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
- RHY NOFAs Available sent 4/13/2023
- Paid Participation Opportunity for Youth & Young Adults: Working Groups for the State Index on Youth Homelessness sent 4/13/2023
- Additional Funding Opportunities sent 4/13/2023
- New Job Posting at Development sent 4/13/2023
- HUD Publishes the FY22 YHDP NOFO sent 4/18/2023
- Ohio After-school Child Enrichment Educational Savings Program sent 4/18/2023
- Job Posting ODOD sent 4/24/2023
- Notice of Funding Opportunity – Street Outreach Program sent 4/26/2023
- Title V Maternal and Child Health Block Grant Public Comment Survey sent 5/3/2023
- Training Announcement: Recognizing and Identifying Human Trafficking of Ohio’s Youth sent 5/22/2023
- Federal Funding Opportunities to Help Youth Experiencing Homelessness sent 5/22/2023
- Notice of Funding Opportunity – Runaway and Homeless Youth-Prevention Demonstration Program sent 5/31/2023
- Response Requested: COHHIO Youth Housing Initiative Suvey sent 6/13/2023
- Announcing the Direct Cash Transfers as Prevention RFP sent 6/20/2023
- CSH Job Posting sent 6/21/2023
- ODVN Youth Caucus August 16th sent 6/26/2023
- Apply for the PSY Youth Advocacy Fellowship sent 6/27/2023
COHHIO Youth Updates
Senate Select Committee on Housing
Sept. 13, 2023 COHHIO’s Executive Director Amy Riegel encouraged the Senate Select Committee on Housing to [...]
State Report Shows More Ohioans Struggling to Stay Housed
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 13, 2023 Housing advocates highlighted new state data released this week that [...]
Final Budget a Win for Affordable Housing
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 30, 2023 Final Budget a Win for Affordable Housing COHHIO Decries Cut [...]
Gap Between Rents and Wages Grows Wider
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 14, 2023 Ohio Senate Budget Puts Housing Further Out of Reach Full-time [...]
Sign On to Defend Affordable Housing!
Gov. DeWine and the Ohio House included several positive housing proposals in the state budget, but [...]
Senate Guts Effort to Reduce Infant Mortality, Medicaid Spending
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE JUNE 7, 2023 CONTACT: Marcus Roth, marcusroth@cohhio.org Amy Riegel, executive director of the [...]
For more information, please contact Amanda Wilson, Youth Housing Initiative Director, at amandawilson@cohhio.org.
