Columbus Housing Partnership provides programs that offer residents support and the opportunity to keep their homes and families stable, safe and secure. Our current program offerings include:

Out of School Programming (current enrollment): Offered at 5 sites for children in grades K-5, provides 5 afternoons a week of homework assistance, tutoring from local college students at least 2 afternoons a week, computer lab and special programs throughout the year to assist families with working parents when school is out including 5 day a week programming in the summer. All programs are designed to compliment academic learning and is curriculum based with math, reading, hands on science, history, creative and active play.

Middle and high school children can drop by for homework assistance 5 days a week at all sites and have set hours for computer lab and homework assistance at 5 sites.

Student Food Programs: Children's Hunger Alliance has partnered with CHP to provide hot meals to school age children. The summer program is offered at 5 sites and provides breakfast and lunch; during the school year snacks are offered 5 days a week.

Take Home Groceries: Offered at 5 sites, families receive groceries twice a month to insure that children have food available on days when out of school programming is not in session.

Resident Council/Block Watches: Offered at 6 sites with various levels of participation, creates a forum for residents to actively discuss and problem solve issues in their communities as well as socialize with one another. Groups frequently convene as part of a social venue including cards nights, chili cook-off, pot lucks and pizza parties. One community has had their block watch “adopted” for sponsorship by a local pizzeria.

The Benefit Bank: Offered at 7 communities and available to scattered site residents; an online program designed to help households determine eligibility and apply for all financial assistance from federal, state and local agencies. Also allows workers to do online tax filings for federal and state returns.

Social Service Referral: Offered at 7 communities, provides resources for accessing services including child care, mental health, chemical dependency, health, or employment resources in the community.

Teen Nights: Offered at 1 sites, teenagers have an opportunity to hang out with resident services staff two evenings per month and dance, eat pizza and discuss issues they are facing including gangs, violence in the community and school.

Computer Lab: Offered at 6 communities, residents can access the internet and can receive assistance at the communities with developing or posting a resume, online job searches or academic research.

Health and Safety Events: Offered at various communities throughout the year both through a health and safety fair and special events including mobile dental, vision and mammography screenings. 7 communities, including scattered sites have an annual health and safety fair and numerous clean-ups and beautification events are held throughout the year to address communities as needed.

Seasonal material assistance: Offered at 7 communities, includes back to school kick off, which provides basic school supplies, books, and backpacks to kids in all grades to ease the financial burden of the beginning of the new school year and help create excitement about heading back to school, holiday gift drives and for the first time this year will include a graduation party. Communities will set aside a day to celebrate their Graduates who will receive a small gift.