Cincinnati Public Schools First-in-the-Nation Safe Sleep Lot for Families

Cincinnati Public Schools is the first school district in the nation to own and operate a parking lot where families experiencing homelessness can go to at night and sleep in their cars. But there's more to it than just a gated parking space. Food, facilities, and help registering for more permanent shelter are also provided. And as families stabilize, school attendance rises.

Cincinnati’s Safe Sleep Lot opened April 30 at William Howard Taft Elementary School and more than 300 people have slept in the lot so far, said Megan Rahill, shelter and housing specialist with Project Connect.

Read more and check out the photos in this Ohio Capital Journal coverage, to learn how it came about, what all it offers and the growing community effort to support the program. Hopeful, even now when the current situation is such a downer for so many.