The Greater Cincinnati Coalition for the homeless believes that education is key to ending homelessness. Unfortunately, too many people still believe the myths and stereotypes about homelessness, its causes, and the people who experience it. These myths often lead people to believe that homeless people are either beyond help or undeserving of help, and that homelessness is too large a problem to solve. Through our many educational programs and materials, we work to eliminate these harmful myths, and to replace them with understanding and compassion.

With the expansion of GCCH’s education programs, we aim to change the attitudes of students toward the homeless through knowledge and experiential opportunities. In the long term, we hope to instill compassion and understanding towards the homeless which will demonstrate itself in how these students vote, donate, volunteer and become active leaders in making systemic change.