CSB and its partner agencies, combined with the full support of the community, will provide meaningful solutions and alternatives to combat - and eventually eliminate - homelessness in our city. 

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The Community Shelter Board, by coordinating community based efforts, fostering collaboration, and funding services, assists families and individuals in Central Ohio to resolve their housing crisis. 

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To develop and implement a strategy which will increase community awareness about the causes of and solutions to homelessness and ultimately decrease the demand for emergency shelter.

To provide open access to emergency shelter for all families and individuals experiencing a housing crisis through the combined resources of the Community Shelter Board and its partner agencies.

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The Community Shelter Board (CSB) was created in 1986 to respond to the growing problem of homelessness in Columbus and Franklin County.  CSB works to develop and implement strategies that decrease homelessness and increase the placement of homeless persons in permanent housing in our community.  As a small, self-directed non-profit organization, CSB can react quickly to a changing environment and has stayed in the forefront to develop solutions for ending homelessness.

The Community Shelter Board receives support from the City of Columbus, the Franklin County Board of Commissioners, the United Way of Central Ohio, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, the State of Ohio, The Columbus Foundation and other public and private donors.

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