More than 30 agencies, nonprofits and community organizations in Greater Cleveland are dedicated to securing temporary shelter and permanent housing for the homeless, and to preventing folks from becoming homeless in the first place. Coordinating those efforts efficiently is no easy job.
LeVine Ross, as the new director of Cuyahoga County’s Office of Homeless Services, has been charged with that task. Her resume shows that she’s up for it.
From 2001-2014, Ross worked at the county’s Division of Children and Family Services, mostly training rookie social workers. Then, until earlier this year, she was senior health and human services policy advisor to Cuyahoga County Council, helping council members understand how homeless services are funded and how that funding impacts their constituents. Simultaneously, she was a member of the Office of Homeless Services Advisory Board…