Friends of the Homeless provides residential support to homeless men and women through shelters, transitional housing, and permanent supportive housing.
Since 1983, Friends of the Homeless has provided residents with the opportunity to reestablish themselves as members of the Columbus community.
In 2006, Friends of the Homeless merged with Southeast, Inc.
As a result of this, Friends has been able to retain its role in the community and maintain the mission and vision established in 1983.
Friends of the Homeless is committed to leadership in providing innovative, quality programs, services, and housing that enable people in central Ohio to move out of homelessness.
Through collaboration, advocacy, education and their work, Friends aims to further the beliefs that:
Homelessness should be temporary;
People being served have dignity and worth; and
Decent, safe, affordable housing should be available to everyone.
Their Programs
Men's Emergency Shelter
This essential program provides shelter to 130 men, 24-hours-a-day, 365 days a year.
The Mens Emergency Shelter provides basic life-sustaining services while residents work to rebuild their lives.
New Horizons Transitional Housing
New Horizons Transitional Housing offers housing to chronically homeless and seriously mentally ill individuals who have moved beyond the need for immediate emergency shelter.
This program also offers supportive case management and stability while residents learn basic living skills and secure a more permanent housing solution.
Success in Housing
A Supportive Housing program to persons living with certain medical conditions that assists them in resolving housing crises quickly and linking them with community resources and supports to avoid homelessness in the future.
The program services referred clients that live in the Delaware, Fairfield, Franklin, Licking, Madison, Morrow, Pickaway and Union Counties.
Bridges to Success
The Bridges to Success Program helps referred clients who are returning to the community from psychiatric hospitalization or crisis unit placement avoid homelessness, find ongoing treatment, housing, and support services, and increase stability in the community.
“Friends of the Homeless is committed to the leadership in providing innovative, quality programs, services and housing that enable people in central Ohio to move out of homelessness. Through collaboration, advocacy, education and our work, Friends aims to further the beliefs that: Homelessness should be temporary, People being served have dignity and worth, and Decent, safe, affordable housing should be available for everyone.”
111 Liberty Street, Columbus
1.52 miles away
p.o..box 77655, Columbus
3.44 miles away