COLUMBUS HOUSE INC

Programs

1. Housing services - in 2024, and 2025 respectively, columbus house provides housing services to over 920 individuals and families in permanent supportive housing, rapid rehousing, shared housing or independent living. Permanent supportive housing is provided for the most vulnerable, most often chronically homeless adults and families, and includes housing subsidies and support services for as long as the client needs it. Rapid rehousing includes short term subsidies with a light touch of supportive services. Shared housing enables those without subsidies to pool their resources to share an apartment, each holding a lease with the landlord. Case management support in all housing programs is focused on helping people remain housed by attending to the terms of their lease, while at the same time helping clients to integrate into the community with referrals to mainstream services, reunification with family, employment and volunteer opportunities and other community activities.columbus house is also a housing developer. Completed in 2015, val macri was the first development the organization owns and manages. This small complex has 17 units, housing both very low-income single adults…

   $5,338,476 spentof which $144,000 as grants$810,099 earned by the program
   38% of program spending

2. Shelter and services columbushouse provides emergency shelter and case management services in new haven, wallingford and middletown. In new haven, intensive case management support is provided to 17 men in recovery at recovery house, while at the main shelter, 81 beds provide emergency shelter to single adults. During winter months, a seasonal shelter is provided to 40 individuals in the family triage program. Columbus house also provides seasonal warming centers in hamden and middletown, providing emergency shelter for up to 35 people during the coldest winter months.also in new haven, columbus house operates a medical respite program in partnership with yale new haven hospital("ynhh"). Patients are referred to this 12-bed program for recuperative medical care following in- patient hospitalization. Clients stay for up to 30 days. A ynhh nurse is on-site for 20 hours per week, with additional nursing services provided evenings and on weekends. A columbus house case manager works with these clients to secure housing once discharged from the program.

   $4,040,850 spentof which $16,632 as grants$494,410 earned by the program
   29% of program spending

3. Community support services - throughout all programs, columbus house provides case management to help people obtain or maintain their housing. These include housing readiness and search services, referral to medical and behavioral health treatment and to benefit entitlements, training in daily living skills, employment services and other services as needed. A representative payee program assists clients in paying their rent and bills so they can maintain their housing. Staff are trained in best practices of housing first, risk reduction techniques, motivational interviewing, person centered planning and trauma informed care. A samhsa funded program, funded for 5 years, includes four staff with a focus on street outreach, referrals to treatment and housing for young adults, adults and people in families who are experiencing homelessness.veteran specific services include harkness house, which provides temporary housing for veterans along with case management services. In addition, supportive services for veteran families provides case management, employment, housing and benefits specialists for veterans who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless. Through these and other…

   $3,771,409 spentof which $52,981 as grants$174,661 earned by the program
   27% of program spending

4. Outreach programs - in many communities across ct, there are people who are homeless who are living on the streets, in encampments, in abandoned buildings. Columbus house staff provide street outreach in new haven and middletown to work with people who do not or cannot come into the shelters in those communities. The goal is to help move people into housing by providing regular engagement and, ultimately, case management services. The organization also provides a transportation program that offers free rides for people who are homeless and in need of getting to and from medical or treatment related appointments, anywhere in the state.

   $807,513 spentof which $54,623 as grants$2,448 earned by the program
   6% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $13,958,248.