The Homeless Families Foundation

“The 990 is presented to the audit committee of the board of trustees for their review. The audit committee then reports to the complete board of the trustees at the next scheduled meeting. Copies are sent to the entire board in advance of the meeting.”

“Members of the board of trustees complete an annual statement of conflict of interest. It is the responsibility of the trustee to disclose the existence, nature and material facts to the rest of the board of trustees or committee members considering the proposed transactions or arrangement. After the disclosure, the trustees leave the meeting, and the remainder of the board or committee decide if the conflict of interest exists.”

“The executive committee of the board of trustees meets annually to review the compensation of the executive director and key employees. The executive committee used the local 2017 oano salary survey to compare the salaries of the executive director and key employees to other local organizations of similar sizes. The committee was given job descriptions for these positions to compare with comparable positions included in the salary survey used.”

“The governing documents and conflict of interest policy are available upon request at the offices of the homeless families foundation located at 727 e main street, columbus, ohio 43205. The audited financial statements are available on our website (www.homelessfamiliesfounadtion.com) and upon request at the above address. The irs 990 is also available on our website, on guidestar.com and at our office.”

“Family rapid re-housing- housing program that works with families who have children under 18, referred directly from emergency shelter. Case managers help clients secure and maintain stable housing through goal planning, connection to community resources, home/community visits, financial assistance, advocacy, and assistance with basic needs. Clients are served an average of 8-10 months. Families served: 94 rapid-re-housing intensive- housing program that works with families who have children under 18 and have been in shelter multiple times. Clients are referred directly from emergency shelter. Case managers help clients secure and maintain stable housing through goal planning, connection to community resources, home/community visits, financial assistance, advocacy, and assistance with basic needs. Clients are served an average of 10-12 months. Families served: 35”

“Pregnancy programs: jobs2housing: housing program that assists literally homeless pregnant women (shelter or streets). Case managers help clients secure and maintain stable housing through goal planning, connection to community resources, home/community visits, financial assistance, advocacy, and assistance with basic needs. Case managers also check on and assist with health insurance, prenatal care, wic, and other pregnancy-specific needs and services, including making sure items for baby are obtained. Clients stay in the program an average of 8-10 months. Families served: 41 homeless prevention for expectant mothers: housing program that assists pregnant women who are at risk of homelessness. Case managers help clients secure and maintain stable housing through goal planning, connection to community resources, home/community visits, financial assistance, advocacy, and assistance with basic needs. Case managers also check on and assist with health insurance, prenatal care, wic, and other pregnancy-specific needs and services, including making sure items for baby are obtained. Clients stay in the program an average of 12 months. Families served: 61”

“Transition-age youth housing programs: yhdp transitional housing- hff master-leases units for young people coming from literal homelessness (shelter or streets). Young people can stay in units for up to 2 years while they work on life skills, improving health, working on education/employment, and other goals as directed by client. Case managers assist with goal planning, connection to community resources, home/community visits, financial assistance, advocacy, and assistance with basic needs. Clients can stay in transitional housing up to 2 years. Families served: 186 yhdp rapid re-housing- housing program that works with young people coming from literal homelessness or transitional housing. Case managers help clients secure and maintain stable housing through goal planning, connection to community resources, home/community visits, financial assistance, advocacy, and assistance with basic needs. Clients can be served up to 3 years. Families served: 147 odh- ohio department of health funds hff to operate a housing program serving youth who are literally homeless or imminently homeless. Hff utilizes this program to serve clients that cannot be served in our other youth programs, or to fill gaps in the other youth programs. Case managers help clients secure and maintain stable housing through goal planning, connection to community resources, home/community visits, financial assistance, advocacy, and assistance with basic needs. Clients generally stay in odh program for an average of 6 months. Families served: 52”

“Success bridge: partnership between hff and columbus state to assist homeless or housing unstable cscc students to become stably housed while working towards college graduation. Hff case managers help clients secure and maintain stable housing through goal planning, connection to community resources, home/community visits, financial assistance, advocacy, and assistance with basic needs. Cscc staff ensure that students are getting what they need academically, as well as linking them to other resources cscc provides. Clients can stay in the program for up to 2 years, or until graduation. Families served: 69 resiliency bridge: partnership between hff (housing provider) and workforce development programs such as goodwill, ohio means jobs, new directions, etc. Workforce programs refer clients who are enrolled in high pay/high demand career path programs and are in need of assistance with housing stability. Hff case managers help clients secure and maintain stable housing through goal planning, connection to community resources, home/community visits, financial assistance, advocacy, and assistance with basic needs. Workforce programs monitor clients progress in training programs and ensure they are linked to other resources their programs provide. Clients can stay in the program up to 15 months (12 months of training, 3 months of aftercare), or until they have completed their training program and received 3 months of aftercare. Families served: 89 housing resource specialist: program focused on housing problem-solving for those at risk of homelessness; eligible families can receive rental assistance through era. Families served: 212 after-school and summer programs: providing educational, recreational, and social-emotional learning for kids age k-8. Families must be tanf-eligible for kids to participate. Program is located on the west- side of columbus, and families need to live within the area or attend schools within the area in order to be transported; other families may utilize the program and provide their own transportation if space allows. Families served: 47 spark: kindergarten readiness program for kids age 3-5 who are not yet enrolled in kindergarten. Parent partners do assessments and lessons with the kids while teaching parents activities they can do to boost learning skills. Families served: 130 family stability: housing case management and financial assistance available for education families, or for housing families who have been exited. Families served: 72 basic needs programming- hff operates a food and toiletries pantry where families can get emergency food and items such as toothpaste, shampoo, diapers, etc. Families served: 502 holiday programs- hff organizes spring and fall food drives that take place near the easter and thanksgiving holidays, as well as a back to school program that assists with school supplies, and a winter holiday program that assists with toys and gifts for families in december. Families served: 790”