Homeless Navigation
The Stark County Homeless Navigation Hotline (330-452-4363) refers eligible callers to appropriate shelters and other programs for households that meet the HUD definition of literally homeless after conducting an initial assessment interview each business day from 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Homeless Navigation maintains a current listing of available shelter beds throughout Stark County, and works with mental health agencies, hospitals, law enforcement, alcohol and drug treatment centers, and the courts to prevent discharge into homelessness. If calling outside of business hours for shelter and housing needs, please leave a message, and you will be contacted the next business day.
If you need immediate help not related to shelter or housing and are experiencing a mental health crisis, please call the 24-hour hotline: 330-452-6000.
If you need immediate help and are experiencing domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, and / or human trafficking, please call Domestic Violence Project, Inc.at 330-453-SAFE (7233) or Alliance Area Domestic Violence Shelter at (330) 823-7223.
The Homeless Continuum of Care
PartnerSolutions Homeless Navigation carries out two important functions in the Homeless Continuum of Care of Stark County (HCCSC):
1) Homeless Navigation serves as Coordinated Entry (CE) Lead, operating to streamline and prioritize access to shelter and housing for people experiencing homelessness. The power of Coordinated Entry lies in cooperation between local agencies and service providers addressing homelessness and housing insecurity with a shared understanding of guiding principles. This allows separate organizations in the homeless continuum and the community to work together as one unit instead of making individual decisions about who to serve and how best to serve them. CE is an integrated process that streamlines access to resources in a community with the goal of equitable access to limited resources.
2) The HMIS Lead administers the Homeless Management Information System (HMIS), fulfilling 6 separate roles: Project Management, System Administration, Training, Helpdesk Support, Data Analysis and Reporting, and Communications.
The Homeless Continuum of Care of Stark County (HCCSC) is a coalition of individuals and organizations committed to ending homelessness in Stark County, Ohio. HCCSC is managed by Stark Housing Network Inc., an independent non-profit organization.
Learn more at StarkCountyHomeless.org.