The Emergency Shelter of Northern Kentucky announced Tuesday that Kim Webb has been named CEO of the organization. Webb had served as executive director of the Emergency Shelter since 2015. “As I mark 10 years of service with the Emergency Shelter of Northern Kentucky, I’m honored to step into the role of Chief Executive Officer. […]
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Kentucky shelters are struggling to meet need as cold, state law drive people inside
When temperatures plunge to dangerous levels as they have this week, Jessica Lee’s nonprofit in Somerset runs low on space for all the people seeking to come indoors. So she gets on the phone to shelters around the region. Sometimes she’s helped shuttle people as far as Owensboro or Chattanooga. But that doesn’t work for […]
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NKY by the numbers: People experiencing homelessness
The National Alliance to End Homelessness 2024 State of Homelessness Report reveals that homelessness rates increased from 2022 to 2023, but more people were served in shelters, and the supply of permanent housing options grew by 36,737.
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Shelters open in NKY for homeless as temperatures drop outside
There is no designated shelter for the unhoused in Boone County, but that isn’t stopping local leaders from doing what they can to keep the community’s most vulnerable safe and warm when it gets too cold outside. The emergency cold shelter program will activate Wednesday night and run through at least noon on Dec. 4. […]
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NKU students win award for Emergency Shelter of Northern Kentucky designs
A team of five recent graduates from Northern Kentucky University’s Visual Communication Design program have won the student experiential design category at the 2024 Cincinnati Design Awards for their work with the Emergency Shelter of Northern Kentucky, creating wayfinding, signage and environmental graphics for the shelter’s facility.
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Homelessness in NKY: Region grapples with how to care for those who are unhoused
This story originally appeared in the Dec. 1, 2023 edition of the LINK Reader. To get stories like this first, subscribe to our weekly print newspaper here. The Cold Shelter The line stretched along the outside of the Emergency Shelter of Northern Kentucky and into an adjacent alcove. People laden with bags sat on nearby curbs, […]
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Emergency Shelter of Northern Kentucky begins winter sheltering
The Emergency Shelter of Northern Kentucky, located in Covington, began its winter sheltering program this week. Describing itself as a “low barrier” shelter, the emergency shelter offers beds for people dealing with homelessness on a night by night basis during the winter months when temperatures drop to dangerous levels. Winter sheltering is available for men […]
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Campbell County declares National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week
The Campbell County Fiscal Court read a proclamation Wednesday, declaring Nov. 11-18 National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week. “The purpose of the proclamation is to educate the public about the many reasons people are hungry and homeless, including the shortage of affordable housing for very low-income residents,” Campbell County Judge/Executive Steve Pendery read from the […]
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Lt. Gov. Coleman presents Kenton County organizations with state funding awards
Kentucky’s lieutenant governor, Jacqueline Coleman, presented state funding awards to a variety of Kenton County organizations at a special event at the Kenton County courthouse in Covington Monday morning. The money will serve to augment the region with additional investment in the hopes that the selected organizations can better build out their programs, services and, […]