Homeless youth

Summit County's Continuum of Care is using a $1.5 million federal grant to create a shelter wholly focused on young people and provide other wrap-around services to address homelessness.

Cuyahoga County announced Monday two new requests for proposals to help address youth homelessness – one to create a new housing program and another to create a team of coordinators to help young people navigate systems of assistance.

A variance approved by the Cleveland Board of Zoning Appeals means renovations can move forward to convert a Franklin Boulevard building into a drop-in center for unhoused youths. Opponents of the facility, to be operated by Lutheran Metropolitan Ministry, previously threatened to sue if the board approved the variance.

A conflict has been brewing over the last year over the location of a drop-in shelter for youth experiencing homelessness in Cleveland’s Ohio City neighborhood, pitting some neighbors against each other.

Cuyahoga TAY, which stands for transitioning aged youth, will offer 50 units of affordable and permanent housing for young adults between the ages of 18 and 24.

A new report puts Ohio near last in the list of how states handle homelessness in people under 24. Ohio ranked 42nd among all states in dealing with youth…