Cincinnati Region Hacking Homelessness™

June 6 and 7

Vision: We envision a Cincinnati Region that has solved the problem of homelessness and all people have a safe place to reside.

Mission: We will accomplish this vision by gathering the Wisdom of the Community especially including those who are not usually considered part of the solution.

Despite national and local efforts to address homelessness, it remains a problem. In fact, on any given night, more than 550,000 people experience homelessness in the United States. New solutions are needed to reduce and end homelessness. We believe the best ideas can be found at the local level.

To this end, The Cincinnati Region Hacking Homelessness will be held June 6 and 7 at the Gallagher Student Center at Xavier University.

We will gather 100 community members for this weekend event. We will guide and support them in their efforts to define the problems leading to and caused by homelessness from the community viewpoint.

Afterwards, new ideas will be used to develop creative solutions and partnerships to improve the situation. The attendees will be intentionally chosen to represent all sectors of society to allow the most innovative and informed ideas to be developed.

After the weekend, our expectation is to support “15, 1% solutions.” These may include for-profit companies, non-profit companies, social ventures, or programs to implement solutions based on the passion, skills and enthusiasm of participants. We will plan future actions and develop measures to monitor our success “moving the needle.”

Care to join us?

Some of the Stakeholders to Engage for this Event

Homeless
Families of homeless
Previously homeless
Contractors/builders
Homeless advocates
Government agents (City, county, state, country/nation)
Local politicians
Nonprofits
Business owners
Service providers
Foundations
College students
Military supporters
Military veterans
Mental health advocates
Churches/Religious groups
Anti-trafficking groups
Prisoner reintegration advocates
Drug advocates

Employment advocates
Abuse related advocates
Motivational speakers
Neighborhood associations/Community Alliances
Libraries
Arts groups or organizations
Universities, colleges, K-12 schools
Farmers’ markets
Men’s and women’s groups
Media, radio personalities
Local unions (teachers, law enforcement, etc.)
Sports teams
Donors, funders, foundations
Law enforcement
Libertarians, Democrats, Republicans, Charterites
Business Coaches
Entrepreneurs
Sexual Orientation

Proposed Participants

Affected populations: 12
NPOs large: 4
NPOs small: 12
Government: 8
Business Large: 4

Business Small: 12
Funding Experts: 10
Service providers: 10
Practitioners (experts): 6
Members of the public: 20

Draft Agenda

0th Day Evening

Social

Experiential Event

REFINING THE PROBLEM AND SOLUTION STATEMENTS

1^st Day Morning

Welcome and speakers (1 hr)

Brain dump (30 minutes)

- What are biggest needs?

- What are solutions?

Innovation Thinking (“What’s The Big Idea” Game) (2 hr)

- Random seat assignments

- What are biggest needs?

- What are solutions?

1^st Day Lunch

Roundtables

- Marketing

- Legal

- Financial

- Etc.

1^st Day Afternoon

Review and update:

1. Sphere of Influence Mapping

2. Top Causes of Homelessness

3. Homeless Journey (Steps out of Homelessness)

4. Needs Assessment

5. Solution set

1^st Day Closeout

Voting for tentative solution set to pursue

Talkers

1^st Day Dinner

Vendor Tables

Support Tables

1^st Day Evening

Social

Experiential Event(s)

Hackathon

IDENTIFYING SOLUTIONS AND PLANNING IMPLEMENTATION

2^nd Day Morning

Identify solution paths

- Silo (industry) working groups

- Randomly mixed working groups

- Solution specific working groups

How can we impact…