Homeless

The director of a Columbus warming shelter is criticizing city leaders' decision to close the centers ahead of schedule.

The point-in-time census is required to take place at least every other year by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

In Columbus, a homeless camp on the city’s East Side is facing eviction at the end of the month. We’ll look at what’s compounding the homeless crisis in America and what’s being done to alleviate the problem.

In Columbus, a homeless camp on the city’s East Side is facing eviction at the end of the month. We’ll look at what’s compounding the homeless crisis in America and what’s being done to alleviate the problem.

The Columbus City School District has reclassified Youth Academic Advocates as civil service employees, eliminating their union status. We’ll talk about the controversy surrounding the change and consider the challenge of homeless students in public education.

Using her own money, Joi Jones decided to make a difference. She opened her first house for homeless women on Columbus' eastside 7 years ago. Within a few months realized she needed to do more. Joi Jones now has two houses for women struggling with homelessness, substance abuse, and mental illness.

Homeless advocates say pandemic relief funds helped many stay afloat, but with that money gone, paying the rent will become a struggle again.

The annual homeless count by the Department of Housing and Urban Development shows an increase in people living outside. The 2020 numbers in the report do not reflect the impact of the pandemic.

Columbus Public Health is making efforts to vaccinate impoverished and displaced people through mobile vaccination clinics.“We knew that not everyone…

The combined efforts of the City of Cleveland, the Cuyahoga County Board of Health and MetroHealth System have already gotten the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine to 100 people at the largest homeless shelter in Ohio — and hundreds more are at the ready. MetroHealth received about 1,000 vaccine doses for the effort, which began Friday at the Lutheran Metropolitan Ministry Men’s Shelter and will completely vaccinate 500 people, said MetroHealth family physician Dr. Michael Seidman.