Every year, the Drop Inn Center assists thousands of individuals – some with housing, some with programs, some with that extra bit of help that will keep them from the edge and alter their whole world. While the numbers both in our area and nationwide may be staggering, they illustrate the reality for many men, women and children.

Drop Inn Center Statistics

  • 2,747 – number of homeless individuals served each year
  • Open 24 hours, 365 days a year
  • 80% male, 20% female
  • 80% stay 1 month or less
  • 15% stay over 1 month
  • 5% stay over 90 days
  • 250 – daily average of residents receiving food and shelter
  • 134,000+ – number of meals served each year
  • Distribute toiletries, towels, blankets, and clothes to thousands of homeless residents
  • (Information collected during 2007 calendar year, VESTA)

Cincinnati Homeless Statistics

  • 8,392 – number of confirmed homeless people in Cincinnati
  • 3,668 – number of confirmed homeless men in Cincinnati
  • 1,830 – number of confirmed homeless women in Cincinnati
  • 25% of Cincinnati's homeless are children
  • 38% suffer from mental illness
  • 13% are veterans
  • 30% are chronically homeless*
  • 16% suffer from domestic violence

National Homeless

  • 3.5 million accounted for men, women and children go homeless each night in the United States
  • 71% of American employees live paycheck to paycheck
  • 40% of homeless people are families with children and represent the fastest growing segment of the homeless population
  • 10% of the homeless population is "chronically homeless"*
  • 22% have a serious mental illness
  • 46% have chronic health conditions such as cancer
  • 55% have no health insurance
  • 58% go hungry
  • 23% are veterans
  • 28% have more than a high school diploma

*Chronically Homeless: According to HUD, an unaccompanied individual with a disabling condition who has been continuously homeless for a year or more, or has had at least four episodes of homelessness in the past three years