Journey Toward Self Sufficiently

Our agency provides emergency homeless shelter services among two shelters with one housing single men and the other women and families. In 2013, we sheltered 528 people including 182 single men, 104 single women, 69 families and 123 children. Our shelters provide safe housing, food, personal necessities, and programs targeted toward helping our residents achieve self- sufficiency. In fact, over 360 left our program successfully acquiring permanent housing. Since the beginning of this year, we have added volunteer chaplains who work with our residents on an individual basis attending to their spiritual needs.

The Heart of Ohio Homeless Shelter (HOHS) is a non-profit corporation governed by a volunteer Board of Directors comprised of community members from; Crawford, Delaware, Marion, Morrow, Union and Wyandot counties. Board members come from the professional and business communities and bring a wide range of skills and experience to HOHS. The Board of Directors is committed to the HOHS’ mission and vision and fulfills its responsibility by setting direction and policy for the organization and advocating on behalf of the people we serve.