The document discusses a campaign to raise $2.7 million to complete funding for the Homeless to Homes Shelters plan in Hamilton County, OH. The plan calls for an improved local emergency shelter system with five service-enriched facilities providing specialized services to help homeless individuals obtain stable housing. The improved shelters will decrease homelessness by shortening shelter stays and increasing exits to permanent housing. The fundraising campaign needs additional donations to complete transforming the local shelter system.

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A campaign to close the funding gap for the
Homeless to Homes Shelters

2. o Homeless individuals often lack the financial, emotional and
family resources to obtain stable housing on their own.
o The Homeless to Homes plan calls for an improved local
emergency shelter system with five service-enriched
facilities in Hamilton County, OH.
o The Homeless to Homes Shelter Collaborative is in the
home stretch of fundraising and needs $2.7 million to
complete the transformation of the shelter system.
o These improved shelters will serve as a springboard,
providing the specific services that each client needs to
assist them out of homelessness and into housing.
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3. o Reconfigured existing shelter capacity better meets the
needs of homeless individuals. The new shelter system will
provide:
• specialized shelter for women
• specialized shelter for young adults
• expanded faith-based shelter capacity for men
• improved substance abuse treatment capacity
• specialized services for veterans
• safe shelter with a step-up model
o Higher quality and increased case management
o Expanded daytime services
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o Decrease in the number of people sleeping on the streets,
under bridges, in doorways or parks
o Decrease in the length of time that people are in shelter
o Increase in the number of people successfully returning to
permanent housing
o Increase in employment and income, as a step toward self
sufficiency

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Parkway Center
2880Central Parkway
City Gospel Mission
1805 Dalton Ave.
David and Rebecca Barron Center
747 W. 5th St.
Sheakley Center for Youth
2522 Highland Ave.
Esther Marie Hatton
Center for Women
2400 Reading Rd.

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$1 million and above
City of Cincinnati*
NMTC Equity
State (Ohio Housing Finance Agency)
City Gospel Mission Campaign
3CDC (Property Acquisition)
Federal Home Loan Bank of Cincinnati*
The P&G Fund of The Greater Cincinnati
Foundation*
Susan & Joseph Pichler
Carol Ann & Ralph V. Haile, Jr. / U.S.
Bank Foundation*
David and Rebecca Barron
Jacob G. Schmidlapp Trusts, Fifth Third
Bank, Trustee
Hamilton County* Health and
Hospitalization Levy
$100,000-$499,999
The Greater Cincinnati Foundation*
Deaconess Associations Foundation*
Anonymous Donor
Francie & John Pepper
Guardian/Union Savings
John A. Schroth Family Charitable
Trusts, PNC Bank, Trustee*
United Way of Greater Cincinnati*
PNC Charitable Trust
CareSource Foundation
Interact for Health*
* denotes a member of the
Homeless to Homes Funding
Advisory Committee
$10,000-$99,000
Louise Taft Semple
Foundation
Scripps Howard
Foundation
Ohio National
Foundation
Kroger
Sisters of Charity
Marge & Charles J.
Schott
Foundation
LKC Foundation
Spaulding Foundation
Anthem Blue Cross and
Blue Shield
Foundation
Helen Steiner Rice Fund
of the
Greater Cincinnati
Foundation
Duke Energy Corporation
$500,000-$999,000
Western & Southern
Financial Fund, Inc.
Federal Home Loan Bank of
Pittsburgh
Hatton Foundation
The Farmer Family
Foundation
Anonymous Donor
Mercy Health*
Charlotte R. Schmidlapp
Trust, Fifth
Third Bank Trustee

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Leadership Gifts
$100,000 to $150,000
For those wishing to make leadership, major, lead or support gifts, naming
opportunities are available at several shelter sites.
Contact the STEH Development Department at 513-263-2798 for more information.
Support Gifts
$10,000 to $24,999
Major Gifts
$50,000 to $99,999
Lead Gifts
$25,000 to $49,999

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Contact:
Kevin Finn, President and CEO  Strategies to End Homelessness
Office: 513-263-2788  Email: kfinn@end-homelessness.org
www.strategiestoendhomelessness.org
Strategies to End Homelessness Board of Directors:
John Young, Board Chair  Scott Knox, Secretary  Jillian Brown, Treasurer
Jeff Holtmeier  Margaret Moertl  Michael Head  Fanni Johnson
Edward Buyniski  Sabrina Shattles  Mary Pater  Ron Cramer
James Lancaster  Chris Schweikert
Homeless to Homes Shelter Collaborative:

10. “Everything else we have done
will be incomplete, and
Cincinnati will never become
a truly great city if we don’t
deal with this issue of
homelessness.”
-Steve Leeper, 3CDC President and CEO
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