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CPS Project Connect to open wraparound resource hub at Taft and pilot a small 'safe sleep' lot for families living in vehicles
Summary
Project Connect will move into Taft Elementary for a temporary September soft opening of a RAP (Resources, Access, Partnerships) wraparound center; staff proposed a small safe-sleep lot and expanded emergency hotel stays and partnerships to fast-track shelter verification.
Cincinnati Public Schools’ Project Connect team outlined expanded services for families experiencing homelessness, including a September soft opening of a wraparound resource site at Taft Elementary and plans to pilot a small safe-sleep parking lot intended to speed shelter verification for families sleeping in vehicles.
Rebecca Beach, Project Connect manager for Cincinnati Public Schools, told the joint meeting that Project Connect served 4,326 students last year, including 595 unaccompanied youth and 681 multilingual learners, and that staff provided emergency food or pantry services to nearly 2,000 students. Beach said Project Connect increased use of hotel stays as emergency housing (355 students received hotel stays last year)…
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