Welcome

The Homeless Families Foundation is a family shelter in Columbus, Ohio. It provides shelter and support services for homeless families and an extensive tutoring and enrichment program for homeless and at-risk school age children.

OUR MISSION: To provide shelter, support, stability and nurturing for homeless children and their families as they prepare to acquire and maintain permanent housing.

Emergency Notice

We have been asked to post this information to prevent unnecessary illness and death:

New Albany Spring Benefit

Save the date - Wednesday, May 21 - for the 10th annual New Albany Spring Benefit for HFF

We Are Going Green - Please Help

We need your email address so we can reduce the amount of paper we use to communicate with you.

The Journey

 Over 21 Years of Filling Hearts with Hope, 1986 - 2008

Not a day goes by the Homeless Families Foundation without the staff, Board members, and volunteers reaching out to our families and children to share the dream and hope for a better future. Our goal is to help families stay together despite the traumatic events that lead to homelessness, to help them take the steps necessary to empower their independence and to assist them in securing permanent housing.

Wish List

We are  in need of ongoing items for residents and for apartment setup. For information on how you can help, click on How You Can Help or call Rozanne Landers @ (614) 461-9247

HFF News

Please see our latest newsletter.

Sunday evening, April 27, brought together old friends of HFF for dinner with the Dowds. The tradition of a spaghetti dinner was renewed with great success.  More than 50 people attended the benefit to raise funds for the purchase of a 15-passenger bus for the Dowd Center.

On March 29th, the Dowd Center Olympics took place. What a day!

Our Board Member Casey Clark, was honored at the 2008 Jefferson Award Luncheon held on April 3 in Columbus. Casey was one of 19 finalists out of 150 nominees. The write-up touches on Casey's work. "This Powell visionary turned a dilapidated warehouse into the Dowd Education Center, raising much-needed funds and coordinating hundreds of volunteers. Clark's dedication to educating homeless, school-aged children provides them with after school and summer tutoring and enrichment." (from the Program).