Community
Shelter Board
Access
to Emergency Shelter
Winter 2001 - 2002
“Any
person in need of shelter should not stay on the streets during this
bitterly cold winter because they think the shelters are full.
The shelters will expand to meet the demand.”
Barbara
Poppe, CSB’s Executive Director
Street
Outreach
The
following community organizations have programs that provide resources and
services to persons on the streets. These
organizations work to assist these individuals to move into housing or
shelter.
Netcare
Reach Out:
276-2273
Open Shelter Outreach Program:
461-0407
Southeast - Project Liaison:
225-0990
Take it to the Streets:
274-6878
Men’s
Emergency Housing
The
men’s sheltering system has agreed to work together to accommodate men
needing shelter during the winter months.
If necessary, the programs have access to bus passes and taxi
vouchers to transport the men to another shelter.
The shelters that provide services to men are:
Faith
Mission Downtown:
224-1429
Faith
Mission on 8th Avenue
299-3192
Friends of the Homeless:
253-2770, ext. 1
Maryhaven
Engagement Center:
449-1530
Open
Shelter:
461-0407
Volunteers
of America:
224-0128
Winter
Overflow Center
The
City of Columbus and Lutheran Social Services have joined the Community
Shelter Board to provide a temporary Winter Overflow Center at Wolfe Park
Shelter House. The shelter is
open from 7:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. to provide additional space for men during
the peak demand period. Bus
passes are provided for the men each day to travel to work, or to shelters
where services are available. Men
should first try to gain admission to the regular men’s shelter system,
but can be referred to the Winter Overflow Center if there is no space.
The Center will open in December.
Women’s
Emergency Housing
The
two emergency shelters for women have agreed to work together to accommodate
women needing shelter. If
necessary, the programs have access to bus passes to transport the women. The emergency shelters that provide services to women are:
Friends
of the Homeless Rebecca’s Place:
253-2770, ext. 5
Faith Mission’s Nancy’s Place:
224-6617 ext. 162
Women’s Engagement Center:
324-5413
Family
Shelters
The YWCA Interfaith Hospitality Network provides 24-hour emergency shelter to homeless families. YWCA IHN staff discuss housing options with families who are seeking shelter - those families with no other resources are admitted into IHN. Families with no other housing options will not be denied shelter. The IHN Hospitality Center is operated from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily. Families receive 24-hour access to night services at rotating congregational sites.
YWCA Interfaith
Hospitality Network: 1-888-491-8887 or
228-9211 ext. 111
Homelessness
Prevention
Lutheran
Social Services provides homeless prevention services to individuals and
families in need of resources to prevent homelessness.
LSS Prevention Program:
224-7290
General
Referral Information
FIRSTLINK’s
database of community resources is up-to-date and is available for
information and referral at 221-2255.
FIRSTLINK:
221-2255
Donations
Information
Shelters are particularly in need of personal hygiene products, under-garments, gloves/mittens/hats, and socks for their residents who are men, women, and children. To donate any of these items, please contact:
Catholic
Social Services
221-5891
CRIS
279-1354
Faith Mission
224-6617
Friends of the Homeless
253-2770
Homeless Families Fndn.
461-9247
Maryhaven
445-8131
Material Assistance Providers
276-5048
The Open Shelter
461-0407
Salvation Army
221-4269
Southeast, Inc.
225-0980
Take It to the Streets
274-6874
Volunteers of America
224-8650
YMCA of Central Ohio 224-1131
YWCA-IHN
228-9211
Further
Information About Homelessness
Further
information about programs serving the homeless, local plans for services, and
statistics about programs serving Columbus and Franklin County are available
at the Community Shelter Board’s web site at www.csb.org,
or by calling CSB.
Community Shelter Board 221-9195
