About
The COHHIO Youth Housing Initiative uses youth-driven perspectives to advocate for the prevention and ending of youth homelessness by providing training, education, and technical assistance to youth-dedicated homeless services and housing providers.
Values:
The COHHIO Youth Housing Initiative embodies a culture of the following values:
Staff shows up to work as their whole selves. While remaining professional, we support one another and ask for help when we need it. This is how we act with integrity.
We treat each other and our partners with kindness, respect, and dignity.
We practice self-care. We recognize that we bring our best selves to work when we have time to rest and restore.
We work in a spirit of authentic teamwork, where each individual’s unique contributions are valued.
We recognize equity is at the core of our work together.
Need Help?
Text the keyword 4hope to 741 741 to be connected to a trained Crisis Counselor within 5 minutes. Any person may need help in coping with a stressful situation. Reach out by text to communicate with someone trained to listen and respond in a method that is private, secure, and confidential.
Taking Charge
The Youth Housing Initiative has developed Taking Charge, an online tool that supports and empowers transition age youth through self-advocacy. This resource assists youth in understanding both their rights and responsibilities. Developed in partnership with youth & young adults, Taking Charge targets 16-24 year-olds and covers 12 topics, including education, well-being, housing and foster care to name a few.
Transition Aged Youth (TAY) Providers & Partners Mailing List
The TAY Providers & Partners Mailing List is an email listserv operated by the COHHIO Youth Housing Initiative. The listserv uplifts youth homelessness and housing advocacy efforts. The email listserv provides state level updates impacting youth homelessness-housing, resources, education, funding opportunities, and more.
To join the listserv send an email to amandawilson@cohhio.org and request to be added. If you have information you’d like COHHIO to consider for sharing send an email to amandawilson@cohhio.org and your information will be considered. An archive of listserv messages from the past 6 months is below.
Listserv Archive
- Training Announcement: Diversifying Funding Sources to Address Youth Homelessness sent 10/3/2023
- Training Announcement: Helping Youth Build/Re-Build Meaningful Supports sent 11/6/2023
- Training Announcement: Youth Employment and Education Supports sent 11/17/2023
- Dear Colleague Letter on SNAP Exceptions for Youth Experiencing Homelessness and Youth Exiting Foster Care sent 12/5/2023
- New Social Media Resource sent 12/8/2023
- iFoster TAY AmeriCorps Recruitment sent 1/17/2024
- HB 68 Resource Guide sent 1/30/2024
- Webinar: Tax Tips for Young People with Self-Employment Income or a 1099 sent 2/28/2024
- Notice of Funding Opportunities: Runaway and Homeless Youth Programs sent 4/11/2024
COHHIO Youth Updates
Take Action: Homelessness is NOT a Crime
On April 22, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear Johnson v. Grants Pass, a case centered [...]
Advocates Encouraged by Senate Housing Committee’s Report
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 17, 2024 Advocates urged lawmakers to prioritize certain items in the Ohio [...]
Report: Ohio’s Affordable Housing Gap Shrinks Slightly
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 14, 2024 CONTACT: Marcus Roth, marcusroth@cohhio.org Report: Ohio's Affordable Housing Gap Shrinks [...]
Ohio’s Unhoused Population Grows 7% Amid Rising Rents
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Dec. 18, 2023 Ohio’s Unhoused Population Grows 7% Amid Rising Rents Buckeye State [...]
Housing Affordability by Job in Ohio
Many housing programs are based on Area Median Income (AMI). Just how much can a child [...]
What is Affordable Housing?
It's a question we hear all the time. There's a simple answer, and there's a more [...]
For more information, please contact Amanda Wilson, Youth Housing Initiative Director, at amandawilson@cohhio.org.