Lutheran Social Services Choices, an organization for victims of domestic violence, provides a temporary emergency shelter at an unpublished location, a 24-hour information and referral hotline, counseling with legal and community advocates, peer support groups, a community education speakers bureau and a kennel for pets with free and complete veterinary care.

Description goThe Open Shelter, Inc. is an advocacy Center and Day Shelter for homeless and marginally housed people in Central Ohio. They provide crucial needs directly to those in crisis. The facility at 1037 Parsons Avenue serves as the hub for their Outreach services. There are hundreds of persons each day who are forced to live “in the open”, on the streets, in abandoned buildings, on railroad land and under bridges. This agency is also supported by our deacons and CCPC partners who make and deliver 176 sack lunches each month.

The YWCA Family Center’s mission is to help families. They provide emergency shelter and services for families without homes. Many of these people are working poor and unable to meet high housing costs, and many are women raising children on their own. The 50-room center offers these families support, safety, a secure place to sleep and a place where they can get three healthy meals a day. They also provide job and family search resources, transportation services and a childcare program.

Star House is a social service agency that operates Central Ohio’s only drop-in center for youth between the ages of 14-24 who are experiencing homelessness. It is open 24/7/365 days and provides access to food, clothing, hygiene items, laundry facilities, showers and a safe place. Beyond basic needs, their clinical team provides therapy and case management, and partner agencies provide resources, such as housing, transportation, health care, employment, education, addiction services, legal aid, government benefits, ID cards and more.

Presbytery of Scioto Valley Annual Mission Fund helps support the denomination’s evangelism, church planting, education and justice work as well as ministry to children, youth, older adults, new immigrants, rural, urban and suburban populations across the United States and around the world.

The Salvation Army of Central Ohio serves Franklin, Delaware and Union Counties by providing services year-round. At Christmas they have the Red Box Program providing a Christmas breakfast and the Angel Tree Toy Drive. Their Learning Center provides academic support in the Hilltop and Linden area. A 24-hour hotline and emergency response team help trafficking survivors. Senior food boxes, a mobile canteen and a hot lunch program help alleviate hunger. Adult Rehabilitation Centers combat adult addiction. They also provide utility and rent assistance seasonably.

Westerville Area Resource Ministry (WARM) provides compassionate, short-term assistance, educational services and spiritual support to encourage individuals to achieve a God-reliant, self-sufficient life while restoring dignity and hope. They serve those who live in the Westerville area, primarily within the Westerville School District. They primarily help with food and employment. Their Client Services team also supports families experiencing financial or life challenges through resource referrals, improving life stability and providing spiritual encouragement.

Habitat for Humanity is a nonprofit organization that helps families build and improve places to call home. They believe affordable housing plays a critical role in strong and stable communities. The Westerville Habitat Partnership is an assembled group of churches, organizations and individuals who support Habitat for Humanity of Delaware and Union Counties by sponsoring fundraisers, special events and partnering in builds.

Huckleberry House has been offering refuge and counseling to young people in Central Ohio who have found themselves without reliable shelter, family conflict, poverty and violence for nearly three decades. They operate a 24/7 crisis hotline and work to ensure all young people in the community have access to a safe home environment.

Back2Back Ministries is an international Christian non-profit organization dedicated to being a voice for orphans. Kids are always at the center of their work. Their culturally diverse teams work side-by-side with other in-country nationals and local organizations that believe in holistic care. Back2Back partners with children’s homes, vulnerable families, and communities in need.

(PDA) enables congregations and mission partners of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) to witness to the healing love of Christ through caring for communities adversely affected by crises and catastrophic events. They focus on the long-term recovery of disaster impacted communities by providing training and disaster preparedness for presbyteries and synods. They work collaboratively with church partners and members of the ACT Alliance (Action by Churches Together) internationally, and nationally with other faith-based responders. They also connect partners locally and internationally with key organizations active in the response — United Nations, NVOAD (National Voluntary Agencies Active in Disaster), World Food Program, Red Cross, FEMA and others.