The Youth Homelessness Membership Collaborative

40+ partners. One shared goal.
A Collaborative Response to Youth Homelessness

The Youth Homelessness Membership Collaborative is a group that collectively shapes the vision and strategy to end youth and young adult homelessness. Meetings are held quarterly, and organizations are able to send up to two (2) representatives. The Membership Collaborative is responsible for carrying out the action steps in the strategic plan to end youth and young adult homelessness, called REACHing for New Heights.

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Membership Information

Meeting Schedule
Meetings are held quarterly, and organizations are able to send up to two (2) representatives.

Joining the Membership
Membership in the Collaborative is open to any entity which has:

  • A role in preventing and ending youth and young adult homelessness in Cuyahoga County;

  • A commitment to youth leadership, collaboration and equity to achieve the collective mission and vision of the Corporation;

  • Experience in and understanding of the systems that influence the housing stability of youth and young adults, as well as their ability to help other partners understand those systems; and

  • Ability to influence outcomes within those systems.

Current Members

  • ADAMHS Board

  • A Place 4 Me

  • Bellefaire JCB

  • Catholic Charities

  • Child and Family Health Collaborative of OH (Bridges)

  • City of Cleveland

  • Cleveland Angels

  • Compassionate Manhood

  • Community of Hope

  • Cuyahoga Community College

  • Cuyahoga County Public Library

  • Department of Children and Family Services

  • Department of Health and Human Services

  • EDEN, Inc.

  • Enterprise Community Partners

  • Family Promise of Greater Cleveland

  • Frontline Service

  • Lutheran Metropolitan Ministry

  • NEOCH

  • Office of Homeless Services

  • Ohio Guidestone

  • Preterm

  • Project Lift Services

  • REACH Youth Action Board

  • Shelter the People Cleveland

  • The Centers

  • The Cleveland Mediation Center

  • The Collaborative to End Human Trafficking

  • The Metanoia Project

  • Towards Employment

  • YWCA of Greater Cleveland

Follow our journey.

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