Print Out or Pick Up Street Card

2009 Street Card Now Available at Shelters

The Northeast Ohio Coalition for the Homeless (NEOCH) has updated its Street Card for the seventeenth year in a row. The Street Card is a valuable resource for homeless people. It contains extensive, up-to-date information on resources such as shelters, meal sites, job training agencies, health clinics, chemical dependency services and other assistance programs. The bus routes are listed to get to some of these services, and the Street Card lists all the services a person experiencing homelessness can access right from the streets.

“Many newly homeless individuals have no idea where to go for help,” said Everett Brown, an AmeriCorps*VISTA serving with NEOCH. “The Street Card is an important resource directory that we regularly update. It acts as a map of accessible city and county services that every homeless person can use everyday.”

This past two weeks, NEOCH distributed 2,000 Street Cards to individuals, shelters and other agencies. “The Coalition wants to thank the Cleveland Clinic for printing the Street Card this year,” said Brown. He added, “We could never do this without our healthcare partners.” Even though most panhandlers are not homeless, Street Cards can be given away to panhandlers as an alternative to handing over money. NEOCH encourages people to make as many copies possible and distribute to those in need. The newest edition of the Street Card can be downloaded for free at http://www.neoch.org under Resources/Street Card. NEOCH can mail a few copies by calling 216/432.0540.

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