priorities include homelessness prevention and response, affordable housing development and preservation, supportive housing and rapid rehousing, youth housing initiatives, racial equity programs, SOAR benefits assistance, training and technical assistance, and CoC program management and HMIS. The funding pattern reflects a public-charity coalition that works through community organizations, homeless service providers, and housing agencies rather than through individual grants.

What Coalition on Homelessness and Housing in Ohio Funds

Youth homelessness is a clear strand of the coalition’s work. Through the Ohio Department of Health Youth Homelessness Program, COHHIO is contracted to provide data collection, technical assistance, training, and support to sub-grantees serving youth, including pregnant and parenting youth. It also supports federal YHDP initiatives and youth-focused housing projects across selected Ohio counties and regions. Another major line of work is system coordination. The Ohio Balance of State Continuum of Care relies on COHHIO for day-to-day leadership, annual HUD CoC competition support, technical assistance, and project prioritization across the 80-county Balance-of-State region. COHHIO also participates in youth system improvement work through an RFP seeking data consultation and public data visualizations for youth and young adult homelessness. These programs show a funder focused on administering and supporting service systems as well as direct housing interventions.

How Coalition on Homelessness and Housing in Ohio Gives