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YWCA House of Peace reports rising shelter demand; highlights workforce support, phones and housing outcomes
Summary
Stacy Reed of the YWCA’s House of Peace told Clermont County commissioners the shelter served 174 individuals (112 adults, 62 children) from January–October 2025, a 41% increase over 2024. The YWCA described services including TracFone distribution, workforce development, trauma-informed care and a high rate of exits to permanent housing.
Stacy Reed, shelter client services manager at the YWCA of Greater Cincinnati, updated the Clermont County Board of Commissioners Oct. 29 on services at the House of Peace (HOP), the agency’s domestic-violence shelter. Reed told the board House of Peace sheltered 174 individuals from January through October 2025 — 112 adults and 62 children — a 41% increase compared with the entire 2024 year.
Reed described the range of abuse survivors experience and emphasized the shelter’s increasing need to address technology-enabled abuse and financial control, noting that the county partnership has…
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