A pilot program designed to house Hamilton County students experiencing homelessness has led to more than 200 people securing housing over the past year.
As of June 5, the pilot had housed 67 families, serving 178 children, said Lori Carmack, Hamilton County Schools’ coordinator of social work and special populations.
“It’s been both productive and encouraging,” she said in a video interview. “Anything, I think, that strengthens housing stability and builds momentum toward families securing safe, consistent housing is a meaningful outcome.”
In spring 2025, a coalition of Hamilton County governments, agencies and nonprofits launched the end-school-aged-homelessness initiative in an effort to provide housing and case management for every family identified as homeless by Hamilton County Schools.
Since then, the pilot has helped students and streamlined services for families experiencing homelessness, coalition members said. At the same time, they acknowledged, it has had less reach than originally hoped because of an ongoing federal freeze on new housing vouchers.