For more than 20 years, the Center for Respite Care has offered adults experiencing homelessness a safe place to recover after illness or hospitalization. This fall, the nonprofit will take a major step forward, closing on the former Uptown Arts Building in Over-the-Rhine.
The $2.1 million all-cash purchase gives the city’s only medical respite program a permanent home.
The new 20-bed facility on E. Liberty Street will let the Center extend recuperative stays, care for clients with complex medical needs, and expand programming in a space designed with trauma-informed principles. KZF Architecture and Oswald are designing the space to prioritize accessibility, safety and healing, ensuring the Center can continue providing its combination of medical care and supportive services.
The Center for Respite Care currently rents a space on Republic Street, which is about a third of a mile away or a seven-minute walk from its future site…