Rebuilding Lives: New Strategies for a New Era

The Community Shelter Board's original Rebuilding Lives initiative has meant a new home and a new start for hundreds of people throughout Franklin County. The Rebuilding Lives Updated Strategy (RLUS) undertook a comprehensive research and resources inventory of the current Rebuilding Lives plan as well as the family system. Results of this assessment were used to develop an updated strategy to address the needs of homeless families, children and adults as one comprehensive plan. This plan will help our community to connect homeless adults and families to housing and services they need to break the cycle of homelessness.

Modeled after the successful Scioto Peninsula Task Force (which created the Rebuilding Lives plan), the Updated Strategy consisted of a Steering Committee composed of community leaders, CSB staff provided primary project support, along with external consultants working on research and strategy development. These three components attested to the important private and public partnership that holds this project together, with funding as well as leadership coming from private, non-profit and public sectors.

Rebuilding Lives Funder Collaborative

Rebuilding Lives Updated Strategy Charge Letter

Community Research Partners completed a study for the Rebuilding Lives Updated Strategy Steering Committee titled Rebuilding Lives: A Description of Implementation Processes, Successes, and Challenges, and Recommendations for the Future. This report outlines what work has been done since the adoption of the original plan, looks at what processes were put in place to aid in implementation of the plan, best practices, and also shares the perceptions of others in the community. The full report can be viewed by clicking on the link below.

Rebuilding Lives:  A Description of Implementation Processes, Successes, and Challenges, and Recommendations for the Future

Rebuilding Lives Updated Strategy Quarterly Report

Background on Rebuilding Lives

In 1999, CSB launched the Rebuilding Lives plan to replace a patchwork system of emergency shelters and services with a coordinated, community wide approach that integrates short and long-term strategies to reduce homelessness.  Since that time, more than 227 new slots of emergency services and 600+ supportive housing units for single homeless adults have been developed.  More than 775 homeless single adults have secured housing through the Rebuilding Lives plan.

Rebuilding Lives Provider Manual

Rebuilding Lives Publications  

Fact sheets:

What is Rebuilding Lives?

Supportive Housing - Answers to Common Questions

Supportive Housing - Is Cost Effective

Rebuilding Lives Supportive Housing Sites (PDF)

Rebuilding Lives PACT Team Initiative (PDF)