Continuums of Care
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Canton / Stark County CoC
Stark County has one of the most well-developed access layers in the YHSI cohort — a broad network of outreach points, drop-in services, hotlines, and school-based connections — but the programs that follow that front door are severely limited. In FY2024, 106 youth households were served in shelter and housing programs, including 40 parenting youth households and 72 unaccompanied youth households. Critically, 74% of adult youth assessed reported a disability, and nearly half scored for permanent supportive housing need at CE assessment — but no youth-dedicated PSH exists in the county. Hannah's House is the only confirmed youth crisis option, Coleman Health Services carries both the transitional and long-term load with just 8 beds, and no youth-dedicated RRH is available. The gap between the system's strong front door and its thin housing infrastructure is the defining planning challenge for Canton.
Flow diagram not yet available for this CoC.
Avg days homeless before housing
Additional informationExit to permanent housing
0%
of exiting HH
System returns
0%
no returns recorded
- Stark County ESC
- CCMEP
- Hannah's House
- Chasing Hope House
- Make-A-Way Drop-in
- Project Rebuild
- Stark County Housing Authority
- Bridges
- Stark State / KSU Outreach & Engagement
- Queer in Canton
- Altman Hospital / Shipley Office
- Stark Help Central / Homeless Hotline
- NAMI
Front-porch & outreach · strongest layer in system
- Homeless Hotline
- Ohio REACH Emergency Fund for Students
- Bridges
- Chasing Hope House
Diversion & prevention
- Hannah's House only confirmed youth crisis option · 0 youth ES beds in HIC beds
0–6 months · no youth-dedicated emergency shelter
- Coleman Health Services 8 beds · serves both TH and long-term · 0 dedicated TH beds in HIC beds
6 months–2 years · Coleman is the sole medium-term resource
- Family Unification Program (FUP)
- Bridges
- Coleman Health Services shared with TH · 0 PSH · 0 dedicated RRH in HIC beds
No PSH · no youth-dedicated RRH · FUP only permanent pathway
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How to read the CoC maps that follow
Short description of these phases
01
Access
Before the front door
“Front Porch” services — outreach, drop-in, hotlines, peer navigation
02
Prevention / Diversion
Before homelessness occurs
Financial assistance, diversion counseling — avoid system entry
03
Crisis / Emergency
0–6 months
Low-barrier shelter and emergency services
04
Transitional
6 months–2 years
TH, host homes, scattered site — temporary with services
05
Permanent Housing
6 months → years
RRH, PSH, FYI/FUP — lease in own name or no time limit