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Community Shelter Board seeks gap funding, hotel‑based non‑congregate shelter and winter warming support amid rising unsheltered homelessness
Summary
The Community Shelter Board told city council the local homeless crisis response is seeing more seniors, youth and chronic unsheltered homelessness and asked for a multi‑part funding package to prevent shelter closures, support winter warming centers and acquire hotels for non‑congregate shelter.
Steve Skavencie of the Community Shelter Board (CSB) told the Health, Human Services & Equity committee that homelessness in Columbus and Franklin County is growing in severity and complexity and that the system needs additional, flexible funding to stabilize operations and expand non‑congregate options.
CSB’s request: Skavencie said CSB submitted a proposed request that includes $5,389,650 for comprehensive system needs (street outreach, prevention, emergency shelter, rapid re‑housing), $4,658,089 in gap…
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