Tender Mercies

The Transitional Housing Program provides housing to residents at 29 West Twelfth Street. The goal of the program is to work intensively with residents so they will stabilize their symptoms of mental illness and acquire the skills, support network, and stability to function independently in their own housing. A recent local study indicates that at least one third of homeless individuals in Cincinnati suffer from mental illness. Individuals who are living on the streets or in shelters often do not know where to go for help. Our Outreach Worker encounters individuals living in parks, cars, abandoned buildings, and other places not meant for human habitation, as well as individuals staying at emergency shelters. We work with these individuals to help them build trusting relationships and to obtain needed housing and mental health services.